BRFSS 2005 - North Carolina: (Do you now have any health problem that requires you to use special equipment, such as a cane, a wheelchair, a special bed, or a special telephone?)

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability-AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALES

Do you now have any health problem that requires you to use special equipment, such as a cane, a wheelchair, a special bed, or a special telephone?

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	2,112	269	11.5	10.0-13.2	1,843	88.5	86.8-90.0
GENDER
Female	2,112	269	11.5	10.0-13.2	1,843	88.5	86.8-90.0
RACE
African American	2,112	269	11.5	10.0-13.2	1,843	88.5	86.8-90.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic	41	1	1.8	0.2-11.8	40	98.2	88.2-99.8
-English Speaking	11	1	10.0	1.4-47.4	10	90.0	52.6-98.6
-Spanish Speaking	30	0	0.0	. - .	30	100	. - .
Non-Hispanic	2,071	268	11.9	10.3-13.6	1,803	88.1	86.4-89.7
AGE
18-24	128	3	2.8	0.7-10.7	125	97.2	89.3-99.3
25-34	341	8	2.1	1.0- 4.4	333	97.9	95.6-99.0
35-44	442	26	5.6	3.6- 8.7	416	94.4	91.3-96.4
45-54	433	51	11.9	8.6-16.4	382	88.1	83.6-91.4
55-64	358	66	17.9	13.5-23.4	292	82.1	76.6-86.5
65-74	236	54	25.6	19.4-33.0	182	74.4	67.0-80.6
75+	159	59	35.2	27.3-44.1	100	64.8	55.9-72.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	410	103	23.4	18.9-28.6	307	76.6	71.4-81.1
H.S. or G.E.D.	728	89	10.4	8.0-13.4	639	89.6	86.6-92.0
Some Post-H.S.	528	43	7.2	5.0-10.1	485	92.8	89.9-95.0
College Graduate	442	33	7.8	5.2-11.5	409	92.2	88.5-94.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	462	101	19.5	15.5-24.2	361	80.5	75.8-84.5
$15,000- 24,999	509	62	12.7	9.5-16.8	447	87.3	83.2-90.5
$25,000- 34,999	317	27	7.2	4.7-10.9	290	92.8	89.1-95.3
$35,000- 49,999	216	10	6.2	3.1-12.3	206	93.8	87.7-96.9
$50,000-74,999	161	4	1.8	0.7- 4.9	157	98.2	95.1-99.3
$75,000+	132	2	1.1	0.3- 4.5	130	98.9	95.5-99.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	757	269	34.9	30.8-39.2	488	65.1	60.8-69.2
No	1,270	0	0.0	. - .	1,270	100	. - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	72	5	4.6	1.8-11.2	67	95.4	88.8-98.2
Non-Veteran	2,038	264	11.8	10.2-13.5	1,774	88.2	86.5-89.8

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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