BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership II**: (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?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,220	1,462	6.0	5.6- 6.4	15,758	94.0	93.6-94.4
-Northeast Partnership II	511	57	9.0	6.7-11.9	454	91.0	88.1-93.3
GENDER
Male	171	18	7.2	4.3-11.6	153	92.8	88.4-95.7
Female	340	39	10.6	7.5-14.9	301	89.4	85.1-92.5
RACE
White	322	30	7.4	5.0-10.8	292	92.6	89.2-95.0
Other	187	27	11.0	7.2-16.5	160	89.0	83.5-92.8
AGE
18-44	151	6	3.5	1.5- 7.9	145	96.5	92.1-98.5
45+	356	51	12.9	9.6-17.3	305	87.1	82.7-90.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	289	40	10.8	7.6-15.0	249	89.2	85.0-92.4
Some College +	222	17	6.5	3.8-10.9	205	93.5	89.1-96.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	308	37	10.4	7.3-14.7	271	89.6	85.3-92.7
$50,000+	118	6	3.5	1.5- 8.0	112	96.5	92.0-98.5

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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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,220	1,462	6.0	5.6- 6.4	15,758	94.0	93.6-94.4
-Northeast Partnership II	511	57	9.0	6.7-11.9	454	91.0	88.1-93.3
GENDER
Male	171	18	7.2	4.3-11.6	153	92.8	88.4-95.7
Female	340	39	10.6	7.5-14.9	301	89.4	85.1-92.5
RACE
White	322	30	7.4	5.0-10.8	292	92.6	89.2-95.0
Other	187	27	11.0	7.2-16.5	160	89.0	83.5-92.8
AGE
18-44	151	6	3.5	1.5- 7.9	145	96.5	92.1-98.5
45+	356	51	12.9	9.6-17.3	305	87.1	82.7-90.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	289	40	10.8	7.6-15.0	249	89.2	85.0-92.4
Some College +	222	17	6.5	3.8-10.9	205	93.5	89.1-96.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	308	37	10.4	7.3-14.7	271	89.6	85.3-92.7
$50,000+	118	6	3.5	1.5- 8.0	112	96.5	92.0-98.5

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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