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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

Disability

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
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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 647 68 8.2 6.2-10.9 579 91.8 89.1-93.8
GENDER
Male 235 21 7.7 4.7-12.4 214 92.3 87.6-95.3
Female 412 47 8.8 6.4-12.1 365 91.2 87.9-93.6
RACE
White 402 32 5.9 3.9- 8.8 370 94.1 91.2-96.1
Other 242 36 12.4 8.2-18.2 206 87.6 81.8-91.8
AGE
18-44 243 9 2.5 1.0- 5.9 234 97.5 94.1-99.0
45+ 400 58 14.5 10.9-19.1 342 85.5 80.9-89.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 374 39 8.0 5.4-11.6 335 92.0 88.4-94.6
Some College + 273 29 8.7 5.6-13.3 244 91.3 86.7-94.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 420 55 11.3 8.2-15.3 365 88.7 84.7-91.8
$50,000+ 134 3 1.9 0.6- 6.1 131 98.1 93.9-99.4

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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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