BRFSS 2005 - Union County: (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
-Union County	382	19	3.9	2.3- 6.6	363	96.1	93.4-97.7
GENDER
Male	155	6	2.5	0.9- 6.6	149	97.5	93.4-99.1
Female	227	13	5.5	2.9-10.0	214	94.5	90.0-97.1
RACE
White	321	15	3.8	2.1- 6.9	306	96.2	93.1-97.9
Other	59	4	4.5	1.5-12.8	55	95.5	87.2-98.5
AGE
18-44	165	0	0.0	. - .	165	100	. - .
45+	213	19	9.1	5.4-14.8	194	90.9	85.2-94.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	161	7	3.5	1.5- 8.2	154	96.5	91.8-98.5
Some College +	220	12	4.2	2.2- 8.1	208	95.8	91.9-97.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	181	14	5.8	3.0-10.7	167	94.2	89.3-97.0
$50,000+	149	3	2.4	0.7- 7.2	146	97.6	92.8-99.3

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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
-Union County	382	19	3.9	2.3- 6.6	363	96.1	93.4-97.7
GENDER
Male	155	6	2.5	0.9- 6.6	149	97.5	93.4-99.1
Female	227	13	5.5	2.9-10.0	214	94.5	90.0-97.1
RACE
White	321	15	3.8	2.1- 6.9	306	96.2	93.1-97.9
Other	59	4	4.5	1.5-12.8	55	95.5	87.2-98.5
AGE
18-44	165	0	0.0	. - .	165	100	. - .
45+	213	19	9.1	5.4-14.8	194	90.9	85.2-94.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	161	7	3.5	1.5- 8.2	154	96.5	91.8-98.5
Some College +	220	12	4.2	2.2- 8.1	208	95.8	91.9-97.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	181	14	5.8	3.0-10.7	167	94.2	89.3-97.0
$50,000+	149	3	2.4	0.7- 7.2	146	97.6	92.8-99.3

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

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?