BRFSS 2005 - Wake 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
-Wake County	861	40	2.9	2.0- 4.1	821	97.1	95.9-98.0
GENDER
Male	331	11	1.5	0.8- 2.9	320	98.5	97.1-99.2
Female	530	29	4.4	2.9- 6.6	501	95.6	93.4-97.1
RACE
White	639	29	2.5	1.7- 3.7	610	97.5	96.3-98.3
Other	213	11	4.0	2.1- 7.3	202	96.0	92.7-97.9
AGE
18-44	419	6	1.0	0.4- 2.2	413	99.0	97.8-99.6
45+	440	34	6.0	4.1- 8.7	406	94.0	91.3-95.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	216	16	3.9	2.2- 6.9	200	96.1	93.1-97.8
Some College +	643	24	2.5	1.6- 3.9	619	97.5	96.1-98.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	348	24	4.3	2.7- 6.7	324	95.7	93.3-97.3
$50,000+	398	6	1.0	0.4- 2.3	392	99.0	97.7-99.6

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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
-Wake County	861	40	2.9	2.0- 4.1	821	97.1	95.9-98.0
GENDER
Male	331	11	1.5	0.8- 2.9	320	98.5	97.1-99.2
Female	530	29	4.4	2.9- 6.6	501	95.6	93.4-97.1
RACE
White	639	29	2.5	1.7- 3.7	610	97.5	96.3-98.3
Other	213	11	4.0	2.1- 7.3	202	96.0	92.7-97.9
AGE
18-44	419	6	1.0	0.4- 2.2	413	99.0	97.8-99.6
45+	440	34	6.0	4.1- 8.7	406	94.0	91.3-95.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	216	16	3.9	2.2- 6.9	200	96.1	93.1-97.8
Some College +	643	24	2.5	1.6- 3.9	619	97.5	96.1-98.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	348	24	4.3	2.7- 6.7	324	95.7	93.3-97.3
$50,000+	398	6	1.0	0.4- 2.3	392	99.0	97.7-99.6

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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?