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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 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 15,641 1,511 7.1 6.6- 7.6 14,130 92.9 92.4-93.4
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 419 42 7.4 5.2-10.6 377 92.6 89.4-94.8
GENDER
Male 152 15 6.4 3.6-11.4 137 93.6 88.6-96.4
Female 267 27 8.3 5.2-12.9 240 91.7 87.1-94.8
RACE
White 360 37 8.0 5.4-11.7 323 92.0 88.3-94.6
Other 58 4 4.0 1.3-11.6 54 96.0 88.4-98.7
AGE
18-44 113 4 3.5 1.3- 9.2 109 96.5 90.8-98.7
45+ 301 37 10.7 7.5-15.2 264 89.3 84.8-92.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 189 20 5.9 3.4- 9.9 169 94.1 90.1-96.6
Some College + 228 22 9.0 5.5-14.3 206 91.0 85.7-94.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 238 31 10.3 6.8-15.5 207 89.7 84.5-93.2
$50,000+ 125 7 4.4 1.8-10.1 118 95.6 89.9-98.2

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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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