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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

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
-Mtn. AHEC 929 96 7.1 5.5- 9.3 833 92.9 90.7-94.5
GENDER
Male 347 38 7.2 4.7-11.1 309 92.8 88.9-95.3
Female 582 58 7.0 5.1- 9.7 524 93.0 90.3-94.9
RACE
White 827 85 7.2 5.5- 9.6 742 92.8 90.4-94.5
Other 98 11 6.2 2.9-12.9 87 93.8 87.1-97.1
AGE
18-44 242 7 1.2 0.4- 3.5 235 98.8 96.5-99.6
45+ 686 89 11.4 8.7-14.8 597 88.6 85.2-91.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 393 52 8.4 5.7-12.3 341 91.6 87.7-94.3
Some College + 531 44 6.1 4.3- 8.8 487 93.9 91.2-95.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 563 66 7.5 5.4-10.5 497 92.5 89.5-94.6
$50,000+ 235 11 3.7 1.9- 7.3 224 96.3 92.7-98.1

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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.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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