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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)*

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 570 56 7.0 4.9- 9.9 514 93.0 90.1-95.1
GENDER
Male 219 24 7.2 4.0-12.5 195 92.8 87.5-96.0
Female 351 32 6.8 4.4-10.5 319 93.2 89.5-95.6
RACE
White 507 51 7.2 5.0-10.4 456 92.8 89.6-95.0
Other 62 5 3.9 1.1-12.7 57 96.1 87.3-98.9
AGE
18-44 137 5 1.6 0.4- 5.3 132 98.4 94.7-99.6
45+ 432 51 10.5 7.3-14.9 381 89.5 85.1-92.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 264 33 7.7 4.5-12.9 231 92.3 87.1-95.5
Some College + 302 23 6.4 3.9-10.3 279 93.6 89.7-96.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 367 40 7.2 4.6-11.2 327 92.8 88.8-95.4
$50,000+ 127 6 4.2 1.7-10.0 121 95.8 90.0-98.3

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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.


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

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