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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I*

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
-Northeast Partnership I 437 67 12.0 9.2-15.5 370 88.0 84.5-90.8
GENDER
Male 156 20 10.2 6.2-16.3 136 89.8 83.7-93.8
Female 281 47 13.5 10.0-18.1 234 86.5 81.9-90.0
RACE
White 210 24 9.5 6.0-14.7 186 90.5 85.3-94.0
Other 225 43 14.1 10.0-19.4 182 85.9 80.6-90.0
AGE
18-44 107 7 4.7 2.0-10.7 100 95.3 89.3-98.0
45+ 325 58 16.6 12.7-21.3 267 83.4 78.7-87.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 260 51 14.9 10.9-20.2 209 85.1 79.8-89.1
Some College + 175 16 7.1 4.2-11.7 159 92.9 88.3-95.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 285 46 13.1 9.6-17.7 239 86.9 82.3-90.4
$50,000+ 77 3 4.3 1.3-12.9 74 95.7 87.1-98.7

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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, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.

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