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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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 II 508 47 7.6 5.4-10.7 461 92.4 89.3-94.6
GENDER
Male 181 18 7.5 4.3-12.6 163 92.5 87.4-95.7
Female 327 29 7.8 5.0-11.8 298 92.2 88.2-95.0
RACE
White 340 32 7.9 5.3-11.4 308 92.1 88.6-94.7
Other 166 15 7.3 3.7-13.9 151 92.7 86.1-96.3
AGE
18-44 129 5 3.5 1.3- 8.8 124 96.5 91.2-98.7
45+ 376 42 11.0 7.7-15.3 334 89.0 84.7-92.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 285 31 8.6 5.6-13.0 254 91.4 87.0-94.4
Some College + 223 16 6.3 3.4-11.1 207 93.7 88.9-96.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 299 35 9.6 6.3-14.2 264 90.4 85.8-93.7
$50,000+ 130 6 4.6 2.0-10.1 124 95.4 89.9-98.0

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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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