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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership***

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
-Northeastern Partnership 1,080 127 9.3 7.5-11.4 953 90.7 88.6-92.5
GENDER
Male 386 44 8.8 6.2-12.3 342 91.2 87.7-93.8
Female 694 83 9.7 7.5-12.5 611 90.3 87.5-92.5
RACE
White 671 68 8.6 6.5-11.3 603 91.4 88.7-93.5
African American 353 57 12.4 9.1-16.7 296 87.6 83.3-90.9
Other Minorities 52 2 4.0 0.8-17.8 50 96.0 82.2-99.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 34 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7 33 99.3 95.3-99.9
Non-Hispanic 1,042 125 9.9 8.0-12.1 917 90.1 87.9-92.0
AGE
18-24 39 0 0.0 . - . 39 100 . - .
25-34 93 4 3.4 1.3- 8.9 89 96.6 91.1-98.7
35-44 145 10 8.5 4.2-16.6 135 91.5 83.4-95.8
45-54 233 24 10.5 6.4-16.8 209 89.5 83.2-93.6
55-64 240 28 10.9 7.4-15.8 212 89.1 84.2-92.6
65-74 184 26 16.0 10.5-23.5 158 84.0 76.5-89.5
75+ 138 33 19.7 13.9-27.3 105 80.3 72.7-86.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 235 52 13.5 9.7-18.3 183 86.5 81.7-90.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 372 37 8.6 5.9-12.5 335 91.4 87.5-94.1
Some Post-H.S. 238 22 8.0 4.6-13.5 216 92.0 86.5-95.4
College Graduate 233 16 7.3 4.1-12.6 217 92.7 87.4-95.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 168 39 19.0 13.3-26.3 129 81.0 73.7-86.7
$15,000- 24,999 208 29 10.3 6.8-15.3 179 89.7 84.7-93.2
$25,000- 34,999 139 13 10.6 5.4-19.6 126 89.4 80.4-94.6
$35,000- 49,999 147 10 6.4 2.7-14.5 137 93.6 85.5-97.3
$50,000-74,999 123 7 5.1 2.3-10.6 116 94.9 89.4-97.7
$75,000+ 128 5 5.4 2.1-13.4 123 94.6 86.6-97.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 445 127 24.9 20.4-30.1 318 75.1 69.9-79.6
No 605 0 0.0 . - . 605 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 153 21 12.5 7.3-20.4 132 87.5 79.6-92.7
Non-Veteran 924 106 8.7 6.9-10.9 818 91.3 89.1-93.1

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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.

**Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

***Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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