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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 8,738 758 6.3 5.7- 6.9 7,980 93.7 93.1-94.3
GENDER
Male 3,241 249 5.5 4.7- 6.5 2,992 94.5 93.5-95.3
Female 5,497 509 7.0 6.2- 7.9 4,988 93.0 92.1-93.8
RACE
White 6,770 583 6.3 5.6- 7.1 6,187 93.7 92.9-94.4
African American 1,336 144 7.7 6.3- 9.4 1,192 92.3 90.6-93.7
Other Minorities 590 29 4.3 2.6- 6.8 561 95.7 93.2-97.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 488 10 2.1 0.9- 4.6 478 97.9 95.4-99.1
Non-Hispanic 8,232 746 6.7 6.1- 7.4 7,486 93.3 92.6-93.9
AGE
18-24 340 6 2.2 0.9- 5.5 334 97.8 94.5-99.1
25-34 1,060 21 2.1 1.2- 3.5 1,039 97.9 96.5-98.8
35-44 1,574 57 3.7 2.6- 5.2 1,517 96.3 94.8-97.4
45-54 1,727 106 5.6 4.5- 7.0 1,621 94.4 93.0-95.5
55-64 1,696 175 10.0 8.3-12.0 1,521 90.0 88.0-91.7
65-74 1,280 156 11.4 9.5-13.5 1,124 88.6 86.5-90.5
75+ 990 233 22.3 19.3-25.5 757 77.7 74.5-80.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,271 221 12.1 9.8-14.7 1,050 87.9 85.3-90.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,532 206 5.5 4.6- 6.5 2,326 94.5 93.5-95.4
Some Post-H.S. 2,114 173 6.2 5.0- 7.6 1,941 93.8 92.4-95.0
College Graduate 2,795 157 4.5 3.7- 5.6 2,638 95.5 94.4-96.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 893 224 19.2 15.8-23.1 669 80.8 76.9-84.2
$15,000- 24,999 1,373 156 8.4 6.7-10.5 1,217 91.6 89.5-93.3
$25,000- 34,999 966 70 5.5 4.1- 7.2 896 94.5 92.8-95.9
$35,000- 49,999 1,195 61 4.4 3.2- 6.0 1,134 95.6 94.0-96.8
$50,000-74,999 1,123 41 3.0 1.9- 4.6 1,082 97.0 95.4-98.1
$75,000+ 1,883 59 3.1 2.3- 4.2 1,824 96.9 95.8-97.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,983 758 21.6 19.6-23.6 2,225 78.4 76.4-80.4
No 5,484 0 0.0 . - . 5,484 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,144 117 8.9 7.1-11.1 1,027 91.1 88.9-92.9
Non-Veteran 7,576 641 5.9 5.3- 6.6 6,935 94.1 93.4-94.7

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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.

** 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, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, 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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