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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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 14,681 1,589 7.3 6.8- 7.8 13,092 92.7 92.2-93.2
-Buncombe County 354 34 6.1 4.1- 9.0 320 93.9 91.0-95.9
GENDER
Male 133 8 2.7 1.3- 5.7 125 97.3 94.3-98.7
Female 221 26 10.3 6.5-15.8 195 89.7 84.2-93.5
RACE
White 310 30 6.6 4.4-10.0 280 93.4 90.0-95.6
Other 42 3 2.4 0.7- 7.8 39 97.6 92.2-99.3
AGE
18-44 94 3 1.6 0.5- 4.9 91 98.4 95.1-99.5
45+ 257 30 10.4 6.9-15.5 227 89.6 84.5-93.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 131 17 8.7 4.9-15.1 114 91.3 84.9-95.1
Some College + 222 17 4.4 2.5- 7.5 205 95.6 92.5-97.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 193 20 5.9 3.6- 9.5 173 94.1 90.5-96.4
$50,000+ 114 4 3.9 1.3-11.2 110 96.1 88.8-98.7

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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.

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