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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 14,681 1,589 7.3 6.8- 7.8 13,092 92.7 92.2-93.2
-Eastern NC 4,747 543 7.8 7.0- 8.7 4,204 92.2 91.3-93.0
GENDER
Male 1,629 172 7.2 5.9- 8.6 1,457 92.8 91.4-94.1
Female 3,118 371 8.5 7.5- 9.6 2,747 91.5 90.4-92.5
RACE
White 3,205 342 7.4 6.4- 8.5 2,863 92.6 91.5-93.6
African American 1,084 154 10.6 8.8-12.8 930 89.4 87.2-91.2
Other Minorities 437 46 4.6 3.2- 6.6 391 95.4 93.4-96.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 214 14 4.3 1.8- 9.7 200 95.7 90.3-98.2
Non-Hispanic 4,516 526 8.1 7.3- 9.0 3,990 91.9 91.0-92.7
AGE
18-24 177 1 0.9 0.1- 6.2 176 99.1 93.8-99.9
25-34 549 10 1.7 0.8- 3.2 539 98.3 96.8-99.2
35-44 750 40 4.9 3.4- 7.1 710 95.1 92.9-96.6
45-54 928 86 8.6 6.8-10.8 842 91.4 89.2-93.2
55-64 988 125 12.4 10.1-15.1 863 87.6 84.9-89.9
65-74 776 126 14.7 12.1-17.9 650 85.3 82.1-87.9
75+ 550 155 25.2 21.0-29.8 395 74.8 70.2-79.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 725 168 13.6 11.0-16.7 557 86.4 83.3-89.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,532 181 7.9 6.5- 9.6 1,351 92.1 90.4-93.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,261 123 7.0 5.6- 8.8 1,138 93.0 91.2-94.4
College Graduate 1,222 70 4.7 3.6- 6.2 1,152 95.3 93.8-96.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 539 133 18.0 14.5-22.2 406 82.0 77.8-85.5
$15,000- 24,999 839 130 10.2 8.2-12.5 709 89.8 87.5-91.8
$25,000- 34,999 587 59 8.3 5.8-11.8 528 91.7 88.2-94.2
$35,000- 49,999 662 49 5.9 4.2- 8.2 613 94.1 91.8-95.8
$50,000-74,999 650 30 3.5 2.3- 5.2 620 96.5 94.8-97.7
$75,000+ 792 30 3.7 2.4- 5.8 762 96.3 94.2-97.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,796 543 24.2 21.7-26.9 1,253 75.8 73.1-78.3
No 2,782 0 0.0 . - . 2,782 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 785 103 10.8 8.4-13.7 682 89.2 86.3-91.6
Non-Veteran 3,961 440 7.2 6.4- 8.1 3,521 92.8 91.9-93.6

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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.

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