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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 14,681 1,589 7.3 6.8- 7.8 13,092 92.7 92.2-93.2
GENDER
Male 5,296 513 6.5 5.8- 7.3 4,783 93.5 92.7-94.2
Female 9,385 1,076 8.1 7.5- 8.8 8,309 91.9 91.2-92.5
RACE
White 11,512 1,231 7.4 6.9- 8.0 10,281 92.6 92.0-93.1
African American 2,153 278 9.3 8.0-10.8 1,875 90.7 89.2-92.0
Asian 100 2 1.1 0.3- 4.4 98 98.9 95.6-99.7
Native American 275 51 13.8 9.5-19.7 224 86.2 80.3-90.5
Other Minorities 588 22 1.6 0.9- 2.7 566 98.4 97.3-99.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 590 29 2.5 1.5- 4.2 561 97.5 95.8-98.5
-English Speaking 235 25 8.6 4.9-14.7 210 91.4 85.3-95.1
-Spanish Speaking 355 4 0.4 0.1- 1.1 351 99.6 98.9-99.9
Non-Hispanic 14,054 1,552 7.7 7.2- 8.2 12,502 92.3 91.8-92.8
AGE
18-24 490 2 0.4 0.1- 1.9 488 99.6 98.1-99.9
25-34 1,488 29 1.6 1.0- 2.7 1,459 98.4 97.3-99.0
35-44 2,329 119 5.1 4.1- 6.4 2,210 94.9 93.6-95.9
45-54 2,904 240 8.0 6.8- 9.4 2,664 92.0 90.6-93.2
55-64 3,059 355 11.1 9.7-12.6 2,704 88.9 87.4-90.3
65-74 2,458 327 11.6 10.3-13.2 2,131 88.4 86.8-89.7
75+ 1,868 516 25.7 23.2-28.3 1,352 74.3 71.7-76.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,121 452 12.9 11.3-14.7 1,669 87.1 85.3-88.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,393 504 8.0 7.0- 9.1 3,889 92.0 90.9-93.0
Some Post-H.S. 3,789 373 6.9 6.0- 7.9 3,416 93.1 92.1-94.0
College Graduate 4,358 259 4.3 3.7- 5.0 4,099 95.7 95.0-96.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,534 432 23.0 20.0-26.2 1,102 77.0 73.8-80.0
$15,000- 24,999 2,396 354 9.7 8.4-11.1 2,042 90.3 88.9-91.6
$25,000- 34,999 1,611 141 6.4 5.1- 8.0 1,470 93.6 92.0-94.9
$35,000- 49,999 2,085 137 4.8 3.9- 5.9 1,948 95.2 94.1-96.1
$50,000-74,999 2,078 94 3.8 2.9- 4.9 1,984 96.2 95.1-97.1
$75,000+ 2,914 113 3.3 2.6- 4.3 2,801 96.7 95.7-97.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,292 1,589 24.7 23.1-26.3 3,703 75.3 73.7-76.9
No 8,851 0 0.0 . - . 8,851 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,164 289 10.9 9.4-12.6 1,875 89.1 87.4-90.6
Non-Veteran 12,513 1,300 6.8 6.3- 7.3 11,213 93.2 92.7-93.7

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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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