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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Disability

Do you now have any health problem that requires you to use special equipment, such as a cane,
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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
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 342 40 8.8 5.7-13.3 302 91.2 86.7-94.3
Buncombe 354 34 6.1 4.1- 9.0 320 93.9 91.0-95.9
Cabarrus 355 34 5.9 4.0- 8.6 321 94.1 91.4-96.0
Catawba 405 52 9.4 6.8-12.9 353 90.6 87.1-93.2
Cumberland 377 45 8.6 6.1-11.8 332 91.4 88.2-93.9
Davidson 365 39 7.8 5.2-11.6 326 92.2 88.4-94.8
Durham 326 32 7.1 4.7-10.7 294 92.9 89.3-95.3
Forsyth 373 35 7.3 5.0-10.7 338 92.7 89.3-95.0
Gaston 387 50 9.2 6.6-12.8 337 90.8 87.2-93.4
Guilford 384 38 7.1 4.9-10.3 346 92.9 89.7-95.1
Iredell 390 43 7.8 5.4-11.0 347 92.2 89.0-94.6
Johnston 434 50 6.3 4.5- 8.7 384 93.7 91.3-95.5
Mecklenburg 674 46 4.7 3.3- 6.6 628 95.3 93.4-96.7
New Hanover 386 33 5.1 3.3- 7.7 353 94.9 92.3-96.7
Onslow 374 41 6.9 4.6-10.2 333 93.1 89.8-95.4
Orange 345 30 5.6 3.6- 8.5 315 94.4 91.5-96.4
Pitt 378 46 8.7 6.1-12.3 332 91.3 87.7-93.9
Randolph 373 36 5.3 3.7- 7.6 337 94.7 92.4-96.3
Robeson 408 57 9.3 6.7-12.7 351 90.7 87.3-93.3
Rowan 447 46 7.5 5.3-10.4 401 92.5 89.6-94.7
Union 371 29 5.1 3.3- 7.8 342 94.9 92.2-96.7
Wake 605 47 4.3 3.0- 6.1 558 95.7 93.9-97.0
Wayne 355 45 8.4 5.8-11.9 310 91.6 88.1-94.2
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,747 543 7.8 7.0- 8.7 4,204 92.2 91.3-93.0
Piedmont 7,052 703 6.9 6.2- 7.6 6,349 93.1 92.4-93.8
Western NC 2,882 343 8.1 7.1- 9.2 2,539 91.9 90.8-92.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,903 226 7.9 6.8- 9.3 1,677 92.1 90.7-93.2
Northwest 3,084 343 8.2 7.0- 9.7 2,741 91.8 90.3-93.0
Charlotte 2,021 185 6.1 5.0- 7.3 1,836 93.9 92.7-95.0
Greensboro 1,649 168 7.8 6.3- 9.7 1,481 92.2 90.3-93.7
Southern Regional 1,355 164 8.5 6.9-10.4 1,191 91.5 89.6-93.1
Coastal 758 79 7.5 5.7- 9.8 679 92.5 90.2-94.3
Wake 1,576 157 5.7 4.7- 7.0 1,419 94.3 93.0-95.3
Area L 402 52 8.6 6.3-11.7 350 91.4 88.3-93.7
Eastern 1,933 215 7.8 6.5- 9.4 1,718 92.2 90.6-93.5

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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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