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2007 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 14,681 1,589 7.3 6.8- 7.8 13,092 92.7 92.2-93.2
-Piedmont NC 7,052 703 6.9 6.2- 7.6 6,349 93.1 92.4-93.8
GENDER
Male 2,599 236 6.3 5.3- 7.4 2,363 93.7 92.6-94.7
Female 4,453 467 7.5 6.6- 8.5 3,986 92.5 91.5-93.4
RACE
White 5,646 563 7.1 6.3- 8.0 5,083 92.9 92.0-93.7
African American 976 118 8.7 6.9-10.9 858 91.3 89.1-93.1
Other Minorities 408 20 2.4 1.4- 4.1 388 97.6 95.9-98.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 307 13 1.8 0.9- 3.5 294 98.2 96.5-99.1
Non-Hispanic 6,732 687 7.3 6.6- 8.1 6,045 92.7 91.9-93.4
AGE
18-24 235 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 234 99.8 98.4- 100
25-34 702 15 1.8 0.9- 3.6 687 98.2 96.4-99.1
35-44 1,203 56 5.0 3.7- 6.9 1,147 95.0 93.1-96.3
45-54 1,456 106 7.8 6.1- 9.9 1,350 92.2 90.1-93.9
55-64 1,427 152 10.3 8.5-12.5 1,275 89.7 87.5-91.5
65-74 1,108 126 9.7 7.8-11.9 982 90.3 88.1-92.2
75+ 877 247 26.4 22.8-30.3 630 73.6 69.7-77.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 937 181 11.7 9.5-14.4 756 88.3 85.6-90.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,959 219 8.1 6.7- 9.8 1,740 91.9 90.2-93.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,779 170 6.8 5.6- 8.4 1,609 93.2 91.6-94.4
College Graduate 2,370 133 3.9 3.1- 4.9 2,237 96.1 95.1-96.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 646 181 23.5 19.0-28.8 465 76.5 71.2-81.0
$15,000- 24,999 998 147 9.4 7.4-11.8 851 90.6 88.2-92.6
$25,000- 34,999 711 64 5.8 4.2- 8.0 647 94.2 92.0-95.8
$35,000- 49,999 974 62 4.6 3.4- 6.2 912 95.4 93.8-96.6
$50,000-74,999 1,035 46 4.0 2.8- 5.7 989 96.0 94.3-97.2
$75,000+ 1,690 64 3.2 2.3- 4.4 1,626 96.8 95.6-97.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,372 703 24.8 22.5-27.3 1,669 75.2 72.7-77.5
No 4,423 0 0.0 . - . 4,423 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 941 126 11.1 8.9-13.8 815 88.9 86.2-91.1
Non-Veteran 6,108 577 6.4 5.7- 7.1 5,531 93.6 92.9-94.3

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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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