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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 2,882 343 8.1 7.1- 9.2 2,539 91.9 90.8-92.9
GENDER
Male 1,068 105 6.1 4.9- 7.6 963 93.9 92.4-95.1
Female 1,814 238 10.0 8.5-11.6 1,576 90.0 88.4-91.5
RACE
White 2,661 326 8.5 7.5- 9.7 2,335 91.5 90.3-92.5
African American 93 6 3.7 1.5- 8.5 87 96.3 91.5-98.5
Other Minorities 118 9 3.6 1.7- 7.7 109 96.4 92.3-98.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 69 2 1.8 0.4- 7.8 67 98.2 92.2-99.6
Non-Hispanic 2,806 339 8.4 7.3- 9.5 2,467 91.6 90.5-92.7
AGE
18-24 78 0 0.0 . - . 78 100 . - .
25-34 237 4 0.8 0.3- 2.2 233 99.2 97.8-99.7
35-44 376 23 5.9 3.6- 9.4 353 94.1 90.6-96.4
45-54 520 48 7.8 5.5-11.0 472 92.2 89.0-94.5
55-64 644 78 11.4 9.0-14.4 566 88.6 85.6-91.0
65-74 574 75 12.4 9.7-15.8 499 87.6 84.2-90.3
75+ 441 114 24.2 20.0-28.9 327 75.8 71.1-80.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 459 103 16.0 12.7-20.0 356 84.0 80.0-87.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 902 104 7.7 5.9- 9.8 798 92.3 90.2-94.1
Some Post-H.S. 749 80 6.6 5.1- 8.5 669 93.4 91.5-94.9
College Graduate 766 56 5.6 4.2- 7.5 710 94.4 92.5-95.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 349 118 31.7 25.8-38.4 231 68.3 61.6-74.2
$15,000- 24,999 559 77 9.6 7.4-12.5 482 90.4 87.5-92.6
$25,000- 34,999 313 18 3.9 2.3- 6.4 295 96.1 93.6-97.7
$35,000- 49,999 449 26 3.5 2.3- 5.3 423 96.5 94.7-97.7
$50,000-74,999 393 18 3.2 1.9- 5.3 375 96.8 94.7-98.1
$75,000+ 432 19 3.7 2.0- 6.7 413 96.3 93.3-98.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,124 343 25.1 22.2-28.3 781 74.9 71.7-77.8
No 1,646 0 0.0 . - . 1,646 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 438 60 10.3 7.7-13.6 378 89.7 86.4-92.3
Non-Veteran 2,444 283 7.8 6.7- 8.9 2,161 92.2 91.1-93.3

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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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