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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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 15,825 1,784 7.8 7.3- 8.3 14,041 92.2 91.7-92.7
-AFRICAN AMERICANS 2,392 373 11.5 10.0-13.3 2,019 88.5 86.7-90.0
GENDER
Males 728 98 10.5 8.0-13.5 630 89.5 86.5-92.0
Females 1,664 275 12.4 10.6-14.5 1,389 87.6 85.5-89.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 25 3 10.5 2.4-35.7 22 89.5 64.3-97.6
Non-Hispanic 2,355 364 11.4 9.9-13.2 1,991 88.6 86.8-90.1
AGE
18-24 82 2 1.1 0.3- 4.9 80 98.9 95.1-99.7
25-34 272 5 1.9 0.8- 4.8 267 98.1 95.2-99.2
35-44 414 27 6.4 4.0-10.1 387 93.6 89.9-96.0
45-54 537 60 9.5 6.4-13.7 477 90.5 86.3-93.6
55-64 465 97 20.4 15.7-26.1 368 79.6 73.9-84.3
65-74 354 84 22.0 17.0-28.0 270 78.0 72.0-83.0
75+ 241 96 43.6 35.4-52.1 145 56.4 47.9-64.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 445 136 23.7 19.0-29.2 309 76.3 70.8-81.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 838 124 11.4 8.8-14.6 714 88.6 85.4-91.2
Some Post-H.S. 587 67 9.2 6.6-12.6 520 90.8 87.4-93.4
College Graduate 516 45 6.7 4.3-10.4 471 93.3 89.6-95.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 434 133 26.2 20.8-32.4 301 73.8 67.6-79.2
$15,000- 24,999 510 84 12.6 9.0-17.4 426 87.4 82.6-91.0
$25,000- 34,999 304 33 7.8 5.1-11.8 271 92.2 88.2-94.9
$35,000- 49,999 325 26 9.0 5.6-14.1 299 91.0 85.9-94.4
$50,000-74,999 253 10 3.9 1.8- 8.0 243 96.1 92.0-98.2
$75,000+ 242 10 2.1 1.0- 4.4 232 97.9 95.6-99.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 295 45 15.8 10.9-22.4 250 84.2 77.6-89.1
Non-Veteran 2,097 328 10.7 9.2-12.5 1,769 89.3 87.5-90.8

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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