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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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 15,825 1,784 7.8 7.3- 8.3 14,041 92.2 91.7-92.7
-New Hanover County 371 34 7.7 4.9-11.8 337 92.3 88.2-95.1
GENDER
Male 146 10 6.6 2.9-14.2 136 93.4 85.8-97.1
Female 225 24 8.8 5.5-13.8 201 91.2 86.2-94.5
RACE
White 319 29 8.0 4.9-12.8 290 92.0 87.2-95.1
Other 49 5 6.6 2.3-17.3 44 93.4 82.7-97.7
AGE
18-44 82 3 5.6 1.7-16.6 79 94.4 83.4-98.3
45+ 287 31 9.2 6.1-13.5 256 90.8 86.5-93.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 104 12 7.6 3.8-14.6 92 92.4 85.4-96.2
Some College + 266 21 7.6 4.3-13.0 245 92.4 87.0-95.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 162 20 10.0 5.3-18.0 142 90.0 82.0-94.7
$50,000+ 161 6 3.5 1.3- 8.7 155 96.5 91.3-98.7

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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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