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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 13,165 1,519 7.8 7.1- 8.5 11,646 92.2 91.5-92.9
-Eastern NC 3,637 450 8.4 7.1- 9.8 3,187 91.6 90.2-92.9
GENDER
Male 1,317 165 8.8 6.8-11.4 1,152 91.2 88.6-93.2
Female 2,320 285 7.9 6.5- 9.6 2,035 92.1 90.4-93.5
RACE
White 2,431 272 6.9 5.7- 8.4 2,159 93.1 91.6-94.3
African American 836 137 12.9 9.6-17.3 699 87.1 82.7-90.4
Other Minorities 347 37 5.9 3.4-10.1 310 94.1 89.9-96.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 146 8 2.3 0.9- 5.7 138 97.7 94.3-99.1
Non-Hispanic 3,484 442 8.8 7.5-10.4 3,042 91.2 89.6-92.5
AGE
18-24 136 2 0.7 0.1- 4.1 134 99.3 95.9-99.9
25-34 393 15 2.4 1.3- 4.2 378 97.6 95.8-98.7
35-44 549 23 3.3 1.8- 5.8 526 96.7 94.2-98.2
45-54 713 74 10.7 7.5-15.0 639 89.3 85.0-92.5
55-64 741 102 10.3 7.7-13.6 639 89.7 86.4-92.3
65+ 1,077 229 21.9 17.5-26.9 848 78.1 73.1-82.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 502 99 14.8 10.1-21.1 403 85.2 78.9-89.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,160 153 9.2 7.0-11.9 1,007 90.8 88.1-93.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,013 122 7.5 5.6-10.1 891 92.5 89.9-94.4
College Graduate 956 75 4.4 3.1- 6.1 881 95.6 93.9-96.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 467 116 19.5 14.2-26.2 351 80.5 73.8-85.8
$15,000- 24,999 622 109 11.6 8.6-15.6 513 88.4 84.4-91.4
$25,000- 34,999 370 32 3.7 2.1- 6.4 338 96.3 93.6-97.9
$35,000- 49,999 485 41 6.3 3.7-10.4 444 93.7 89.6-96.3
$50,000-74,999 487 36 6.2 3.5-10.6 451 93.8 89.4-96.5
$75,000+ 679 35 3.2 2.0- 5.3 644 96.8 94.7-98.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 578 83 12.4 8.4-18.0 495 87.6 82.0-91.6
Non-Veteran 2,750 324 7.4 6.2- 8.9 2,426 92.6 91.1-93.8

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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.

**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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