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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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 13,165 1,519 7.8 7.1- 8.5 11,646 92.2 91.5-92.9
-Mecklenburg County 611 66 6.8 5.1- 9.0 545 93.2 91.0-94.9
GENDER
Male 228 19 5.1 3.1- 8.2 209 94.9 91.8-96.9
Female 383 47 8.4 5.9-11.8 336 91.6 88.2-94.1
RACE
White 424 39 6.1 4.2- 8.9 385 93.9 91.1-95.8
Other 176 26 8.2 5.2-12.6 150 91.8 87.4-94.8
AGE
18-44 188 5 1.5 0.6- 3.8 183 98.5 96.2-99.4
45+ 415 61 12.6 9.5-16.6 354 87.4 83.4-90.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 147 22 8.3 4.9-13.6 125 91.7 86.4-95.1
Some College + 461 43 6.0 4.2- 8.6 418 94.0 91.4-95.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 229 37 9.1 6.1-13.3 192 90.9 86.7-93.9
$50,000+ 280 14 4.4 2.4- 7.8 266 95.6 92.2-97.6

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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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