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2009 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 13,165 1,519 7.8 7.1- 8.5 11,646 92.2 91.5-92.9
-New Hanover County 412 49 9.2 6.3-13.2 363 90.8 86.8-93.7
GENDER
Male 161 20 9.0 5.1-15.4 141 91.0 84.6-94.9
Female 251 29 9.4 5.6-15.1 222 90.6 84.9-94.4
RACE
White 350 39 7.3 5.0-10.6 311 92.7 89.4-95.0
Other 60 10 18.3 8.2-36.1 50 81.7 63.9-91.8
AGE
18-44 88 5 4.5 1.7-11.7 83 95.5 88.3-98.3
45+ 317 44 13.7 9.6-19.3 273 86.3 80.7-90.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 129 16 11.4 5.6-21.9 113 88.6 78.1-94.4
Some College + 283 33 8.1 5.4-12.1 250 91.9 87.9-94.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 172 27 15.3 9.0-24.8 145 84.7 75.2-91.0
$50,000+ 176 16 6.5 3.8-11.0 160 93.5 89.0-96.2

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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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