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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 367 30 4.5 3.0- 6.8 337 95.5 93.2-97.0
GENDER
Male 139 7 4.1 1.8- 8.7 132 95.9 91.3-98.2
Female 228 23 4.9 3.1- 7.7 205 95.1 92.3-96.9
RACE
White 291 23 5.1 3.2- 8.1 268 94.9 91.9-96.8
Other 70 6 3.3 1.4- 7.5 64 96.7 92.5-98.6
AGE
18-44 97 1 0.9 0.1- 6.2 96 99.1 93.8-99.9
45+ 264 29 7.7 5.1-11.3 235 92.3 88.7-94.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 84 12 6.4 3.3-11.9 72 93.6 88.1-96.7
Some College + 281 18 4.0 2.3- 6.7 263 96.0 93.3-97.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 106 13 6.3 3.3-11.7 93 93.7 88.3-96.7
$50,000+ 204 11 3.9 2.0- 7.2 193 96.1 92.8-98.0

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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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