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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 6,718 711 7.3 6.5- 8.2 6,007 92.7 91.8-93.5
GENDER
Male 2,542 245 6.9 5.7- 8.4 2,297 93.1 91.6-94.3
Female 4,176 466 7.7 6.7- 8.8 3,710 92.3 91.2-93.3
RACE
White 5,406 537 6.9 6.0- 7.9 4,869 93.1 92.1-94.0
African American 925 142 10.9 8.5-13.8 783 89.1 86.2-91.5
Other Minorities 334 24 3.6 2.2- 5.9 310 96.4 94.1-97.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 236 9 1.7 0.8- 3.8 227 98.3 96.2-99.2
Non-Hispanic 6,459 695 7.8 6.9- 8.8 5,764 92.2 91.2-93.1
AGE
18-24 182 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 180 99.3 97.2-99.8
25-34 631 13 2.9 1.3- 6.1 618 97.1 93.9-98.7
35-44 1,080 39 3.6 2.4- 5.4 1,041 96.4 94.6-97.6
45-54 1,341 97 7.4 5.5-10.0 1,244 92.6 90.0-94.5
55-64 1,372 162 10.5 8.6-12.9 1,210 89.5 87.1-91.4
65+ 2,046 393 19.1 16.6-21.8 1,653 80.9 78.2-83.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 823 194 14.3 10.7-18.8 629 85.7 81.2-89.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,837 197 7.7 6.1- 9.5 1,640 92.3 90.5-93.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,623 180 7.4 6.0- 9.0 1,443 92.6 91.0-94.0
College Graduate 2,425 137 4.3 3.4- 5.5 2,288 95.7 94.5-96.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 606 162 14.6 11.3-18.8 444 85.4 81.2-88.7
$15,000- 24,999 940 155 11.6 8.9-15.0 785 88.4 85.0-91.1
$25,000- 34,999 637 74 8.7 6.4-11.7 563 91.3 88.3-93.6
$35,000- 49,999 840 70 8.0 5.1-12.3 770 92.0 87.7-94.9
$50,000-74,999 956 50 3.5 2.5- 5.0 906 96.5 95.0-97.5
$75,000+ 1,694 59 2.9 2.1- 4.0 1,635 97.1 96.0-97.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 785 102 12.3 9.2-16.3 683 87.7 83.7-90.8
Non-Veteran 5,377 545 6.6 5.8- 7.5 4,832 93.4 92.5-94.2

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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.

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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