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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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
-Rowan County 432 58 10.0 7.3-13.5 374 90.0 86.5-92.7
GENDER
Male 154 19 11.3 6.8-18.3 135 88.7 81.7-93.2
Female 278 39 9.0 6.2-12.8 239 91.0 87.2-93.8
RACE
White 379 47 8.5 6.1-11.8 332 91.5 88.2-93.9
Other 51 11 16.1 7.7-30.6 40 83.9 69.4-92.3
AGE
18-44 103 4 2.9 1.0- 8.3 99 97.1 91.7-99.0
45+ 326 54 16.5 12.3-21.7 272 83.5 78.3-87.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 215 36 13.0 8.6-19.1 179 87.0 80.9-91.4
Some College + 217 22 6.9 4.2-11.0 195 93.1 89.0-95.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 220 43 16.3 11.3-22.8 177 83.7 77.2-88.7
$50,000+ 130 2 1.8 0.4- 8.0 128 98.2 92.0-99.6

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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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