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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 598 40 4.5 2.9- 6.9 558 95.5 93.1-97.1
GENDER
Male 230 17 4.4 2.1- 8.9 213 95.6 91.1-97.9
Female 368 23 4.6 2.9- 7.4 345 95.4 92.6-97.1
RACE
White 459 27 4.6 2.6- 7.8 432 95.4 92.2-97.4
Other 134 13 4.6 2.3- 8.9 121 95.4 91.1-97.7
AGE
18-44 218 7 3.2 1.3- 7.7 211 96.8 92.3-98.7
45+ 371 33 6.5 4.5- 9.3 338 93.5 90.7-95.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 127 13 5.0 2.5- 9.8 114 95.0 90.2-97.5
Some College + 471 27 4.4 2.5- 7.4 444 95.6 92.6-97.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 173 20 7.7 3.7-15.1 153 92.3 84.9-96.3
$50,000+ 338 17 3.5 2.0- 6.1 321 96.5 93.9-98.0

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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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