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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 2,810 358 8.5 7.3-10.0 2,452 91.5 90.0-92.7
GENDER
Male 1,082 113 7.5 6.0- 9.3 969 92.5 90.7-94.0
Female 1,728 245 9.5 7.6-11.7 1,483 90.5 88.3-92.4
RACE
White 2,583 326 8.9 7.6-10.5 2,257 91.1 89.5-92.4
African American 77 11 7.0 3.2-14.4 66 93.0 85.6-96.8
Other Minorities 138 19 3.0 1.5- 5.7 119 97.0 94.3-98.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 58 3 0.8 0.2- 2.9 55 99.2 97.1-99.8
Non-Hispanic 2,746 354 8.8 7.5-10.3 2,392 91.2 89.7-92.5
AGE
18-24 89 0 0.0 . - . 89 100 . - .
25-34 192 3 1.4 0.4- 4.3 189 98.6 95.7-99.6
35-44 343 16 5.0 2.7- 8.9 327 95.0 91.1-97.3
45-54 493 42 8.2 4.6-14.1 451 91.8 85.9-95.4
55-64 648 78 11.9 9.2-15.3 570 88.1 84.7-90.8
65+ 1,023 219 18.4 15.8-21.3 804 81.6 78.7-84.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 397 88 14.9 9.7-22.3 309 85.1 77.7-90.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 917 125 7.9 6.3-10.0 792 92.1 90.0-93.7
Some Post-H.S. 690 83 7.9 6.0-10.3 607 92.1 89.7-94.0
College Graduate 802 61 6.4 4.7- 8.6 741 93.6 91.4-95.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 367 115 19.6 14.9-25.3 252 80.4 74.7-85.1
$15,000- 24,999 519 65 9.0 6.6-12.3 454 91.0 87.7-93.4
$25,000- 34,999 347 31 7.7 5.1-11.5 316 92.3 88.5-94.9
$35,000- 49,999 372 27 5.5 3.5- 8.3 345 94.5 91.7-96.5
$50,000-74,999 360 16 3.1 1.8- 5.5 344 96.9 94.5-98.2
$75,000+ 408 26 5.6 3.5- 8.7 382 94.4 91.3-96.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 355 54 16.1 12.1-21.1 301 83.9 78.9-87.9
Non-Veteran 2,222 272 7.6 6.3- 9.2 1,950 92.4 90.8-93.7

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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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