2015 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability-Females

Do you have difficulty dressing or bathing?

View results for a demographic group:
 Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,543 345 5.0 4.4- 5.7 6,198 95.0 94.3-95.6
-FEMALES 3,743 197 5.2 4.4- 6.2 3,546 94.8 93.8-95.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 2,516 118 4.7 3.7- 5.9 2,398 95.3 94.1-96.3
Non-Hispanic Black 785 65 8.4 6.2-11.1 720 91.6 88.9-93.8
Other 401 13 2.6 1.3- 5.1 388 97.4 94.9-98.7
AGE
18-34 639 *** *** *** 635 99.1 97.5-99.7
35-44 508 21 4.0 2.4- 6.4 487 96.0 93.6-97.6
45-54 636 45 8.4 6.0-11.8 591 91.6 88.2-94.0
55-64 724 52 8.7 6.2-12.1 672 91.3 87.9-93.8
65-74 686 33 5.3 3.4- 8.1 653 94.7 91.9-96.6
75+ 495 40 8.6 6.1-12.0 455 91.4 88.0-93.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 380 58 14.5 10.7-19.5 322 85.5 80.5-89.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 998 50 4.0 2.9- 5.7 948 96.0 94.3-97.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,102 60 4.7 3.5- 6.3 1,042 95.3 93.7-96.5
College Graduate 1,253 29 2.0 1.3- 3.0 1,224 98.0 97.0-98.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 392 52 13.1 9.3-18.1 340 86.9 81.9-90.7
$15,000- 24,999 637 46 7.9 5.6-11.1 591 92.1 88.9-94.4
$25,000- 34,999 323 14 4.2 2.2- 7.8 309 95.8 92.2-97.8
$35,000- 49,999 398 11 2.1 1.1- 4.1 387 97.9 95.9-98.9
$50,000- 74,999 406 *** *** *** 398 98.2 95.5-99.3
$75,000+ 718 11 1.1 0.6- 2.0 707 98.9 98.0-99.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,068 184 19.3 16.3-22.6 884 80.7 77.4-83.7
No 2,661 12 0.3 0.1- 0.6 2,649 99.7 99.4-99.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 126 *** *** *** 119 92.6 84.3-96.7
Non-Veteran 3,610 190 5.2 4.3- 6.2 3,420 94.8 93.8-95.7
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 1,099 48 4.8 3.5- 6.7 1,051 95.2 93.3-96.5
Regional City or Suburban 796 28 3.6 2.4- 5.4 768 96.4 94.6-97.6
Rural 1,848 121 6.4 5.1- 8.0 1,727 93.6 92.0-94.9

Back to Disability.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 20SEP16.

SCHS Home | FAQs | Contacts