2015 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability-Males

Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, do you have difficulty doing errands alone
such as visiting a doctor’s office or shopping?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,534 581 8.3 7.6- 9.2 5,953 91.7 90.8-92.4
-MALES 2,794 179 6.2 5.2- 7.4 2,615 93.8 92.6-94.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,894 115 6.5 5.2- 8.1 1,779 93.5 91.9-94.8
Non-Hispanic Black 473 43 7.2 5.1-10.1 430 92.8 89.9-94.9
Other 383 16 2.7 1.6- 4.7 367 97.3 95.3-98.4
AGE
18-34 583 11 2.2 1.2- 4.0 572 97.8 96.0-98.8
35-44 403 19 4.1 2.3- 7.0 384 95.9 93.0-97.7
45-54 505 41 9.4 6.7-13.2 464 90.6 86.8-93.3
55-64 588 63 10.8 8.0-14.4 525 89.2 85.6-92.0
65-74 439 20 4.5 2.8- 7.1 419 95.5 92.9-97.2
75+ 247 24 14.9 9.2-23.1 223 85.1 76.9-90.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 317 40 12.9 9.1-18.1 277 87.1 81.9-90.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 807 76 8.6 6.7-11.1 731 91.4 88.9-93.3
Some Post-H.S. 705 35 3.6 2.4- 5.2 670 96.4 94.8-97.6
College Graduate 944 27 2.3 1.4- 3.5 917 97.7 96.5-98.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 211 42 18.7 13.3-25.8 169 81.3 74.2-86.7
$15,000- 24,999 446 59 13.3 9.9-17.8 387 86.7 82.2-90.1
$25,000- 34,999 249 14 5.6 3.0-10.2 235 94.4 89.8-97.0
$35,000- 49,999 337 13 2.5 1.4- 4.4 324 97.5 95.6-98.6
$50,000- 74,999 405 11 2.1 1.0- 4.4 394 97.9 95.6-99.0
$75,000+ 699 *** *** *** 691 98.9 97.6-99.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 682 157 24.7 20.9-29.0 525 75.3 71.0-79.1
No 2,101 19 0.9 0.5- 1.6 2,082 99.1 98.4-99.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 755 54 7.0 5.0- 9.7 701 93.0 90.3-95.0
Non-Veteran 2,027 125 6.0 4.9- 7.4 1,902 94.0 92.6-95.1
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 827 39 4.7 3.3- 6.8 788 95.3 93.2-96.7
Regional City or Suburban 630 39 7.0 4.9-10.0 591 93.0 90.0-95.1
Rural 1,337 101 7.0 5.5- 8.8 1,236 93.0 91.2-94.5

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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.

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