2015 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability-Non-Hispanic White

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
-Non-Hispanic White 4,408 381 8.5 7.6- 9.6 4,027 91.5 90.4-92.4
GENDER
Male 1,894 115 6.5 5.2- 8.1 1,779 93.5 91.9-94.8
Female 2,514 266 10.4 9.0-12.0 2,248 89.6 88.0-91.0
AGE
18-34 674 25 3.7 2.4- 5.7 649 96.3 94.3-97.6
35-44 505 28 5.1 3.3- 7.9 477 94.9 92.1-96.7
45-54 746 77 11.7 9.1-15.0 669 88.3 85.0-90.9
55-64 926 100 11.5 9.1-14.4 826 88.5 85.6-90.9
65-74 904 62 7.4 5.4- 9.9 842 92.6 90.1-94.6
75+ 612 89 17.2 13.6-21.6 523 82.8 78.4-86.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 309 74 23.3 18.1-29.5 235 76.7 70.5-81.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,109 126 10.3 8.4-12.6 983 89.7 87.4-91.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,284 114 7.1 5.8- 8.7 1,170 92.9 91.3-94.2
College Graduate 1,689 66 3.0 2.2- 3.9 1,623 97.0 96.1-97.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 305 78 27.7 21.8-34.4 227 72.3 65.6-78.2
$15,000- 24,999 566 93 18.2 14.4-22.8 473 81.8 77.2-85.6
$25,000- 34,999 359 41 10.8 7.5-15.2 318 89.2 84.8-92.5
$35,000- 49,999 522 26 3.8 2.5- 5.8 496 96.2 94.2-97.5
$50,000- 74,999 620 23 3.3 2.0- 5.6 597 96.7 94.4-98.0
$75,000+ 1,167 22 1.7 1.0- 2.7 1,145 98.3 97.3-99.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,238 344 30.0 26.8-33.3 894 70.0 66.7-73.2
No 3,153 35 1.1 0.7- 1.7 3,118 98.9 98.3-99.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 655 46 7.3 5.1-10.4 609 92.7 89.6-94.9
Non-Veteran 3,748 335 8.7 7.7- 9.9 3,413 91.3 90.1-92.3
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 1,100 79 7.3 5.6- 9.4 1,021 92.7 90.6-94.4
Regional City or Suburban 1,045 81 8.5 6.6-10.9 964 91.5 89.1-93.4
Rural 2,263 221 9.3 7.9-11.0 2,042 90.7 89.0-92.1

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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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