2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 Demographics

Disability

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
Region 3 596 53 9.1 6.8-12.1 543 90.9 87.9-93.2
GENDER
Male 262 12 4.1 2.1- 7.8 250 95.9 92.2-97.9
Female 334 41 13.5 9.7-18.4 293 86.5 81.6-90.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 467 46 10.6 7.8-14.4 421 89.4 85.6-92.2
Non-Hispanic Black 72 *** *** *** 66 93.8 86.0-97.4
Other 55 *** *** *** 54 98.6 90.3-99.8
AGE
18-44 177 *** *** *** 167 96.4 93.1-98.1
44-64 228 24 13.8 9.0-20.5 204 86.2 79.5-91.0
65+ 186 19 12.3 7.7-19.1 167 87.7 80.9-92.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 242 31 12.8 8.7-18.3 211 87.2 81.7-91.3
Some College + 352 22 6.0 3.8- 9.2 330 94.0 90.8-96.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 300 35 12.0 8.3-17.1 265 88.0 82.9-91.7
$50,000+ 191 *** *** *** 186 97.1 93.0-98.8

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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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