2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 1,194 102 8.6 6.8-10.7 1,092 91.4 89.3-93.2
GENDER
Male 503 36 7.7 5.3-11.1 467 92.3 88.9-94.7
Female 691 66 9.3 7.1-12.3 625 90.7 87.7-92.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 788 63 8.5 6.4-11.3 725 91.5 88.7-93.6
Non-Hispanic Black 234 24 10.7 6.7-16.6 210 89.3 83.4-93.3
Other 151 11 4.9 2.6- 9.1 140 95.1 90.9-97.4
AGE
18-44 402 15 3.9 2.2- 6.7 387 96.1 93.3-97.8
44-64 476 57 13.3 9.9-17.6 419 86.7 82.4-90.1
65+ 299 28 11.9 7.6-18.2 271 88.1 81.8-92.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 427 58 14.1 10.5-18.7 369 85.9 81.3-89.5
Some College + 760 44 4.9 3.6- 6.8 716 95.1 93.2-96.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 517 68 12.9 9.8-16.9 449 87.1 83.1-90.2
$50,000+ 426 11 2.2 1.1- 4.2 415 97.8 95.8-98.9

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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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