2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 805 59 6.5 4.9- 8.6 746 93.5 91.4-95.1
GENDER
Male 345 19 5.0 3.1- 8.0 326 95.0 92.0-96.9
Female 460 40 7.9 5.6-11.1 420 92.1 88.9-94.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 486 38 7.1 5.0-10.1 448 92.9 89.9-95.0
Non-Hispanic Black 184 16 7.3 4.3-12.2 168 92.7 87.8-95.7
Other 120 *** *** *** 117 98.2 92.6-99.6
AGE
18-44 306 12 3.5 1.9- 6.3 294 96.5 93.7-98.1
44-64 281 22 8.1 5.1-12.5 259 91.9 87.5-94.9
65+ 205 23 11.0 6.9-17.0 182 89.0 83.0-93.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 283 33 9.7 6.6-13.9 250 90.3 86.1-93.4
Some College + 516 25 4.3 2.7- 6.6 491 95.7 93.4-97.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 344 35 9.9 7.0-14.0 309 90.1 86.0-93.0
$50,000+ 298 *** *** *** 293 98.5 95.6-99.5

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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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