2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 500 50 8.9 6.5-12.1 450 91.1 87.9-93.5
GENDER
Male 219 19 7.0 4.2-11.5 200 93.0 88.5-95.8
Female 281 31 10.7 7.2-15.6 250 89.3 84.4-92.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 279 22 7.3 4.6-11.5 257 92.7 88.5-95.4
Non-Hispanic Black 144 21 12.1 7.6-18.6 123 87.9 81.4-92.4
Other 70 *** *** *** 63 90.1 77.4-96.0
AGE
18-44 181 *** *** *** 171 95.2 90.5-97.6
44-64 191 28 14.1 9.3-20.7 163 85.9 79.3-90.7
65+ 121 12 11.6 6.5-19.9 109 88.4 80.1-93.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 203 33 14.6 10.0-20.8 170 85.4 79.2-90.0
Some College + 296 17 4.5 2.7- 7.7 279 95.5 92.3-97.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 230 34 13.8 9.4-19.6 196 86.2 80.4-90.6
$50,000+ 164 *** *** *** 159 96.7 91.9-98.7

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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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