2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 Demographics

Disability

Do you have serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,548 1,258 16.5 15.5-17.6 5,290 83.5 82.4-84.5
Region 6 502 99 16.5 13.2-20.3 403 83.5 79.7-86.8
GENDER
Male 220 32 11.8 7.9-17.3 188 88.2 82.7-92.1
Female 282 67 20.9 16.2-26.5 215 79.1 73.5-83.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 281 44 12.5 9.0-17.0 237 87.5 83.0-91.0
Non-Hispanic Black 144 42 23.2 16.7-31.3 102 76.8 68.7-83.3
Other 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 182 16 8.3 4.8-14.0 166 91.7 86.0-95.2
44-64 192 53 25.4 19.2-32.8 139 74.6 67.2-80.8
65+ 121 30 24.1 16.9-33.3 91 75.9 66.7-83.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 205 51 20.1 14.9-26.6 154 79.9 73.4-85.1
Some College + 296 48 13.7 10.0-18.6 248 86.3 81.4-90.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 230 60 22.3 16.8-28.9 170 77.7 71.1-83.2
$50,000+ 164 18 9.1 5.5-14.7 146 90.9 85.3-94.5

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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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