2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 Demographics

Disability

Disability Status*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,556 1,764 24.2 23.0-25.4 4,792 75.8 74.6-77.0
Region 6 503 152 26.0 22.0-30.4 351 74.0 69.6-78.0
GENDER
Male 220 65 25.1 19.3-32.0 155 74.9 68.0-80.7
Female 283 87 26.8 21.6-32.7 196 73.2 67.3-78.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 281 79 24.9 19.8-30.7 202 75.1 69.3-80.2
Non-Hispanic Black 144 51 28.4 21.0-37.2 93 71.6 62.8-79.0
Other 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 184 36 17.4 12.2-24.1 148 82.6 75.9-87.8
44-64 192 69 33.0 26.2-40.7 123 67.0 59.3-73.8
65+ 120 46 38.4 29.2-48.4 74 61.6 51.6-70.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 205 79 33.0 26.3-40.5 126 67.0 59.5-73.7
Some College + 297 73 20.7 16.2-26.2 224 79.3 73.8-83.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 232 86 31.1 24.8-38.2 146 68.9 61.8-75.2
$50,000+ 164 30 17.6 12.1-24.8 134 82.4 75.2-87.9

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*Disability status (Yes) is defined by an affirmative response to the need for special equipment and/or having an activity limitation due to physical, mental, or emotional problems.

See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

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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