2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 886 63 6.8 5.1- 9.0 823 93.2 91.0-94.9
GENDER
Male 381 15 4.4 2.5- 7.7 366 95.6 92.3-97.5
Female 505 48 8.9 6.4-12.3 457 91.1 87.7-93.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 524 39 7.8 5.4-11.0 485 92.2 89.0-94.6
Non-Hispanic Black 211 20 7.5 4.5-12.3 191 92.5 87.7-95.5
Other 138 *** *** *** 134 98.1 94.7-99.3
AGE
18-44 372 12 3.7 2.0- 6.8 360 96.3 93.2-98.0
44-64 307 28 9.5 6.2-14.3 279 90.5 85.7-93.8
65+ 194 23 10.6 6.7-16.6 171 89.4 83.4-93.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 306 33 10.0 6.8-14.6 273 90.0 85.4-93.2
Some College + 576 30 4.9 3.2- 7.4 546 95.1 92.6-96.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 356 36 10.5 7.2-15.0 320 89.5 85.0-92.8
$50,000+ 353 *** *** *** 345 97.6 94.7-98.9

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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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