2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 909 90 8.3 6.5-10.6 819 91.7 89.4-93.5
GENDER
Male 381 21 4.6 2.7- 7.6 360 95.4 92.4-97.3
Female 528 69 11.8 8.9-15.4 459 88.2 84.6-91.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 592 55 8.0 5.8-11.0 537 92.0 89.0-94.2
Non-Hispanic Black 244 28 10.0 6.5-15.1 216 90.0 84.9-93.5
Other 62 *** *** *** 55 94.1 86.0-97.6
AGE
18-44 232 *** *** *** 223 96.8 93.1-98.6
44-64 374 44 13.0 9.4-17.8 330 87.0 82.2-90.6
65+ 295 37 11.7 8.2-16.6 258 88.3 83.4-91.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 384 54 10.3 7.5-13.8 330 89.7 86.2-92.5
Some College + 520 35 6.5 4.2- 9.9 485 93.5 90.1-95.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 433 57 10.7 7.9-14.3 376 89.3 85.7-92.1
$50,000+ 289 *** *** *** 281 97.6 94.9-98.9

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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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