BRFSS 2016 - North Carolina Regions: (Do you have serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs?)

2016 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Disability

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	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	6,384	1,152	15.3	14.3-16.3	5,232	84.7	83.7-85.7
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Regions 1 & 2	1,052	205	16.3	13.7-19.2	847	83.7	80.8-86.3
Region 3	567	106	18.2	14.7-22.4	461	81.8	77.6-85.3
Region 4	1,066	155	13.4	11.3-15.8	911	86.6	84.2-88.7
Region 5	685	88	11.4	9.0-14.4	597	88.6	85.6-91.0
Region 6	547	119	19.5	16.1-23.5	428	80.5	76.5-83.9
Region 7	796	112	12.7	10.3-15.6	684	87.3	84.4-89.7
Region 8	578	133	19.5	16.3-23.3	445	80.5	76.7-83.7
Region 9	484	108	21.2	16.8-26.2	376	78.8	73.8-83.2
Region 10	612	127	18.4	15.2-22.2	485	81.6	77.8-84.8
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC	2,279	502	19.2	17.3-21.2	1,777	80.8	78.8-82.7
Piedmont	2,885	412	12.9	11.6-14.3	2,473	87.1	85.7-88.4
Western NC	1,223	239	17.4	14.8-20.5	984	82.6	79.5-85.2
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC	935	184	16.3	13.6-19.4	751	83.7	80.6-86.4
Northwest	908	172	18.2	15.5-21.4	736	81.8	78.6-84.5
Charlotte	856	114	12.0	9.8-14.6	742	88.0	85.4-90.2
Greensboro	529	66	11.6	8.8-15.1	463	88.4	84.9-91.2
Southern Regional	608	140	20.6	17.3-24.4	468	79.4	75.6-82.7
Southeast	345	88	23.1	18.5-28.4	257	76.9	71.6-81.5
Wake	871	113	11.2	9.1-13.8	758	88.8	86.2-90.9
Area L & Eastern	1,335	276	17.6	15.2-20.4	1,059	82.4	79.6-84.8

Total
Respond.^

Yes

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

6,384

1,152

15.3

14.3-16.3

5,232

84.7

83.7-85.7

NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS

Regions 1 & 2

1,052

205

16.3

13.7-19.2

847

83.7

80.8-86.3

Region 3

567

106

18.2

14.7-22.4

461

81.8

77.6-85.3

Region 4

1,066

155

13.4

11.3-15.8

911

86.6

84.2-88.7

Region 5

685

11.4

9.0-14.4

597

88.6

85.6-91.0

Region 6

547

119

19.5

16.1-23.5

428

80.5

76.5-83.9

Region 7

796

112

12.7

10.3-15.6

684

87.3

84.4-89.7

Region 8

578

133

19.5

16.3-23.3

445

80.5

76.7-83.7

Region 9

484

108

21.2

16.8-26.2

376

78.8

73.8-83.2

Region 10

612

127

18.4

15.2-22.2

485

81.6

77.8-84.8

STATE REGIONS

Eastern NC

2,279

502

19.2

17.3-21.2

1,777

80.8

78.8-82.7

Piedmont

2,885

412

12.9

11.6-14.3

2,473

87.1

85.7-88.4

Western NC

1,223

239

17.4

14.8-20.5

984

82.6

79.5-85.2

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)

Mountain AHEC

935

184

16.3

13.6-19.4

751

83.7

80.6-86.4

Northwest

908

172

18.2

15.5-21.4

736

81.8

78.6-84.5

Charlotte

856

114

12.0

9.8-14.6

742

88.0

85.4-90.2

Greensboro

529

11.6

8.8-15.1

463

88.4

84.9-91.2

Southern Regional

608

140

20.6

17.3-24.4

468

79.4

75.6-82.7

Southeast

345

23.1

18.5-28.4

257

76.9

71.6-81.5

Wake

871

113

11.2

9.1-13.8

758

88.8

86.2-90.9

Area L & Eastern

1,335

276

17.6

15.2-20.4

1,059

82.4

79.6-84.8

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2016 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2016 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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