2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Regions 1 & 2 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 6,380 499 7.0 6.2- 7.8 5,881 93.0 92.2-93.8
Regions 1 & 2 1,049 88 7.0 5.2- 9.3 961 93.0 90.7-94.8
GENDER
Male 456 26 4.3 2.4- 7.7 430 95.7 92.3-97.6
Female 593 62 9.4 6.7-13.0 531 90.6 87.0-93.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 906 82 7.8 5.8-10.5 824 92.2 89.5-94.2
Non-Hispanic Black 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 96 *** *** *** 91 97.9 94.3-99.3
AGE
18-44 272 14 5.8 2.9-11.2 258 94.2 88.8-97.1
45-64 373 35 8.1 5.4-12.0 338 91.9 88.0-94.6
65+ 388 38 7.6 5.0-11.3 350 92.4 88.7-95.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 428 49 10.2 6.9-14.7 379 89.8 85.3-93.1
Some College + 622 39 4.1 2.8- 6.1 583 95.9 93.9-97.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 537 63 10.5 7.4-14.6 474 89.5 85.4-92.6
$50,000+ 325 *** *** *** 319 99.1 98.0-99.6

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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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