2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Regions 1 & 2 Demographics

Disability

Do you have serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,384 1,152 15.3 14.3-16.3 5,232 84.7 83.7-85.7
Regions 1 & 2 1,051 205 16.3 13.7-19.2 846 83.7 80.8-86.3
GENDER
Male 459 79 14.5 11.0-18.9 380 85.5 81.1-89.0
Female 592 126 17.9 14.4-22.1 466 82.1 77.9-85.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 909 179 16.4 13.7-19.5 730 83.6 80.5-86.3
Non-Hispanic Black 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 271 22 5.5 3.2- 9.5 249 94.5 90.5-96.8
45-64 374 82 21.8 17.0-27.5 292 78.2 72.5-83.0
65+ 389 99 23.9 19.1-29.5 290 76.1 70.5-80.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 429 106 20.2 15.9-25.3 323 79.8 74.7-84.1
Some College + 623 99 12.7 9.9-16.2 524 87.3 83.8-90.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 536 146 25.3 20.8-30.5 390 74.7 69.5-79.2
$50,000+ 325 26 4.7 2.9- 7.3 299 95.3 92.7-97.1

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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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