2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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
Region 4 1,067 69 6.0 4.6- 7.9 998 94.0 92.1-95.4
GENDER
Male 514 24 4.3 2.7- 6.8 490 95.7 93.2-97.3
Female 553 45 7.6 5.4-10.5 508 92.4 89.5-94.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 685 50 6.8 5.0- 9.4 635 93.2 90.6-95.0
Non-Hispanic Black 199 11 4.0 2.1- 7.5 188 96.0 92.5-97.9
Other 169 *** *** *** 163 95.5 89.7-98.1
AGE
18-44 429 15 3.7 2.1- 6.5 414 96.3 93.5-97.9
45-64 361 22 6.4 4.1-10.0 339 93.6 90.0-95.9
65+ 263 31 11.1 7.5-16.3 232 88.9 83.7-92.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 380 44 11.1 8.0-15.2 336 88.9 84.8-92.0
Some College + 682 25 2.8 1.8- 4.3 657 97.2 95.7-98.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 447 42 9.1 6.4-12.8 405 90.9 87.2-93.6
$50,000+ 442 *** *** *** 433 97.6 95.3-98.8

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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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