2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 686 40 6.3 4.4- 9.0 646 93.7 91.0-95.6
GENDER
Male 331 16 6.0 3.3-10.4 315 94.0 89.6-96.7
Female 355 24 6.6 4.2-10.3 331 93.4 89.7-95.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 431 28 7.6 5.0-11.5 403 92.4 88.5-95.0
Non-Hispanic Black 158 *** *** *** 150 94.7 88.4-97.7
Other 94 *** *** *** 90 97.7 92.7-99.3
AGE
18-44 258 *** *** *** 249 96.2 92.4-98.2
45-64 226 12 7.9 4.2-14.4 214 92.1 85.6-95.8
65+ 189 19 10.1 6.1-16.2 170 89.9 83.8-93.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 215 22 11.4 7.2-17.6 193 88.6 82.4-92.8
Some College + 471 18 3.4 1.9- 5.9 453 96.6 94.1-98.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 299 24 9.8 6.2-15.0 275 90.2 85.0-93.8
$50,000+ 270 *** *** *** 266 99.1 97.1-99.7

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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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