2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 546 58 9.5 7.1-12.7 488 90.5 87.3-92.9
GENDER
Male 241 22 9.4 5.8-14.8 219 90.6 85.2-94.2
Female 305 36 9.7 6.8-13.7 269 90.3 86.3-93.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 306 32 9.7 6.4-14.4 274 90.3 85.6-93.6
Non-Hispanic Black 159 19 11.3 7.0-17.5 140 88.7 82.5-93.0
Other 74 *** *** *** 68 94.2 87.2-97.5
AGE
18-44 209 *** *** *** 201 96.4 92.6-98.2
45-64 175 27 14.8 9.6-22.2 148 85.2 77.8-90.4
65+ 156 22 16.2 10.2-24.6 134 83.8 75.4-89.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 226 32 10.9 7.2-16.1 194 89.1 83.9-92.8
Some College + 318 25 8.2 5.3-12.3 293 91.8 87.7-94.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 287 38 12.8 8.9-18.0 249 87.2 82.0-91.1
$50,000+ 159 *** *** *** 155 97.3 92.0-99.1

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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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