2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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
Region 6 547 119 19.5 16.1-23.5 428 80.5 76.5-83.9
GENDER
Male 243 50 19.9 14.7-26.3 193 80.1 73.7-85.3
Female 304 69 19.2 14.9-24.4 235 80.8 75.6-85.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 306 66 20.5 15.8-26.2 240 79.5 73.8-84.2
Non-Hispanic Black 160 39 21.9 15.8-29.6 121 78.1 70.4-84.2
Other 74 11 9.9 5.2-18.0 63 90.1 82.0-94.8
AGE
18-44 210 16 7.3 4.4-12.0 194 92.7 88.0-95.6
45-64 175 51 30.7 23.3-39.2 124 69.3 60.8-76.7
65+ 156 50 33.0 25.0-42.0 106 67.0 58.0-75.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 228 54 20.1 15.0-26.4 174 79.9 73.6-85.0
Some College + 317 64 18.9 14.5-24.2 253 81.1 75.8-85.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 287 75 24.3 19.0-30.4 212 75.7 69.6-81.0
$50,000+ 158 17 9.2 5.5-15.1 141 90.8 84.9-94.5

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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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