2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 796 112 12.7 10.3-15.6 684 87.3 84.4-89.7
GENDER
Male 341 36 9.6 6.6-13.8 305 90.4 86.2-93.4
Female 455 76 15.6 12.1-19.7 379 84.4 80.3-87.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 486 61 11.9 9.0-15.5 425 88.1 84.5-91.0
Non-Hispanic Black 195 40 18.1 12.5-25.4 155 81.9 74.6-87.5
Other 109 11 8.1 4.3-14.9 98 91.9 85.1-95.7
AGE
18-44 296 11 5.1 2.7- 9.6 285 94.9 90.4-97.3
45-64 296 52 16.6 12.4-21.8 244 83.4 78.2-87.6
65+ 194 49 25.7 19.3-33.3 145 74.3 66.7-80.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 261 57 19.8 14.7-26.0 204 80.2 74.0-85.3
Some College + 532 55 9.1 6.8-12.1 477 90.9 87.9-93.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 315 69 21.7 16.7-27.6 246 78.3 72.4-83.3
$50,000+ 345 23 5.8 3.7- 9.0 322 94.2 91.0-96.3

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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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