2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 577 133 19.6 16.3-23.3 444 80.4 76.7-83.7
GENDER
Male 272 49 14.3 10.4-19.2 223 85.7 80.8-89.6
Female 305 84 24.7 19.7-30.6 221 75.3 69.4-80.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 361 78 20.2 16.0-25.2 283 79.8 74.8-84.0
Non-Hispanic Black 117 40 27.6 19.7-37.3 77 72.4 62.7-80.3
Other 94 14 8.6 4.9-14.6 80 91.4 85.4-95.1
AGE
18-44 185 12 6.8 3.7-12.2 173 93.2 87.8-96.3
45-64 209 71 32.1 25.6-39.3 138 67.9 60.7-74.4
65+ 180 49 29.3 22.3-37.5 131 70.7 62.5-77.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 264 86 26.9 21.5-33.2 178 73.1 66.8-78.5
Some College + 312 47 12.4 9.0-16.7 265 87.6 83.3-91.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 300 89 23.8 18.9-29.4 211 76.2 70.6-81.1
$50,000+ 165 14 8.1 4.5-14.0 151 91.9 86.0-95.5

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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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