2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 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 9 484 108 21.2 16.8-26.2 376 78.8 73.8-83.2
GENDER
Male 204 43 22.4 15.7-30.8 161 77.6 69.2-84.3
Female 280 65 19.9 15.0-26.0 215 80.1 74.0-85.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 303 57 15.3 11.3-20.3 246 84.7 79.7-88.7
Non-Hispanic Black 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 127 *** *** *** 117 95.4 91.3-97.6
45-64 192 53 31.6 23.8-40.6 139 68.4 59.4-76.2
65+ 162 44 30.5 22.4-40.0 118 69.5 60.0-77.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 198 59 31.9 24.0-41.1 139 68.1 58.9-76.0
Some College + 285 49 12.2 8.8-16.6 236 87.8 83.4-91.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 231 74 27.8 21.4-35.3 157 72.2 64.7-78.6
$50,000+ 166 17 7.1 4.2-11.7 149 92.9 88.3-95.8

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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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