2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Demographics

Do you have serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs?

View results for a demographic group:
 Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,380 662 15.7 14.1-17.4 3,718 84.3 82.6-85.9
Medicaid Region 5 967 163 15.5 12.6-18.8 804 84.5 81.2-87.4
GENDER
Male 453 77 16.9 12.6-22.3 376 83.1 77.7-87.4
Female 514 86 14.2 10.7-18.5 428 85.8 81.5-89.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 505 81 16.1 12.4-20.7 424 83.9 79.3-87.6
Non-Hispanic Black 184 32 15.7 9.8-24.1 152 84.3 75.9-90.2
Other 254 46 13.9 8.9-21.0 208 86.1 79.0-91.1
AGE
18-44 346 23 4.8 2.8- 8.1 323 95.2 91.9-97.2
45-64 319 67 22.4 16.2-30.0 252 77.6 70.0-83.8
65+ 288 72 28.1 21.3-36.1 216 71.9 63.9-78.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 336 73 18.8 13.7-25.2 263 81.2 74.8-86.3
Some Post-H.S. 316 56 15.8 11.3-21.6 260 84.2 78.4-88.7
College Graduate 314 33 9.6 6.3-14.4 281 90.4 85.6-93.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 371 86 22.4 16.9-29.1 285 77.6 70.9-83.1
$50,000+ 382 38 9.1 6.1-13.3 344 90.9 86.7-93.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 214 39 15.9 10.2-23.9 175 84.1 76.1-89.8

Back to Demographics.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2022 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2022 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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 31JUL24.

SCHS Home | FAQs | Contacts