2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

Demographics

Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, do you have difficulty doing errands alone
such as visiting a doctor’s office or shopping?

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 3,973 304 7.9 6.8- 9.2 3,669 92.1 90.8-93.2
Region 5 563 41 8.0 5.4-11.6 522 92.0 88.4-94.6
GENDER
Male 250 16 6.2 3.4-11.0 234 93.8 89.0-96.6
Female 313 25 9.6 5.7-15.5 288 90.4 84.5-94.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 351 21 5.8 3.4- 9.8 330 94.2 90.2-96.6
Non-Hispanic Black 107 11 12.5 6.0-24.3 96 87.5 75.7-94.0
Other 95 *** *** *** 86 89.0 76.4-95.3
AGE
18-44 204 *** *** *** 195 96.8 93.5-98.4
45-64 190 17 11.7 6.6-19.8 173 88.3 80.2-93.4
65+ 156 15 13.5 6.7-25.1 141 86.5 74.9-93.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 154 19 11.3 6.3-19.3 135 88.7 80.7-93.7
Some Post-H.S. 126 15 11.3 6.0-20.2 111 88.7 79.8-94.0
College Graduate 278 *** *** *** 271 97.9 94.6-99.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 158 21 10.6 6.4-17.0 137 89.4 83.0-93.6
$50,000+ 280 11 4.6 2.2- 9.3 269 95.4 90.7-97.8
Don't know/Not Sure 125 *** *** *** 116 88.2 75.6-94.8

Back to Demographics.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 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 08APR25.

SCHS Home | FAQs | Contacts