2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,684 859 13.4 12.4-14.5 5,825 86.6 85.5-87.6
Region 1 & 2 1,010 116 13.1 10.3-16.5 894 86.9 83.5-89.7
GENDER
Male 443 33 9.2 6.0-14.1 410 90.8 85.9-94.0
Female 567 83 16.7 12.5-21.9 484 83.3 78.1-87.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 849 102 13.5 10.5-17.2 747 86.5 82.8-89.5
Non-Hispanic Black 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 261 33 15.2 10.2-22.1 228 84.8 77.9-89.8
44-64 363 40 12.7 8.3-18.9 323 87.3 81.1-91.7
65+ 375 41 10.4 7.0-15.3 334 89.6 84.7-93.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 392 50 14.0 9.5-20.1 342 86.0 79.9-90.5
Some College + 615 65 12.4 9.1-16.5 550 87.6 83.5-90.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 510 65 16.4 12.0-22.2 445 83.6 77.8-88.0
$50,000+ 303 25 7.1 4.4-11.2 278 92.9 88.8-95.6

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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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