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

Radon Testing

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,768 1,229 25.0 23.6-26.5 3,539 75.0 73.5-76.4
Region 1 & 2 815 276 31.9 27.8-36.2 539 68.1 63.8-72.2
GENDER
Male 356 134 35.8 29.6-42.5 222 64.2 57.5-70.4
Female 459 142 28.3 23.2-34.0 317 71.7 66.0-76.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 702 250 33.9 29.5-38.7 452 66.1 61.3-70.5
Non-Hispanic Black 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 70 16 14.4 7.8-25.1 54 85.6 74.9-92.2
AGE
18-44 180 48 26.3 19.1-35.1 132 73.7 64.9-80.9
44-64 303 109 33.8 27.4-40.9 194 66.2 59.1-72.6
65+ 324 117 36.0 29.5-43.1 207 64.0 56.9-70.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 299 61 22.4 16.5-29.7 238 77.6 70.3-83.5
Some College + 514 213 38.9 33.6-44.4 301 61.1 55.6-66.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 407 101 23.6 18.7-29.4 306 76.4 70.6-81.3
$50,000+ 266 132 44.5 37.1-52.2 134 55.5 47.8-62.9

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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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