2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

Radon Testing

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,444 2,931 49.9 48.3-51.5 2,513 50.1 48.5-51.7
Region 5 672 355 49.7 45.3-54.0 317 50.3 46.0-54.7
GENDER
Male 276 166 57.4 50.6-63.9 110 42.6 36.1-49.4
Female 396 189 43.2 37.7-48.9 207 56.8 51.1-62.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 417 283 63.7 58.0-69.1 134 36.3 30.9-42.0
Non-Hispanic Black 156 51 27.4 20.4-35.7 105 72.6 64.3-79.6
Other 85 13 14.1 7.6-24.6 72 85.9 75.4-92.4
AGE
18-44 227 83 37.0 30.2-44.4 144 63.0 55.6-69.8
44-64 244 147 58.4 51.2-65.2 97 41.6 34.8-48.8
65+ 190 119 59.3 50.7-67.4 71 40.7 32.6-49.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 228 72 33.7 26.8-41.4 156 66.3 58.6-73.2
Some College + 439 279 59.7 54.3-65.0 160 40.3 35.0-45.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 288 104 31.9 26.3-38.2 184 68.1 61.8-73.7
$50,000+ 245 186 72.4 65.0-78.7 59 27.6 21.3-35.0

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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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