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 4,768 1,229 25.0 23.6-26.5 3,539 75.0 73.5-76.4
Region 5 585 154 24.8 21.1-29.0 431 75.2 71.0-78.9
GENDER
Male 246 73 27.2 21.5-33.7 173 72.8 66.3-78.5
Female 339 81 22.7 18.0-28.1 258 77.3 71.9-82.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 372 109 27.6 22.8-32.9 263 72.4 67.1-77.2
Non-Hispanic Black 131 30 20.6 14.0-29.2 101 79.4 70.8-86.0
Other 71 11 15.2 8.0-26.8 60 84.8 73.2-92.0
AGE
18-44 192 38 20.0 14.4-27.2 154 80.0 72.8-85.6
44-64 219 67 29.6 23.4-36.5 152 70.4 63.5-76.6
65+ 165 46 24.9 18.3-33.0 119 75.1 67.0-81.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 195 31 15.3 10.5-21.9 164 84.7 78.1-89.5
Some College + 386 122 30.9 25.9-36.3 264 69.1 63.7-74.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 255 49 18.2 13.5-24.0 206 81.8 76.0-86.5
$50,000+ 225 86 37.0 30.2-44.4 139 63.0 55.6-69.8

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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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