2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

(Ever told) you have kidney disease?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,678 213 2.8 2.4- 3.3 6,465 97.2 96.7-97.6
Region 8 667 22 2.7 1.7- 4.5 645 97.3 95.5-98.3
GENDER
Male 279 11 3.3 1.6- 6.5 268 96.7 93.5-98.4
Female 388 11 2.2 1.1- 4.3 377 97.8 95.7-98.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 441 15 2.9 1.6- 5.4 426 97.1 94.6-98.4
Non-Hispanic Black 126 *** *** *** 121 96.5 91.2-98.7
Other 90 *** *** *** 88 98.7 94.8-99.7
AGE
18-44 217 *** *** *** 215 99.5 98.0-99.9
44-64 244 *** *** *** 237 96.7 91.8-98.7
65+ 195 12 6.1 3.3-11.0 183 93.9 89.0-96.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 281 11 3.5 1.7- 6.8 270 96.5 93.2-98.3
Some College + 384 11 2.1 1.0- 4.1 373 97.9 95.9-99.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 315 13 2.6 1.4- 4.8 302 97.4 95.2-98.6
$50,000+ 209 *** *** *** 206 99.2 97.4-99.8

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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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