2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Health Status

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  Total
Respond.^		 Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,677 1,188 18.8 17.6-20.0 2,035 31.2 29.8-32.6 2,066 30.8 29.5-32.2 975 13.4 12.4-14.4 413 5.8 5.2- 6.6
Region 8 666 109 17.3 14.1-21.0 196 28.0 24.3-32.2 215 34.5 30.3-38.9 107 15.5 12.5-19.0 39 4.7 3.3- 6.6
GENDER
Male 279 45 18.6 13.7-24.7 97 32.2 26.3-38.8 90 33.1 27.0-39.8 33 13.1 9.0-18.7 14 2.9 1.6- 5.3
Female 387 64 16.0 12.3-20.7 99 23.9 19.4-29.1 125 35.8 30.2-41.8 74 17.8 13.9-22.5 25 6.5 4.2- 9.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 441 80 19.6 15.6-24.5 155 33.3 28.4-38.6 129 31.0 26.1-36.4 55 12.1 9.0-16.1 22 3.9 2.4- 6.3
Non-Hispanic Black 124 14 12.6 6.7-22.4 25 22.6 14.7-33.1 44 35.3 26.2-45.6 30 23.0 14.9-33.6 11 6.6 3.6-11.9
Other 91 14 14.1 7.8-24.1 14 13.0 6.8-23.5 *** *** *** 18 19.6 11.9-30.5 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 217 49 22.9 17.3-29.7 74 32.0 25.6-39.2 68 33.9 27.1-41.3 25 10.6 6.9-15.9 *** *** ***
44-64 244 34 13.0 9.2-18.1 65 24.5 19.2-30.9 82 35.8 29.1-43.0 44 19.8 14.4-26.6 19 6.9 4.2-11.1
65+ 194 26 11.7 7.6-17.4 56 25.3 19.4-32.4 58 32.1 24.9-40.3 35 19.4 13.3-27.5 19 11.5 7.1-18.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 281 34 14.5 10.1-20.4 56 18.0 13.6-23.4 102 39.9 33.3-46.8 62 20.1 15.3-26.1 27 7.5 4.9-11.2
Some College + 383 75 20.0 15.7-25.1 138 36.6 31.0-42.5 113 29.8 24.7-35.5 45 11.4 8.2-15.7 12 2.2 1.2- 4.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 314 35 13.5 9.4-19.0 69 21.0 16.4-26.6 118 38.4 32.3-44.9 69 21.4 16.5-27.2 23 5.7 3.6- 8.9
$50,000+ 209 54 26.3 19.9-34.0 89 39.9 32.3-48.0 54 27.7 20.8-35.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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