2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 522 243 40.5 35.7-45.4 279 59.5 54.6-64.3
GENDER
Male 213 115 46.8 39.1-54.6 98 53.2 45.4-60.9
Female 309 128 34.6 29.0-40.7 181 65.4 59.3-71.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 346 196 50.8 44.6-57.0 150 49.2 43.0-55.4
Non-Hispanic Black 107 31 22.5 15.3-31.7 76 77.5 68.3-84.7
Other 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 140 48 33.2 25.1-42.3 92 66.8 57.7-74.9
44-64 201 102 45.2 37.6-53.0 99 54.8 47.0-62.4
65+ 173 89 45.6 37.4-54.2 84 54.4 45.8-62.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 219 56 22.2 16.7-29.0 163 77.8 71.0-83.3
Some College + 301 187 56.6 49.8-63.2 114 43.4 36.8-50.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 241 88 34.1 27.7-41.3 153 65.9 58.7-72.3
$50,000+ 175 121 58.3 49.0-66.9 54 41.7 33.1-51.0

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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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