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 4,768 1,229 25.0 23.6-26.5 3,539 75.0 73.5-76.4
Region 8 471 83 15.7 12.3-19.8 388 84.3 80.2-87.7
GENDER
Male 204 39 17.0 11.9-23.6 165 83.0 76.4-88.1
Female 267 44 14.4 10.3-19.6 223 85.6 80.4-89.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 311 63 18.4 13.9-23.8 248 81.6 76.2-86.1
Non-Hispanic Black 93 14 13.4 7.5-22.8 79 86.6 77.2-92.5
Other 60 *** *** *** 57 98.5 94.8-99.5
AGE
18-44 124 16 13.0 7.6-21.3 108 87.0 78.7-92.4
44-64 185 36 17.5 12.5-24.0 149 82.5 76.0-87.5
65+ 154 30 17.3 11.6-25.1 124 82.7 74.9-88.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 195 24 12.5 8.0-19.1 171 87.5 80.9-92.0
Some College + 274 59 18.7 14.1-24.3 215 81.3 75.7-85.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 219 29 12.7 8.5-18.6 190 87.3 81.4-91.5
$50,000+ 162 40 20.4 14.1-28.5 122 79.6 71.5-85.9

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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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