2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 Demographics

Health Literacy

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  Total
Respond.^
Very easy Somewhat easy Somewhat difficult Very difficult I don't look for health information
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,487 4,078 72.9 71.4-74.4 917 17.5 16.2-18.8 161 3.2 2.6- 3.9 76 1.4 1.0- 1.9 255 5.0 4.3- 5.8
Region 3 510 370 69.4 64.3-74.0 92 20.0 16.1-24.7 17 3.5 2.1- 5.9 *** *** *** 25 6.3 4.0- 9.8
GENDER
Male 221 146 61.4 53.4-68.9 50 25.7 19.2-33.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** 16 9.2 5.2-15.8
Female 289 224 76.9 70.8-82.0 42 14.6 10.5-20.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 385 286 70.3 64.4-75.7 69 20.3 15.7-25.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 6.4 3.7-10.8
Non-Hispanic Black 70 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 50 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 151 101 65.8 56.5-74.0 34 23.6 16.5-32.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 195 143 70.6 62.5-77.6 32 18.2 12.5-25.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 157 119 72.4 63.5-79.8 26 17.5 11.7-25.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 205 121 58.6 50.5-66.3 53 26.3 19.7-34.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 9.5 5.4-16.2
Some College + 305 249 78.5 72.4-83.6 39 14.7 10.4-20.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 259 170 64.1 56.8-70.8 58 23.9 18.0-31.1 14 5.5 3.1- 9.6 *** *** *** 13 5.4 3.1- 9.3
$50,000+ 164 136 75.7 66.0-83.3 21 17.3 11.2-25.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2016 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2016 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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