2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Very easy Somewhat easy Somewhat difficult Very difficult I don't pay attention to health information
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,505 3,384 61.1 59.5-62.7 1,471 26.1 24.7-27.6 310 6.1 5.3- 7.0 99 1.9 1.4- 2.4 241 4.8 4.1- 5.6
Region 4 826 506 59.0 55.1-62.8 219 26.7 23.4-30.2 51 6.8 5.0- 9.4 11 2.0 1.0- 3.7 39 5.5 3.9- 7.7
GENDER
Male 383 228 56.5 50.7-62.1 100 27.3 22.5-32.6 30 7.7 5.1-11.5 *** *** *** 19 5.9 3.6- 9.7
Female 443 278 61.2 55.9-66.3 119 26.1 21.8-31.0 21 6.1 3.7- 9.8 *** *** *** 20 5.1 3.2- 8.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 544 331 59.2 54.3-63.8 148 27.2 23.2-31.7 34 7.0 4.7-10.3 *** *** *** 23 4.4 2.7- 7.0
Non-Hispanic Black 159 104 62.7 53.9-70.8 36 23.4 16.9-31.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 114 *** *** *** 34 30.5 21.6-41.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 281 177 60.6 53.9-66.9 72 25.6 20.4-31.7 18 7.8 4.6-12.9 *** *** *** 12 5.4 3.0- 9.7
45-64 307 200 61.8 55.6-67.6 70 23.9 19.1-29.5 16 5.3 3.1- 8.9 *** *** *** 15 5.9 3.4- 9.9
65+ 230 123 50.3 42.9-57.6 75 33.7 27.0-41.0 17 8.2 4.7-13.9 *** *** *** 12 5.3 2.7-10.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 306 133 41.3 35.2-47.7 107 34.2 28.5-40.3 32 11.0 7.4-16.3 *** *** *** 26 9.6 6.4-14.3
Some College + 515 369 71.7 67.0-75.9 112 21.6 17.9-25.9 19 3.9 2.4- 6.4 *** *** *** 13 2.6 1.4- 4.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 352 169 44.1 38.3-50.1 122 35.0 29.5-40.9 31 9.7 6.5-14.4 *** *** *** 23 7.9 5.1-12.2
$50,000+ 333 246 72.3 66.5-77.3 64 20.7 16.3-26.0 12 3.4 1.7- 6.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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