2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

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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 5 598 454 76.1 71.8-79.9 98 15.7 12.5-19.4 16 3.6 2.0- 6.2 *** *** *** 23 3.7 2.3- 5.7
GENDER
Male 292 215 72.7 66.2-78.4 52 17.2 12.6-23.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 5.0 2.8- 8.7
Female 306 239 79.1 73.4-83.9 46 14.3 10.3-19.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 379 308 82.0 77.2-85.9 55 13.3 9.9-17.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 143 103 74.5 65.9-81.6 23 13.9 8.7-21.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 74 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 210 156 73.7 66.2-80.1 31 15.6 10.6-22.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 197 150 79.7 73.2-84.9 36 15.3 10.8-21.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 180 140 76.1 67.5-83.0 30 17.0 11.1-25.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 191 117 63.1 55.1-70.4 46 22.4 16.5-29.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** 12 6.1 3.3-11.0
Some College + 407 337 83.4 78.6-87.3 52 11.8 8.5-16.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 2.3 1.2- 4.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 253 169 66.7 59.7-72.9 54 20.8 15.7-27.1 13 6.2 3.5-10.8 *** *** *** 14 5.2 2.9- 9.3
$50,000+ 237 210 91.2 86.7-94.2 24 7.2 4.6-11.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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