2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Disability

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,408 461 5.9 5.3- 6.7 5,947 94.1 93.3-94.7
Region 8 578 49 7.7 5.6-10.5 529 92.3 89.5-94.4
GENDER
Male 272 29 9.6 6.3-14.3 243 90.4 85.7-93.7
Female 306 20 5.9 3.6- 9.3 286 94.1 90.7-96.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 361 33 8.3 5.7-11.9 328 91.7 88.1-94.3
Non-Hispanic Black 117 11 8.3 3.9-16.6 106 91.7 83.4-96.1
Other 95 *** *** *** 90 95.7 89.3-98.3
AGE
18-44 185 12 6.5 3.6-11.4 173 93.5 88.6-96.4
45-64 210 14 5.7 3.2-10.0 196 94.3 90.0-96.8
65+ 180 24 13.7 8.9-20.4 156 86.3 79.6-91.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 264 29 9.3 6.2-13.9 235 90.7 86.1-93.8
Some College + 313 21 6.3 3.9-10.0 292 93.7 90.0-96.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 301 30 9.5 6.4-14.0 271 90.5 86.0-93.6
$50,000+ 165 *** *** *** 156 95.2 90.3-97.6

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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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