2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 479 349 72.7 67.8-77.1 83 18.4 14.7-22.8 14 2.9 1.6- 5.1 *** *** *** 23 3.9 2.5- 6.2
GENDER
Male 210 149 71.2 63.8-77.7 41 20.2 14.7-27.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 5.0 2.6- 9.4
Female 269 200 73.9 67.3-79.6 42 16.9 12.3-22.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** 12 3.1 1.6- 5.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 288 219 75.3 69.1-80.6 48 17.1 12.7-22.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 3.4 1.7- 6.5
Non-Hispanic Black 109 77 72.5 62.2-80.8 17 15.7 9.5-24.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 78 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 130 92 72.5 63.4-80.0 26 18.9 12.7-27.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 188 141 73.5 65.8-80.1 31 18.5 12.9-25.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 159 114 71.7 63.1-78.9 26 17.7 12.0-25.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** 12 6.7 3.3-12.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 218 136 63.7 55.9-70.8 49 22.7 17.0-29.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** 15 5.7 3.2- 9.9
Some College + 260 212 81.5 75.5-86.3 34 14.2 9.9-20.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 245 156 62.9 55.5-69.7 58 26.1 20.2-33.1 11 4.0 2.0- 7.6 *** *** *** 13 4.0 2.1- 7.4
$50,000+ 133 120 90.9 84.2-95.0 11 7.6 3.9-14.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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