2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 Demographics

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,522 803 12.4 11.5-13.5 5,719 87.6 86.5-88.5
Region 9 497 53 10.2 7.4-13.8 444 89.8 86.2-92.6
GENDER
Male 210 13 5.7 3.2- 9.9 197 94.3 90.1-96.8
Female 287 40 14.7 10.2-20.8 247 85.3 79.2-89.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 314 36 11.2 7.8-15.9 278 88.8 84.1-92.2
Non-Hispanic Black 140 14 8.0 4.3-14.6 126 92.0 85.4-95.7
Other 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 130 21 14.0 8.7-21.6 109 86.0 78.4-91.3
45-64 198 20 8.1 5.0-13.0 178 91.9 87.0-95.0
65+ 166 12 7.3 3.5-14.5 154 92.7 85.5-96.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 208 26 12.7 8.1-19.3 182 87.3 80.7-91.9
Some College + 288 27 8.0 5.1-12.3 261 92.0 87.7-94.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 237 31 13.4 8.8-19.8 206 86.6 80.2-91.2
$50,000+ 166 13 7.2 3.9-13.0 153 92.8 87.0-96.1

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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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