2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 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 9 449 342 75.3 69.9-80.1 71 16.5 12.5-21.5 14 2.6 1.5- 4.6 *** *** *** 18 4.6 2.7- 7.8
GENDER
Male 183 139 76.3 68.2-82.9 28 14.8 9.6-22.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 266 203 74.4 66.8-80.8 43 18.1 12.5-25.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 279 213 73.8 66.5-80.0 45 17.9 12.6-24.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** 12 4.9 2.5- 9.2
Non-Hispanic Black 131 101 79.5 70.5-86.3 19 12.3 7.5-19.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 33 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 113 86 75.5 64.8-83.7 20 19.3 11.8-29.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 185 145 76.4 67.9-83.3 24 13.4 8.4-20.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 148 110 73.1 64.1-80.5 27 17.9 12.1-25.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 184 124 67.7 58.7-75.6 38 20.3 13.9-28.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** 12 7.5 3.9-13.9
Some College + 264 218 81.9 75.3-87.1 33 13.4 8.8-19.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 213 151 69.1 60.5-76.5 40 21.5 15.0-29.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 154 130 82.8 74.1-89.1 17 10.2 5.7-17.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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