2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,900 670 13.6 12.4-15.0 4,230 86.4 85.0-87.6
Region 1 & 2 815 108 13.5 10.3-17.4 707 86.5 82.6-89.7
GENDER
Male 359 35 9.8 5.9-15.7 324 90.2 84.3-94.1
Female 456 73 16.9 12.3-22.6 383 83.1 77.4-87.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 715 92 12.2 9.2-16.0 623 87.8 84.0-90.8
Non-Hispanic Black 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 202 27 14.2 8.6-22.4 175 85.8 77.6-91.4
45-64 280 36 13.8 8.8-21.0 244 86.2 79.0-91.2
65+ 324 44 12.8 8.7-18.6 280 87.2 81.4-91.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 288 42 14.1 9.3-20.9 246 85.9 79.1-90.7
Some College + 524 66 13.1 9.4-17.9 458 86.9 82.1-90.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 384 68 17.6 12.3-24.4 316 82.4 75.6-87.7
$50,000+ 274 23 7.2 4.1-12.5 251 92.8 87.5-95.9

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 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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