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

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,784 273 4.8 4.1- 5.6 4,511 95.2 94.4-95.9
Region 1 & 2 796 52 5.2 3.6- 7.5 744 94.8 92.5-96.4
GENDER
Male 353 24 5.3 3.1- 9.1 329 94.7 90.9-96.9
Female 443 28 5.0 3.1- 8.2 415 95.0 91.8-96.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 703 46 5.2 3.5- 7.7 657 94.8 92.3-96.5
Non-Hispanic Black 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 65 *** *** *** 61 95.3 84.9-98.7
AGE
18-44 196 *** *** *** 189 97.7 94.6-99.0
45-64 271 23 6.1 3.6-10.2 248 93.9 89.8-96.4
65+ 321 21 8.3 4.5-14.7 300 91.7 85.3-95.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 281 23 5.7 3.2- 9.9 258 94.3 90.1-96.8
Some College + 513 28 4.4 2.7- 7.1 485 95.6 92.9-97.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 379 28 7.2 4.4-11.5 351 92.8 88.5-95.6
$50,000+ 273 *** *** *** 267 99.4 98.5-99.7

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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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