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 4,752 411 7.4 6.5- 8.4 4,341 92.6 91.6-93.5
Region 1 & 2 790 86 11.5 8.6-15.1 704 88.5 84.9-91.4
GENDER
Male 349 18 5.2 2.8- 9.4 331 94.8 90.6-97.2
Female 441 68 17.3 12.6-23.3 373 82.7 76.7-87.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 698 76 11.3 8.3-15.3 622 88.7 84.7-91.7
Non-Hispanic Black 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 195 19 10.1 5.7-17.3 176 89.9 82.7-94.3
45-64 268 45 14.1 9.3-20.8 223 85.9 79.2-90.7
65+ 319 22 10.7 6.3-17.6 297 89.3 82.4-93.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 277 38 13.8 9.2-20.2 239 86.2 79.8-90.8
Some College + 511 47 9.1 6.0-13.6 464 90.9 86.4-94.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 377 58 14.2 9.8-20.1 319 85.8 79.9-90.2
$50,000+ 272 *** *** *** 264 95.9 90.4-98.3

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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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