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

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  Total
Respond.^
Within the past year (<12 months) Within the past 2 years Within the past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,865 3,788 75.0 73.3-76.6 451 10.1 9.0-11.3 310 7.4 6.5- 8.5 287 6.6 5.7- 7.7 29 0.9 0.5- 1.3
Region 1 & 2 809 631 76.2 71.7-80.2 71 8.1 6.0-10.9 43 6.6 4.5- 9.7 59 8.1 5.7-11.5 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 356 263 72.6 65.5-78.7 34 8.1 5.1-12.6 23 7.8 4.6-12.9 33 10.0 6.2-15.7 *** *** ***
Female 453 368 79.4 73.4-84.4 37 8.1 5.4-12.0 20 5.6 3.0-10.1 26 6.4 3.7-10.9 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 711 564 75.8 70.9-80.1 60 8.5 6.2-11.6 36 6.9 4.6-10.4 48 8.0 5.4-11.7 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 30 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 68 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 200 124 64.8 55.8-72.8 25 8.3 5.0-13.5 21 12.1 7.2-19.6 26 12.4 7.6-19.7 *** *** ***
45-64 276 203 76.0 68.3-82.4 32 11.0 7.0-16.8 15 4.2 2.1- 7.9 26 8.8 4.9-15.3 *** *** ***
65+ 324 296 92.1 87.6-95.1 13 3.8 1.9- 7.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 281 212 75.8 68.2-82.1 30 8.1 5.1-12.6 15 6.2 3.1-12.0 24 9.9 5.8-16.3 *** *** ***
Some College + 525 417 76.6 70.9-81.4 41 8.3 5.5-12.2 28 7.1 4.4-11.2 35 6.8 4.3-10.5 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 382 288 73.5 66.4-79.7 30 6.7 4.1-10.6 21 7.3 4.1-12.5 40 11.1 7.0-17.1 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 274 224 77.2 69.2-83.6 23 9.0 5.4-14.6 14 7.5 3.8-14.1 13 6.3 3.2-12.2 *** *** ***

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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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