2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 & 5 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 3 & 5 902 41 4.6 3.2- 6.7 861 95.4 93.3-96.8
GENDER
Male 382 21 4.4 2.7- 6.9 361 95.6 93.1-97.3
Female 520 20 4.9 2.8- 8.3 500 95.1 91.7-97.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 617 27 4.8 3.1- 7.4 590 95.2 92.6-96.9
Non-Hispanic Black 168 *** *** *** 163 96.7 91.7-98.7
Other 117 *** *** *** 108 94.4 86.1-97.9
AGE
18-44 319 *** *** *** 314 98.5 95.8-99.5
45-64 327 15 4.6 2.6- 8.0 312 95.4 92.0-97.4
65+ 250 21 11.2 6.6-18.4 229 88.8 81.6-93.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 300 27 8.5 5.4-13.2 273 91.5 86.8-94.6
Some College + 601 14 2.2 1.2- 4.0 587 97.8 96.0-98.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 394 25 6.9 4.2-11.0 369 93.1 89.0-95.8
$50,000+ 373 *** *** *** 366 98.5 96.3-99.4

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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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