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 4,752 411 7.4 6.5- 8.4 4,341 92.6 91.6-93.5
Region 3 & 5 894 58 6.3 4.8- 8.4 836 93.7 91.6-95.2
GENDER
Male 379 24 6.3 4.0- 9.8 355 93.7 90.2-96.0
Female 515 34 6.3 4.4- 9.1 481 93.7 90.9-95.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 613 41 6.2 4.5- 8.6 572 93.8 91.4-95.5
Non-Hispanic Black 165 11 6.6 3.5-12.3 154 93.4 87.7-96.5
Other 116 *** *** *** 110 93.3 81.9-97.7
AGE
18-44 317 *** *** *** 309 97.1 93.8-98.7
45-64 324 26 8.1 5.3-12.3 298 91.9 87.7-94.7
65+ 247 23 10.6 6.9-15.9 224 89.4 84.1-93.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 298 37 11.2 7.9-15.8 261 88.8 84.2-92.1
Some College + 595 21 3.3 2.0- 5.2 574 96.7 94.8-98.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 393 36 8.8 6.1-12.6 357 91.2 87.4-93.9
$50,000+ 372 *** *** *** 366 98.1 95.6-99.2

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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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