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 4,760 906 15.4 14.2-16.7 3,854 84.6 83.3-85.8
Region 3 & 5 896 144 15.2 12.6-18.2 752 84.8 81.8-87.4
GENDER
Male 379 59 14.7 11.1-19.3 320 85.3 80.7-88.9
Female 517 85 15.6 12.1-19.8 432 84.4 80.2-87.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 614 103 15.9 12.8-19.6 511 84.1 80.4-87.2
Non-Hispanic Black 166 32 18.2 12.0-26.7 134 81.8 73.3-88.0
Other 116 *** *** *** 107 94.9 89.4-97.6
AGE
18-44 316 14 5.8 3.3- 9.9 302 94.2 90.1-96.7
45-64 324 63 19.0 14.6-24.5 261 81.0 75.5-85.4
65+ 250 67 28.5 21.8-36.3 183 71.5 63.7-78.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 300 76 22.4 17.4-28.3 224 77.6 71.7-82.6
Some College + 595 68 10.6 8.0-13.8 527 89.4 86.2-92.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 392 88 22.9 18.2-28.4 304 77.1 71.6-81.8
$50,000+ 372 28 5.8 3.7- 9.0 344 94.2 91.0-96.3

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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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