2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 666 44 5.9 4.1- 8.6 622 94.1 91.4-95.9
GENDER
Male 321 16 4.2 2.4- 7.2 305 95.8 92.8-97.6
Female 345 28 7.5 4.6-12.0 317 92.5 88.0-95.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 446 26 5.6 3.5- 9.1 420 94.4 90.9-96.5
Non-Hispanic Black 109 *** *** *** 103 95.2 88.1-98.2
Other 111 12 9.6 5.0-17.8 99 90.4 82.2-95.0
AGE
18-44 273 *** *** *** 264 96.9 92.8-98.7
45-64 224 22 8.3 5.0-13.5 202 91.7 86.5-95.0
65+ 155 13 9.5 4.8-18.2 142 90.5 81.8-95.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 209 28 11.6 7.4-17.8 181 88.4 82.2-92.6
Some College + 456 16 2.4 1.3- 4.2 440 97.6 95.8-98.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 271 33 10.3 6.7-15.4 238 89.7 84.6-93.3
$50,000+ 283 *** *** *** 278 98.5 96.1-99.5

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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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