2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 683 519 74.9 70.9-78.5 72 9.9 7.7-12.8 49 7.5 5.6-10.1 41 7.2 5.1-10.1 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 328 230 69.4 63.3-74.9 42 12.7 9.0-17.5 30 9.0 6.2-13.1 25 8.3 5.4-12.6 *** *** ***
Female 355 289 79.8 74.3-84.3 30 7.5 5.1-11.0 19 6.1 3.8- 9.8 16 6.2 3.5-10.7 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 460 343 72.4 67.4-77.0 49 10.1 7.4-13.7 37 8.7 6.2-12.2 30 8.4 5.6-12.4 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 110 92 82.1 72.7-88.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 113 84 73.9 63.8-82.0 15 12.7 7.3-21.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 280 189 67.8 61.3-73.7 40 13.3 9.5-18.5 30 10.0 6.8-14.4 20 8.3 5.1-13.4 *** *** ***
45-64 228 175 77.0 70.3-82.5 21 7.3 4.6-11.6 17 7.6 4.6-12.4 14 7.4 4.2-12.8 *** *** ***
65+ 160 146 91.3 84.5-95.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 213 158 73.5 66.2-79.8 20 8.6 5.2-13.9 14 6.4 3.7-10.8 20 10.8 6.7-17.0 *** *** ***
Some College + 469 361 75.8 71.1-80.0 51 10.6 7.9-14.2 35 8.2 5.8-11.6 21 5.0 3.1- 8.0 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 275 205 70.4 63.5-76.5 28 11.2 7.4-16.6 17 7.0 4.3-11.3 24 10.7 6.8-16.5 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 289 225 79.7 74.2-84.3 30 8.2 5.5-12.0 22 7.3 4.6-11.4 11 4.3 2.3- 8.0 *** *** ***

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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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