2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 & 7 Demographics

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,792 421 7.5 6.6- 8.5 4,371 92.5 91.5-93.4
Region 6 & 7 989 81 7.4 5.7- 9.7 908 92.6 90.3-94.3
GENDER
Male 469 42 8.3 5.7-12.0 427 91.7 88.0-94.3
Female 520 39 6.6 4.5- 9.6 481 93.4 90.4-95.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 567 55 9.2 6.7-12.6 512 90.8 87.4-93.3
Non-Hispanic Black 274 17 5.7 3.2- 9.7 257 94.3 90.3-96.8
Other 148 *** *** *** 139 97.3 93.5-98.9
AGE
18-44 379 11 3.3 1.7- 6.5 368 96.7 93.5-98.3
45-64 387 27 6.0 3.7- 9.6 360 94.0 90.4-96.3
65+ 213 42 20.9 14.8-28.8 171 79.1 71.2-85.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 329 34 8.8 5.8-13.1 295 91.2 86.9-94.2
Some College + 657 47 6.6 4.6- 9.4 610 93.4 90.6-95.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 439 51 11.8 8.4-16.1 388 88.2 83.9-91.6
$50,000+ 378 17 3.9 2.0- 7.2 361 96.1 92.8-98.0

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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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