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 4,752 411 7.4 6.5- 8.4 4,341 92.6 91.6-93.5
Region 6 & 7 984 79 6.4 4.8- 8.4 905 93.6 91.6-95.2
GENDER
Male 466 21 3.2 1.9- 5.5 445 96.8 94.5-98.1
Female 518 58 9.3 6.7-12.7 460 90.7 87.3-93.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 566 43 5.8 4.0- 8.3 523 94.2 91.7-96.0
Non-Hispanic Black 272 26 8.7 5.3-14.0 246 91.3 86.0-94.7
Other 146 *** *** *** 136 96.0 91.3-98.2
AGE
18-44 376 15 4.3 2.3- 7.7 361 95.7 92.3-97.7
45-64 385 40 7.6 5.2-11.0 345 92.4 89.0-94.8
65+ 213 24 10.0 6.4-15.3 189 90.0 84.7-93.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 325 39 9.3 6.3-13.5 286 90.7 86.5-93.7
Some College + 656 40 4.6 3.1- 6.8 616 95.4 93.2-96.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 437 56 10.3 7.3-14.3 381 89.7 85.7-92.7
$50,000+ 376 *** *** *** 369 98.4 96.6-99.3

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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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