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 4,760 906 15.4 14.2-16.7 3,854 84.6 83.3-85.8
Region 6 & 7 984 173 13.7 11.4-16.3 811 86.3 83.7-88.6
GENDER
Male 467 68 11.4 8.6-15.1 399 88.6 84.9-91.4
Female 517 105 15.8 12.5-19.7 412 84.2 80.3-87.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 568 93 13.2 10.5-16.6 475 86.8 83.4-89.5
Non-Hispanic Black 272 65 18.2 13.3-24.3 207 81.8 75.7-86.7
Other 144 15 6.1 3.2-11.4 129 93.9 88.6-96.8
AGE
18-44 374 22 5.1 3.1- 8.3 352 94.9 91.7-96.9
45-64 388 77 17.1 13.1-22.0 311 82.9 78.0-86.9
65+ 212 73 30.3 23.5-38.2 139 69.7 61.8-76.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 326 80 18.2 14.0-23.4 246 81.8 76.6-86.0
Some College + 655 92 10.8 8.4-13.9 563 89.2 86.1-91.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 436 118 21.2 17.1-26.0 318 78.8 74.0-82.9
$50,000+ 378 25 5.4 3.2- 8.9 353 94.6 91.1-96.8

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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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