2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,784 273 4.8 4.1- 5.6 4,511 95.2 94.4-95.9
Region 8 707 52 5.0 3.5- 7.0 655 95.0 93.0-96.5
GENDER
Male 309 *** *** *** 299 98.6 97.2-99.3
Female 398 42 8.5 5.8-12.4 356 91.5 87.6-94.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 398 25 4.4 2.7- 7.1 373 95.6 92.9-97.3
Non-Hispanic Black 138 *** *** *** 130 95.2 89.5-97.9
Other 171 19 7.9 4.4-13.6 152 92.1 86.4-95.6
AGE
18-44 226 *** *** *** 219 97.7 94.7-99.0
45-64 248 20 4.5 2.6- 7.8 228 95.5 92.2-97.4
65+ 230 25 11.2 6.8-17.9 205 88.8 82.1-93.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 305 31 6.6 4.1-10.4 274 93.4 89.6-95.9
Some College + 401 21 3.6 2.1- 6.0 380 96.4 94.0-97.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 372 34 6.2 4.0- 9.4 338 93.8 90.6-96.0
$50,000+ 203 *** *** *** 200 99.1 95.4-99.8

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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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