2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

(Ever told) you have kidney disease?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,893 200 4.2 3.5- 5.0 4,693 95.8 95.0-96.5
Region 8 716 35 4.5 2.9- 6.8 681 95.5 93.2-97.1
GENDER
Male 314 11 3.7 1.8- 7.4 303 96.3 92.6-98.2
Female 402 24 5.2 3.1- 8.7 378 94.8 91.3-96.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 405 18 3.7 2.1- 6.3 387 96.3 93.7-97.9
Non-Hispanic Black 138 11 7.8 3.5-16.4 127 92.2 83.6-96.5
Other 173 *** *** *** 167 96.0 88.8-98.6
AGE
18-44 231 *** *** *** 228 98.8 94.3-99.8
45-64 252 *** *** *** 244 96.5 92.1-98.5
65+ 230 24 12.8 8.0-20.0 206 87.2 80.0-92.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 309 21 5.9 3.3-10.2 288 94.1 89.8-96.7
Some College + 406 14 3.2 1.8- 5.9 392 96.8 94.1-98.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 372 17 5.1 2.8- 9.1 355 94.9 90.9-97.2
$50,000+ 203 *** *** *** 199 98.0 94.5-99.3

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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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