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 4,792 421 7.5 6.6- 8.5 4,371 92.5 91.5-93.4
Region 8 709 73 8.1 6.0-10.7 636 91.9 89.3-94.0
GENDER
Male 309 40 10.8 7.4-15.5 269 89.2 84.5-92.6
Female 400 33 5.4 3.5- 8.3 367 94.6 91.7-96.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 399 47 9.4 6.7-13.1 352 90.6 86.9-93.3
Non-Hispanic Black 138 *** *** *** 131 96.3 91.6-98.4
Other 172 19 7.5 3.8-14.0 153 92.5 86.0-96.2
AGE
18-44 228 *** *** *** 219 95.2 90.7-97.6
45-64 248 22 4.7 2.8- 7.8 226 95.3 92.2-97.2
65+ 230 42 19.8 13.9-27.3 188 80.2 72.7-86.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 306 26 6.6 4.0-10.7 280 93.4 89.3-96.0
Some College + 402 47 9.4 6.5-13.2 355 90.6 86.8-93.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 373 39 8.7 5.8-12.9 334 91.3 87.1-94.2
$50,000+ 203 17 6.2 3.7-10.4 186 93.8 89.6-96.3

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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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