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 4,754 560 11.3 10.1-12.5 4,194 88.7 87.5-89.9
Region 8 702 95 12.6 9.8-15.9 607 87.4 84.1-90.2
GENDER
Male 305 29 9.9 6.5-14.9 276 90.1 85.1-93.5
Female 397 66 15.2 11.3-20.1 331 84.8 79.9-88.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 396 46 11.8 8.6-16.1 350 88.2 83.9-91.4
Non-Hispanic Black 135 17 11.9 6.5-20.9 118 88.1 79.1-93.5
Other 171 32 16.6 10.4-25.5 139 83.4 74.5-89.6
AGE
18-44 225 24 10.3 6.6-15.7 201 89.7 84.3-93.4
45-64 246 38 14.2 9.5-20.5 208 85.8 79.5-90.5
65+ 228 33 15.2 9.9-22.5 195 84.8 77.5-90.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 302 57 16.0 11.5-21.9 245 84.0 78.1-88.5
Some College + 399 38 9.6 6.7-13.5 361 90.4 86.5-93.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 370 52 12.7 9.0-17.4 318 87.3 82.6-91.0
$50,000+ 202 14 8.2 4.7-13.9 188 91.8 86.1-95.3

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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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