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 4,752 411 7.4 6.5- 8.4 4,341 92.6 91.6-93.5
Region 8 704 83 10.7 8.1-13.9 621 89.3 86.1-91.9
GENDER
Male 308 19 5.7 3.2-10.0 289 94.3 90.0-96.8
Female 396 64 15.5 11.4-20.8 332 84.5 79.2-88.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 396 41 9.8 6.8-13.9 355 90.2 86.1-93.2
Non-Hispanic Black 138 23 16.9 10.2-26.7 115 83.1 73.3-89.8
Other 170 19 6.9 3.7-12.5 151 93.1 87.5-96.3
AGE
18-44 226 12 5.2 2.7-10.0 214 94.8 90.0-97.3
45-64 247 39 15.3 10.2-22.2 208 84.7 77.8-89.8
65+ 228 32 15.7 10.3-23.4 196 84.3 76.6-89.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 303 47 12.3 8.4-17.6 256 87.7 82.4-91.6
Some College + 400 36 9.3 6.2-13.7 364 90.7 86.3-93.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 371 52 12.6 9.0-17.5 319 87.4 82.5-91.0
$50,000+ 203 *** *** *** 198 96.3 90.0-98.7

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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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