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 4,760 906 15.4 14.2-16.7 3,854 84.6 83.3-85.8
Region 8 705 175 20.1 16.8-24.0 530 79.9 76.0-83.2
GENDER
Male 309 60 18.8 14.1-24.6 249 81.2 75.4-85.9
Female 396 115 21.4 16.9-26.8 281 78.6 73.2-83.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 396 95 20.5 16.3-25.4 301 79.5 74.6-83.7
Non-Hispanic Black 138 41 24.6 16.9-34.4 97 75.4 65.6-83.1
Other 171 39 13.0 8.3-19.9 132 87.0 80.1-91.7
AGE
18-44 226 16 5.5 3.0-10.0 210 94.5 90.0-97.0
45-64 248 73 28.9 22.2-36.6 175 71.1 63.4-77.8
65+ 228 85 38.6 30.7-47.1 143 61.4 52.9-69.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 305 88 22.8 17.5-29.2 217 77.2 70.8-82.5
Some College + 399 86 17.7 13.7-22.6 313 82.3 77.4-86.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 371 103 23.3 18.3-29.1 268 76.7 70.9-81.7
$50,000+ 202 28 12.9 8.7-18.9 174 87.1 81.1-91.3

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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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