2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Within the past year (<12 months) Within the past 2 years Within the past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,865 3,788 75.0 73.3-76.6 451 10.1 9.0-11.3 310 7.4 6.5- 8.5 287 6.6 5.7- 7.7 29 0.9 0.5- 1.3
Region 8 711 569 76.7 72.3-80.6 52 8.3 5.9-11.4 42 7.5 5.2-10.7 42 6.8 4.7- 9.7 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 311 228 70.9 64.2-76.8 27 8.7 5.5-13.5 24 9.1 5.7-14.0 28 10.5 6.8-15.9 *** *** ***
Female 400 341 82.4 76.5-87.0 25 7.9 4.9-12.5 18 6.0 3.2-10.8 14 3.3 1.8- 6.0 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 401 323 77.8 72.4-82.3 31 8.9 6.0-12.9 23 6.3 4.1- 9.7 23 6.7 4.1-10.8 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 136 118 83.3 72.1-90.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 174 *** *** *** 16 10.5 5.0-20.5 12 13.3 6.3-25.9 14 9.4 5.2-16.2 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 228 156 68.6 61.0-75.4 31 11.9 7.8-17.7 23 11.1 7.0-17.2 16 7.7 4.3-13.2 *** *** ***
45-64 251 198 77.0 69.8-83.0 15 7.1 3.9-12.7 13 6.2 3.2-11.9 21 8.5 5.1-13.8 *** *** ***
65+ 229 212 92.7 87.1-96.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 305 228 70.2 62.9-76.6 27 9.4 5.8-14.7 23 9.7 5.8-15.9 21 9.3 5.6-15.0 *** *** ***
Some College + 405 340 82.3 77.2-86.4 25 7.4 4.6-11.5 19 5.6 3.5- 8.9 21 4.7 2.9- 7.6 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 369 282 73.4 67.0-79.0 31 8.5 5.5-12.9 25 8.9 5.5-14.0 27 8.4 5.2-13.3 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 204 176 84.0 76.7-89.4 11 6.9 3.5-13.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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