2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Health Status

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  Total
Respond.^		 Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,889 857 18.0 16.7-19.5 1,486 31.0 29.3-32.7 1,549 31.9 30.2-33.7 686 13.7 12.4-15.1 311 5.3 4.6- 6.2
Region 8 717 117 20.6 16.9-24.8 171 25.1 21.4-29.3 230 29.7 25.7-34.1 126 16.4 13.3-20.0 73 8.2 6.0-11.0
GENDER
Male 313 61 23.8 18.3-30.3 76 25.6 20.1-32.1 98 26.9 21.5-33.0 50 17.3 12.7-23.0 28 6.4 4.1-10.0
Female 404 56 17.4 12.9-23.1 95 24.7 19.8-30.3 132 32.5 26.8-38.8 76 15.5 11.7-20.3 45 9.9 6.5-14.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 406 91 26.0 21.1-31.6 103 25.6 21.0-30.9 120 27.5 22.6-32.8 57 13.4 9.9-17.9 35 7.5 5.0-11.1
Non-Hispanic Black 137 13 12.1 6.3-21.8 29 20.7 13.5-30.3 50 33.8 24.4-44.6 34 25.3 17.2-35.6 11 8.2 3.6-17.5
Other 174 13 6.3 3.2-12.1 39 28.3 19.5-39.2 *** *** *** 35 19.1 12.5-28.0 27 11.1 6.4-18.6
AGE
18-44 231 57 26.6 20.3-34.1 77 33.4 26.8-40.8 63 26.5 20.4-33.7 28 10.9 7.1-16.3 *** *** ***
45-64 253 31 15.5 10.7-21.9 49 18.4 13.5-24.6 84 34.4 27.5-42.0 54 19.7 14.2-26.5 35 12.0 7.7-18.3
65+ 230 29 15.2 10.1-22.1 45 17.5 12.2-24.4 80 29.3 22.5-37.2 44 23.4 16.8-31.7 32 14.6 9.4-22.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 308 42 19.7 14.3-26.4 49 19.7 14.5-26.1 103 27.9 22.2-34.4 73 22.0 16.7-28.4 41 10.8 7.1-16.0
Some College + 408 75 21.4 16.6-27.0 122 29.9 24.8-35.6 126 31.3 25.8-37.3 53 11.6 8.5-15.5 32 5.9 3.7- 9.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 373 51 19.2 14.1-25.5 66 18.5 14.0-24.1 131 32.7 26.8-39.1 83 21.1 16.3-26.8 42 8.5 5.6-12.7
$50,000+ 204 47 24.4 18.0-32.1 68 32.0 25.0-39.9 62 30.3 23.3-38.4 16 7.3 4.3-12.1 11 6.0 2.9-11.8

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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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