2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Health Care Access

Do you have one person you think of as your personal doctor or health care provider?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes, only one Yes, more than one No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,893 3,300 66.8 65.0-68.5 699 12.1 10.9-13.3 894 21.1 19.6-22.8
Region 8 714 468 62.7 58.1-67.1 115 15.6 12.6-19.2 131 21.7 18.0-25.9
GENDER
Male 311 183 56.3 49.5-62.9 48 16.7 12.3-22.3 80 27.0 21.4-33.4
Female 403 285 69.0 62.7-74.6 67 14.5 10.8-19.3 51 16.5 12.0-22.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 402 271 65.8 59.9-71.1 79 18.4 14.4-23.2 52 15.9 11.9-20.8
Non-Hispanic Black 137 93 66.5 55.6-75.9 20 10.2 6.0-16.9 24 23.3 15.0-34.4
Other 175 *** *** *** 16 9.7 5.2-17.4 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 229 129 57.7 50.0-64.9 22 10.7 6.8-16.3 78 31.7 25.1-39.1
45-64 251 176 69.9 62.4-76.4 31 12.4 8.3-18.2 44 17.7 12.6-24.5
65+ 231 160 62.9 54.3-70.7 62 30.6 23.3-38.9 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 306 184 55.1 47.9-62.2 44 14.7 10.4-20.4 78 30.2 23.8-37.3
Some College + 407 283 69.1 63.3-74.4 71 16.4 12.5-21.2 53 14.5 10.8-19.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 370 229 58.0 51.3-64.5 55 15.2 11.1-20.6 86 26.7 21.1-33.2
$50,000+ 204 151 73.8 66.2-80.1 35 16.3 11.4-22.7 18 10.0 6.1-15.9

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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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