2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

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Respond.^
Employer Plan Purchased Plan Medicare Medicaid TRICARE/VA/Military Other Plan
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,277 1,363 47.1 44.8-49.4 404 13.5 11.9-15.2 1,090 26.7 24.8-28.7 198 6.4 5.2- 7.8 187 5.2 4.3- 6.2 35 1.2 0.8- 1.8
Region 8 501 177 42.0 36.5-47.7 55 13.3 9.8-17.8 184 25.8 21.6-30.4 41 8.6 5.8-12.7 38 9.0 6.3-12.9 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 199 82 45.6 37.3-54.3 23 14.3 8.9-22.2 56 22.5 16.6-29.6 *** *** *** 29 14.5 9.4-21.5 *** *** ***
Female 302 95 39.1 31.9-46.8 32 12.6 8.4-18.4 128 28.4 22.7-34.9 33 13.1 8.5-19.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 290 106 41.7 35.0-48.8 42 16.6 11.9-22.6 101 25.8 20.7-31.7 17 5.6 3.1- 9.8 21 8.7 5.4-13.8 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 105 *** *** *** *** *** *** 39 26.9 18.1-38.1 13 11.1 5.7-20.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 106 *** *** *** *** *** *** 44 23.2 15.1-33.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 113 *** *** *** 15 15.9 9.2-25.9 *** *** *** 20 15.3 8.8-25.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 186 92 52.5 43.6-61.2 28 15.2 9.7-22.8 29 13.2 8.2-20.4 19 8.9 5.1-15.2 15 9.5 5.5-15.9 *** *** ***
65+ 199 23 15.2 9.4-23.5 11 7.9 3.9-15.2 150 67.6 58.3-75.7 *** *** *** 13 8.8 4.8-15.5 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 183 37 26.6 18.9-36.0 19 15.2 9.1-24.2 94 37.3 28.9-46.4 22 13.4 7.6-22.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some College + 317 140 51.4 44.4-58.3 36 12.2 8.4-17.4 89 18.7 14.5-23.8 19 5.7 3.3- 9.7 28 10.0 6.7-14.9 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 238 63 32.7 25.0-41.6 28 12.2 7.6-19.1 99 30.8 24.0-38.6 33 16.7 10.9-24.9 11 6.7 3.2-13.6 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 167 90 58.6 49.7-67.0 21 15.1 9.6-23.2 33 14.4 9.6-21.0 *** *** *** 21 11.2 7.1-17.4 *** *** ***

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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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