2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Health Care Access

Health Insurance Coverage for Those Employed for Wages - (Under age 65)*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,996 1,703 84.3 82.0-86.3 293 15.7 13.7-18.0
Region 8 258 216 86.4 80.9-90.5 42 13.6 9.5-19.1
GENDER
Male 133 110 87.4 79.4-92.6 23 12.6 7.4-20.6
Female 125 106 85.2 76.7-91.0 19 14.8 9.0-23.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 134 120 89.3 81.3-94.2 14 10.7 5.8-18.7
Non-Hispanic Black 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 143 120 87.1 79.5-92.1 23 12.9 7.9-20.5
45-64 115 96 85.1 76.8-90.8 19 14.9 9.2-23.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 106 75 78.8 68.8-86.2 31 21.2 13.8-31.2
Some College + 152 141 93.2 87.4-96.4 11 6.8 3.6-12.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 128 95 79.9 70.7-86.7 33 20.1 13.3-29.3
$50,000+ 101 97 95.8 87.7-98.7 *** *** ***

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*Data in this table were derived from health insurance question and only those under age 65 and employed for wages included.

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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