2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 Demographics

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,784 273 4.8 4.1- 5.6 4,511 95.2 94.4-95.9
Region 9 & 10 722 46 5.7 4.0- 8.1 676 94.3 91.9-96.0
GENDER
Male 299 14 4.1 2.1- 7.6 285 95.9 92.4-97.9
Female 423 32 7.3 4.7-10.9 391 92.7 89.1-95.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 460 30 5.8 3.7- 8.8 430 94.2 91.2-96.3
Non-Hispanic Black 210 14 6.5 3.4-12.1 196 93.5 87.9-96.6
Other 52 *** *** *** 50 97.5 89.0-99.5
AGE
18-44 204 *** *** *** 198 97.3 93.4-98.9
45-64 260 21 6.9 4.2-11.4 239 93.1 88.6-95.8
65+ 249 19 9.8 5.6-16.6 230 90.2 83.4-94.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 293 25 7.4 4.6-11.8 268 92.6 88.2-95.4
Some College + 426 20 4.1 2.4- 6.9 406 95.9 93.1-97.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 338 31 7.8 5.0-12.0 307 92.2 88.0-95.0
$50,000+ 248 *** *** *** 242 97.8 94.9-99.0

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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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