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

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  Total
Respond.^
Within the past year (<12 months) Within the past 2 years Within the past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,865 3,788 75.0 73.3-76.6 451 10.1 9.0-11.3 310 7.4 6.5- 8.5 287 6.6 5.7- 7.7 29 0.9 0.5- 1.3
Region 9 & 10 738 593 79.2 75.0-82.8 48 6.5 4.4- 9.5 47 7.3 5.1-10.3 45 6.3 4.3- 9.0 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 310 233 75.3 68.6-81.0 21 7.6 4.3-13.1 23 7.1 4.2-11.8 30 9.3 5.9-14.4 *** *** ***
Female 428 360 82.7 77.3-87.0 27 5.5 3.4- 8.8 24 7.5 4.6-11.9 15 3.5 1.8- 6.6 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 473 372 78.3 73.0-82.7 32 6.9 4.4-10.7 31 6.8 4.4-10.4 36 7.8 5.2-11.6 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 212 185 83.5 74.5-89.7 12 6.3 2.8-13.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 53 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 207 143 70.3 62.4-77.1 16 6.5 3.6-11.4 27 13.1 8.5-19.8 19 8.8 5.1-14.5 *** *** ***
45-64 264 216 82.5 75.4-87.9 20 8.5 4.5-15.4 12 3.7 1.9- 7.1 15 4.9 2.5- 9.5 *** *** ***
65+ 258 226 89.5 84.2-93.1 12 4.0 2.1- 7.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 296 239 76.8 69.7-82.6 14 5.2 2.4-10.8 16 7.3 4.2-12.4 24 9.4 5.8-14.9 *** *** ***
Some College + 439 351 81.1 76.0-85.3 34 7.7 5.1-11.5 31 7.4 4.7-11.5 21 3.6 2.1- 6.0 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 341 265 76.5 70.0-81.9 18 6.1 3.3-10.9 22 7.1 4.4-11.3 33 9.9 6.3-15.2 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 252 204 82.8 76.1-87.9 23 7.6 4.5-12.7 17 7.2 3.8-13.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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