2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 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 4,686 3,824 79.9 78.4-81.4 384 8.6 7.6- 9.6 246 5.9 5.1- 6.8 206 5.0 4.2- 5.9 26 0.6 0.4- 1.0
Region 3 397 318 78.7 73.4-83.2 45 12.1 8.6-16.7 21 5.6 3.5- 8.8 13 3.6 1.9- 6.7 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 190 147 76.7 68.8-83.0 24 11.2 7.2-17.0 12 7.7 4.2-13.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 207 171 80.5 72.8-86.5 21 12.9 7.8-20.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 320 262 80.2 74.2-85.1 34 11.4 7.7-16.6 15 5.1 3.0- 8.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 39 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 38 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 125 86 71.3 61.1-79.7 18 14.5 8.3-24.0 13 9.0 5.0-15.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 138 109 78.8 70.5-85.3 19 13.3 8.3-20.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 129 121 94.0 87.6-97.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 145 108 74.5 65.8-81.7 19 10.6 6.4-16.9 11 8.0 4.3-14.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 115 96 80.6 69.8-88.3 13 14.5 7.8-25.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 136 114 83.3 74.2-89.6 12 10.7 5.6-19.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 164 133 77.9 68.6-85.1 17 12.7 7.1-21.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 149 116 77.6 69.0-84.4 19 12.3 7.6-19.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 79 64 80.5 68.2-88.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 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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