2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 707 565 79.1 75.4-82.3 58 7.8 5.9-10.2 40 6.3 4.4- 8.8 36 5.8 4.0- 8.4 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 328 248 73.6 67.7-78.9 35 9.3 6.5-13.0 19 7.8 4.8-12.6 21 7.7 4.8-12.1 *** *** ***
Female 379 317 84.0 79.4-87.7 23 6.5 4.2-10.0 21 4.9 3.1- 7.7 15 4.2 2.3- 7.4 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 463 377 79.7 75.0-83.7 40 8.8 6.3-12.2 24 5.5 3.4- 8.7 20 5.6 3.5- 9.0 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 133 114 85.6 77.5-91.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 111 74 64.2 53.7-73.5 11 10.7 5.7-19.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 282 196 69.8 63.5-75.3 33 10.9 7.6-15.5 23 7.6 4.9-11.6 25 10.1 6.6-15.1 *** *** ***
45-64 232 187 82.7 76.5-87.6 19 6.4 3.9-10.1 15 7.7 4.2-13.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 178 169 94.9 89.6-97.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 242 186 75.3 68.5-80.9 16 6.6 3.9-11.0 16 7.3 4.3-11.9 17 8.6 5.1-14.0 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 217 179 83.2 76.8-88.2 14 5.9 3.4-10.1 13 6.5 3.4-12.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 243 195 78.8 72.5-83.9 28 12.8 8.7-18.3 11 4.5 2.4- 8.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 272 211 75.3 68.8-80.7 23 9.4 6.1-14.2 16 5.8 3.4- 9.7 17 8.0 4.7-13.2 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 293 233 79.3 73.6-84.1 31 8.9 6.1-12.8 18 7.1 4.2-11.7 11 4.7 2.4- 8.8 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 133 112 85.0 76.3-90.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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