2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 Demographics

Injection Drug Use

Do you know anyone who injects drugs that have not been prescribed for them by a doctor?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,561 346 10.5 9.3-12.0 3,215 89.5 88.0-90.7
Region 4 471 43 10.2 7.3-14.1 428 89.8 85.9-92.7
GENDER
Male 217 20 9.6 5.6-16.0 197 90.4 84.0-94.4
Female 254 23 10.7 6.9-16.2 231 89.3 83.8-93.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 308 34 13.6 9.4-19.3 274 86.4 80.7-90.6
Non-Hispanic Black 87 *** *** *** 80 93.9 87.3-97.2
Other 76 *** *** *** 74 98.8 94.5-99.7
AGE
18-44 161 16 11.0 6.6-17.9 145 89.0 82.1-93.4
45-64 160 *** *** *** 150 94.3 89.0-97.1
65+ 144 16 16.0 8.8-27.4 128 84.0 72.6-91.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 165 13 10.2 5.6-17.8 152 89.8 82.2-94.4
Some Post-H.S. 153 21 12.3 7.8-18.8 132 87.7 81.2-92.2
College Graduate 151 *** *** *** 142 93.2 86.8-96.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 190 21 12.3 7.7-18.9 169 87.7 81.1-92.3
$50,000+ 180 13 7.6 4.3-13.1 167 92.4 86.9-95.7
Don't know/Not Sure 101 *** *** *** 92 88.7 75.4-95.3

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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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