2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,721 660 14.5 13.2-15.9 4,061 85.5 84.1-86.8
Region 5 559 81 14.3 11.3-17.9 478 85.7 82.1-88.7
GENDER
Male 241 31 12.7 8.7-18.3 210 87.3 81.7-91.3
Female 318 50 15.7 11.6-20.8 268 84.3 79.2-88.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 343 52 15.4 11.5-20.4 291 84.6 79.6-88.5
Non-Hispanic Black 146 19 12.6 7.7-19.9 127 87.4 80.1-92.3
Other 70 *** *** *** 60 88.7 78.6-94.4
AGE
18-44 209 30 14.4 9.9-20.4 179 85.6 79.6-90.1
45-64 184 29 14.9 10.1-21.6 155 85.1 78.4-89.9
65+ 155 22 14.4 8.8-22.4 133 85.6 77.6-91.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 184 25 14.2 9.3-21.0 159 85.8 79.0-90.7
Some Post-H.S. 150 24 16.0 10.6-23.5 126 84.0 76.5-89.4
College Graduate 223 32 12.9 8.8-18.5 191 87.1 81.5-91.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 229 37 16.6 11.7-22.9 192 83.4 77.1-88.3
$50,000+ 224 24 9.6 6.2-14.7 200 90.4 85.3-93.8
Don't know/Not Sure 103 20 20.1 12.5-30.7 83 79.9 69.3-87.5

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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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