2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,626 288 5.4 4.7- 6.3 4,338 94.6 93.7-95.3
Region 5 554 25 3.8 2.4- 5.9 529 96.2 94.1-97.6
GENDER
Male 238 *** *** *** 228 96.8 93.8-98.4
Female 316 15 4.4 2.5- 7.7 301 95.6 92.3-97.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 342 13 3.6 2.0- 6.5 329 96.4 93.5-98.0
Non-Hispanic Black 144 11 6.2 3.2-11.8 133 93.8 88.2-96.8
Other 68 *** *** *** 67 99.4 95.9-99.9
AGE
18-44 207 *** *** *** 202 98.1 95.5-99.2
45-64 182 11 5.8 2.9-11.2 171 94.2 88.8-97.1
65+ 154 *** *** *** 145 94.8 89.7-97.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 182 *** *** *** 172 95.3 90.7-97.7
Some Post-H.S. 149 *** *** *** 139 95.2 90.8-97.6
College Graduate 221 *** *** *** 217 98.9 96.4-99.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 229 18 6.3 3.6-10.6 211 93.7 89.4-96.4
$50,000+ 223 *** *** *** 219 98.2 95.1-99.4
Don't know/Not Sure 102 *** *** *** 99 97.1 91.4-99.1

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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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