2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

Respiratory Health

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,704 1,207 31.0 29.1-32.9 2,497 69.0 67.1-70.9
Region 5 429 122 25.8 21.4-30.7 307 74.2 69.3-78.6
GENDER
Male 175 53 26.8 20.1-34.7 122 73.2 65.3-79.9
Female 254 69 24.9 19.3-31.5 185 75.1 68.5-80.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 258 78 27.8 22.0-34.3 180 72.2 65.7-78.0
Non-Hispanic Black 120 34 24.8 17.0-34.6 86 75.2 65.4-83.0
Other 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 144 26 16.9 11.4-24.5 118 83.1 75.5-88.6
45-64 148 49 33.4 25.5-42.5 99 66.6 57.5-74.5
65+ 128 46 31.3 22.1-42.2 82 68.7 57.8-77.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 154 43 23.9 17.2-32.2 111 76.1 67.8-82.8
Some Post-H.S. 118 38 30.3 21.9-40.4 80 69.7 59.6-78.1
College Graduate 155 40 23.1 16.5-31.2 115 76.9 68.8-83.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 182 49 25.4 18.8-33.3 133 74.6 66.7-81.2
$50,000+ 167 48 25.5 19.0-33.4 119 74.5 66.6-81.0
Don't know/Not Sure 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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