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 4,593 377 7.3 6.4- 8.2 4,216 92.7 91.8-93.6
Region 5 547 42 7.2 5.1-10.3 505 92.8 89.7-94.9
GENDER
Male 235 12 5.5 2.8-10.3 223 94.5 89.7-97.2
Female 312 30 8.8 5.8-13.2 282 91.2 86.8-94.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 337 19 5.4 3.2- 9.1 318 94.6 90.9-96.8
Non-Hispanic Black 143 14 9.4 5.0-17.0 129 90.6 83.0-95.0
Other 67 *** *** *** 58 87.0 74.8-93.7
AGE
18-44 203 11 6.4 3.4-11.7 192 93.6 88.3-96.6
45-64 181 18 8.8 5.3-14.2 163 91.2 85.8-94.7
65+ 152 12 6.5 2.8-14.6 140 93.5 85.4-97.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 179 19 7.9 4.6-13.3 160 92.1 86.7-95.4
Some Post-H.S. 148 17 12.1 7.3-19.6 131 87.9 80.4-92.7
College Graduate 218 *** *** *** 212 98.4 95.7-99.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 229 24 10.1 6.4-15.5 205 89.9 84.5-93.6
$50,000+ 221 *** *** *** 214 96.3 91.4-98.4
Don't know/Not Sure 97 11 8.9 4.2-17.7 86 91.1 82.3-95.8

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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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