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 4,610 829 14.9 13.7-16.2 3,781 85.1 83.8-86.3
Region 5 552 83 12.0 9.4-15.2 469 88.0 84.8-90.6
GENDER
Male 238 23 7.3 4.5-11.6 215 92.7 88.4-95.5
Female 314 60 16.3 12.2-21.3 254 83.7 78.7-87.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 341 46 11.6 8.4-15.8 295 88.4 84.2-91.6
Non-Hispanic Black 143 28 13.1 8.4-20.0 115 86.9 80.0-91.6
Other 68 *** *** *** 59 87.8 76.6-94.0
AGE
18-44 206 *** *** *** 199 96.9 93.5-98.6
45-64 182 35 18.1 12.7-25.2 147 81.9 74.8-87.3
65+ 153 41 22.7 15.7-31.6 112 77.3 68.4-84.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 181 42 17.3 12.2-24.0 139 82.7 76.0-87.8
Some Post-H.S. 148 25 13.3 8.5-20.0 123 86.7 80.0-91.5
College Graduate 221 15 3.9 2.2- 6.9 206 96.1 93.1-97.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 228 45 16.3 11.6-22.3 183 83.7 77.7-88.4
$50,000+ 223 13 4.7 2.5- 8.6 210 95.3 91.4-97.5
Don't know/Not Sure 101 25 19.2 12.2-28.8 76 80.8 71.2-87.8

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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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