2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^
Within the past year (<12 months) Within the past 2 years Within the past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,686 3,824 79.9 78.4-81.4 384 8.6 7.6- 9.6 246 5.9 5.1- 6.8 206 5.0 4.2- 5.9 26 0.6 0.4- 1.0
Region 5 555 460 81.3 77.2-84.7 40 7.2 5.2-10.1 26 5.5 3.6- 8.3 26 5.4 3.6- 8.1 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 239 185 76.9 70.5-82.3 17 7.6 4.5-12.4 18 7.8 4.8-12.6 17 6.9 4.2-11.3 *** *** ***
Female 316 275 85.2 79.8-89.3 23 7.0 4.5-10.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 341 285 80.8 75.4-85.3 23 7.6 4.9-11.6 17 6.1 3.7-10.0 15 5.3 3.1- 8.9 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 145 122 85.1 77.7-90.3 12 7.3 4.0-13.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 69 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 207 155 74.6 67.5-80.6 20 9.7 6.0-15.2 13 6.6 3.6-11.7 16 7.8 4.6-12.8 *** *** ***
45-64 183 148 80.5 73.2-86.1 15 6.9 4.0-11.7 11 7.0 3.8-12.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 155 147 95.4 90.3-97.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 182 146 81.3 73.9-86.9 16 8.2 4.7-14.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 150 113 74.3 65.9-81.2 16 8.9 5.3-14.6 *** *** *** 11 8.4 4.5-15.0 *** *** ***
College Graduate 221 199 88.0 82.1-92.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 228 175 74.7 67.5-80.7 23 10.3 6.5-15.8 12 6.1 3.3-11.2 16 7.8 4.6-13.1 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 223 194 85.6 79.5-90.0 12 5.6 3.2- 9.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 101 88 85.8 75.7-92.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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