2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

Injection Drug Use

Do you know anyone who injects drugs that have not been prescribed for them by a doctor?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,561 346 10.5 9.3-12.0 3,215 89.5 88.0-90.7
Region 5 407 32 9.3 6.4-13.4 375 90.7 86.6-93.6
GENDER
Male 164 13 8.4 4.6-14.9 151 91.6 85.1-95.4
Female 243 19 9.9 6.1-15.8 224 90.1 84.2-93.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 246 20 10.4 6.6-16.1 226 89.6 83.9-93.4
Non-Hispanic Black 114 *** *** *** 106 93.2 85.4-97.0
Other 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 134 18 15.5 9.7-23.9 116 84.5 76.1-90.3
45-64 146 *** *** *** 137 93.4 86.5-96.9
65+ 120 *** *** *** 115 96.8 91.5-98.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 144 11 7.8 3.9-14.9 133 92.2 85.1-96.1
Some Post-H.S. 117 13 13.4 7.6-22.4 104 86.6 77.6-92.4
College Graduate 145 *** *** *** 137 93.2 85.7-96.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 176 16 10.5 6.1-17.4 160 89.5 82.6-93.9
$50,000+ 159 11 7.5 3.9-13.9 148 92.5 86.1-96.1
Don't know/Not Sure 72 *** *** *** 67 89.4 75.4-95.9

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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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