2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 Demographics

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A routine checkup is a general physical exam, not an exam for a specific injury, illness, or condition.
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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 6 424 359 84.0 79.0-88.0 21 5.7 3.2-10.0 27 7.0 4.6-10.6 15 2.9 1.7- 4.9 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 202 158 76.9 68.5-83.6 *** *** *** 20 10.8 6.6-17.1 13 5.1 2.8- 9.1 *** *** ***
Female 222 201 90.7 85.4-94.3 11 4.7 2.5- 8.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 245 207 83.3 76.9-88.2 11 4.2 2.1- 8.2 18 9.4 5.7-15.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 110 98 87.7 75.0-94.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 69 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 176 139 79.0 71.4-85.0 12 6.6 3.6-11.7 18 11.0 6.6-17.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 136 118 87.6 75.5-94.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 101 93 91.2 82.4-95.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 152 121 78.3 68.4-85.7 *** *** *** 13 8.9 4.9-15.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 133 112 85.9 77.9-91.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 139 126 90.3 83.1-94.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 213 178 84.3 78.3-88.9 12 5.2 2.8- 9.5 *** *** *** 12 5.0 2.7- 8.9 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 133 116 85.8 76.5-91.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 76 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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