2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 Demographics

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,721 660 14.5 13.2-15.9 4,061 85.5 84.1-86.8
Region 7 621 71 15.6 11.9-20.2 550 84.4 79.8-88.1
GENDER
Male 309 27 11.2 7.4-16.6 282 88.8 83.4-92.6
Female 312 44 19.7 13.9-27.1 268 80.3 72.9-86.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 369 44 14.4 10.2-19.9 325 85.6 80.1-89.8
Non-Hispanic Black 144 20 21.2 12.9-32.9 124 78.8 67.1-87.1
Other 108 *** *** *** 101 90.3 80.5-95.5
AGE
18-44 251 36 20.0 13.9-28.0 215 80.0 72.0-86.1
45-64 219 23 12.9 8.4-19.5 196 87.1 80.5-91.6
65+ 139 11 9.7 4.5-19.6 128 90.3 80.4-95.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 201 25 15.8 10.4-23.3 176 84.2 76.7-89.6
Some Post-H.S. 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 291 28 11.0 7.4-16.1 263 89.0 83.9-92.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 204 29 19.3 13.1-27.5 175 80.7 72.5-86.9
$50,000+ 277 23 10.9 6.3-18.3 254 89.1 81.7-93.7
Don't know/Not Sure 132 17 19.3 11.4-30.9 115 80.7 69.1-88.6

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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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