2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 620 494 78.8 74.7-82.4 59 9.6 7.1-12.7 37 6.3 4.3- 9.0 26 4.9 3.2- 7.5 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 308 227 73.8 67.8-79.0 35 10.6 7.4-15.0 22 6.6 4.2-10.3 20 8.2 5.1-12.9 *** *** ***
Female 312 267 83.5 77.6-88.2 24 8.6 5.4-13.5 15 5.9 3.3-10.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 368 292 79.0 73.7-83.5 37 9.7 6.8-13.8 19 5.9 3.4- 9.8 19 5.2 3.2- 8.4 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 145 126 84.0 75.0-90.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 107 *** *** *** 13 14.7 7.9-25.7 12 11.9 6.5-20.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 250 167 69.7 62.8-75.7 41 14.7 10.5-20.1 23 7.7 4.9-12.0 18 7.6 4.6-12.5 *** *** ***
45-64 218 191 88.3 82.9-92.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 140 127 86.1 73.9-93.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 201 154 73.8 65.8-80.5 17 9.7 5.7-15.9 16 9.0 5.1-15.4 11 6.9 3.6-12.6 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 127 104 83.2 74.2-89.5 16 10.9 6.0-19.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 291 236 81.1 75.6-85.5 26 8.6 5.7-12.8 17 6.1 3.7- 9.9 11 3.9 2.1- 7.3 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 204 159 76.4 68.9-82.6 21 10.9 6.7-17.4 14 6.9 3.9-11.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 277 228 82.7 77.1-87.2 23 7.9 5.1-12.1 13 4.0 2.2- 7.1 13 5.4 2.9- 9.9 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 131 101 76.1 65.7-84.1 14 10.1 5.3-18.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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