2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 438 35 9.5 6.6-13.5 403 90.5 86.5-93.4
GENDER
Male 208 18 8.6 5.2-13.9 190 91.4 86.1-94.8
Female 230 17 10.3 6.1-16.8 213 89.7 83.2-93.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 262 23 10.2 6.5-15.5 239 89.8 84.5-93.5
Non-Hispanic Black 107 *** *** *** 97 88.6 78.8-94.2
Other 69 *** *** *** 67 98.6 94.5-99.7
AGE
18-44 146 16 13.2 7.7-21.6 130 86.8 78.4-92.3
45-64 173 15 8.7 5.0-14.9 158 91.3 85.1-95.0
65+ 111 *** *** *** 107 95.3 87.9-98.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 146 *** *** *** 136 91.8 84.5-95.8
Some Post-H.S. 94 *** *** *** 86 89.9 79.5-95.4
College Graduate 197 17 10.4 6.2-17.0 180 89.6 83.0-93.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 164 12 10.8 5.8-19.4 152 89.2 80.6-94.2
$50,000+ 188 19 10.9 6.8-17.0 169 89.1 83.0-93.2
Don't know/Not Sure 86 *** *** *** 82 95.8 86.2-98.8

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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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