2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 535 74 16.0 12.4-20.4 461 84.0 79.6-87.6
GENDER
Male 256 24 10.4 6.6-16.0 232 89.6 84.0-93.4
Female 279 50 21.4 15.8-28.2 229 78.6 71.8-84.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 363 41 12.2 8.7-16.9 322 87.8 83.1-91.3
Non-Hispanic Black 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 182 29 17.3 11.6-24.8 153 82.7 75.2-88.4
45-64 166 28 18.5 12.3-26.7 138 81.5 73.3-87.7
65+ 178 16 10.8 6.0-18.7 162 89.2 81.3-94.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 212 41 22.0 15.9-29.7 171 78.0 70.3-84.1
Some Post-H.S. 167 21 12.0 7.5-18.6 146 88.0 81.4-92.5
College Graduate 155 12 9.9 4.6-19.9 143 90.1 80.1-95.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 271 48 20.8 15.4-27.4 223 79.2 72.6-84.6
$50,000+ 161 13 10.1 5.1-19.1 148 89.9 80.9-94.9
Don't know/Not Sure 91 11 12.8 6.4-23.9 80 87.2 76.1-93.6

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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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