2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,626 288 5.4 4.7- 6.3 4,338 94.6 93.7-95.3
Region 8 516 29 4.4 2.9- 6.7 487 95.6 93.3-97.1
GENDER
Male 243 12 4.0 2.1- 7.7 231 96.0 92.3-97.9
Female 273 17 4.8 2.8- 8.2 256 95.2 91.8-97.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 352 20 4.7 2.8- 7.6 332 95.3 92.4-97.2
Non-Hispanic Black 68 *** *** *** 66 97.1 87.2-99.4
Other 96 *** *** *** 89 94.8 88.7-97.7
AGE
18-44 173 *** *** *** 168 98.7 96.5-99.5
45-64 159 *** *** *** 149 94.1 88.9-97.0
65+ 176 14 9.0 4.8-16.2 162 91.0 83.8-95.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 199 14 5.8 3.2-10.4 185 94.2 89.6-96.8
Some Post-H.S. 162 11 4.5 2.3- 8.7 151 95.5 91.3-97.7
College Graduate 155 *** *** *** 151 98.4 95.5-99.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 267 25 8.2 5.2-12.5 242 91.8 87.5-94.8
$50,000+ 160 *** *** *** 159 99.6 97.3-99.9
Don't know/Not Sure 89 *** *** *** 86 99.2 97.0-99.8

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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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