2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Respiratory Health

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,704 1,207 31.0 29.1-32.9 2,497 69.0 67.1-70.9
Region 8 408 136 31.4 26.3-37.1 272 68.6 62.9-73.7
GENDER
Male 187 68 33.0 25.2-41.9 119 67.0 58.1-74.8
Female 221 68 30.0 23.3-37.6 153 70.0 62.4-76.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 261 88 31.7 25.6-38.5 173 68.3 61.5-74.4
Non-Hispanic Black 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 117 23 19.1 12.1-28.7 94 80.9 71.3-87.9
45-64 141 50 37.3 28.6-46.9 91 62.7 53.1-71.4
65+ 144 62 45.0 35.2-55.2 82 55.0 44.8-64.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 154 49 31.9 23.4-41.8 105 68.1 58.2-76.6
Some Post-H.S. 135 49 32.4 23.9-42.4 86 67.6 57.6-76.1
College Graduate 118 38 29.3 21.1-39.1 80 70.7 60.9-78.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 214 80 37.5 30.0-45.8 134 62.5 54.2-70.0
$50,000+ 118 32 22.3 14.7-32.4 86 77.7 67.6-85.3
Don't know/Not Sure 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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