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 4,593 377 7.3 6.4- 8.2 4,216 92.7 91.8-93.6
Region 8 513 48 9.1 6.4-12.8 465 90.9 87.2-93.6
GENDER
Male 242 17 9.0 5.0-15.6 225 91.0 84.4-95.0
Female 271 31 9.3 6.2-13.7 240 90.7 86.3-93.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 350 32 8.3 5.5-12.4 318 91.7 87.6-94.5
Non-Hispanic Black 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 95 *** *** *** 90 94.6 83.9-98.3
AGE
18-44 171 13 8.0 4.3-14.5 158 92.0 85.5-95.7
45-64 158 12 6.4 3.4-11.8 146 93.6 88.2-96.6
65+ 175 22 15.3 9.0-24.7 153 84.7 75.3-91.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 197 21 12.3 7.4-19.9 176 87.7 80.1-92.6
Some Post-H.S. 161 14 6.6 3.6-11.8 147 93.4 88.2-96.4
College Graduate 154 13 6.9 3.8-12.1 141 93.1 87.9-96.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 265 29 12.4 7.9-18.7 236 87.6 81.3-92.1
$50,000+ 158 *** *** *** 150 95.6 90.6-98.0
Don't know/Not Sure 90 11 8.2 3.8-16.8 79 91.8 83.2-96.2

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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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