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 4,610 829 14.9 13.7-16.2 3,781 85.1 83.8-86.3
Region 8 516 113 18.9 15.3-23.1 403 81.1 76.9-84.7
GENDER
Male 244 44 17.9 12.7-24.6 200 82.1 75.4-87.3
Female 272 69 19.8 15.2-25.3 203 80.2 74.7-84.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 353 70 17.1 13.1-21.9 283 82.9 78.1-86.9
Non-Hispanic Black 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 95 19 16.8 9.5-28.2 76 83.2 71.8-90.5
AGE
18-44 172 15 7.9 4.5-13.4 157 92.1 86.6-95.5
45-64 158 36 22.2 15.7-30.5 122 77.8 69.5-84.3
65+ 177 61 37.0 28.6-46.3 116 63.0 53.7-71.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 199 55 23.3 17.2-30.8 144 76.7 69.2-82.8
Some Post-H.S. 161 33 16.7 11.3-24.0 128 83.3 76.0-88.7
College Graduate 155 25 13.9 9.1-20.6 130 86.1 79.4-90.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 266 77 26.0 20.3-32.7 189 74.0 67.3-79.7
$50,000+ 159 16 7.6 4.3-12.9 143 92.4 87.1-95.7
Don't know/Not Sure 91 20 18.5 11.0-29.4 71 81.5 70.6-89.0

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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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