2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^
Within the past year (<12 months) Within the past 2 years Within the past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,686 3,824 79.9 78.4-81.4 384 8.6 7.6- 9.6 246 5.9 5.1- 6.8 206 5.0 4.2- 5.9 26 0.6 0.4- 1.0
Region 8 530 431 79.0 74.4-82.9 45 9.7 7.0-13.3 27 5.4 3.4- 8.4 25 5.2 3.3- 8.0 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 253 195 75.0 67.9-80.9 24 10.7 6.9-16.1 15 5.7 3.2-10.0 18 7.7 4.4-12.9 *** *** ***
Female 277 236 82.9 76.4-87.8 21 8.8 5.3-14.3 12 5.1 2.5-10.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 360 300 80.6 75.2-85.1 27 9.0 6.0-13.4 18 6.1 3.6-10.4 15 4.2 2.4- 7.2 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 69 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 101 *** *** *** 13 12.7 6.6-23.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 179 127 70.0 61.7-77.2 25 15.4 10.2-22.5 17 8.7 4.9-14.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 166 135 81.0 73.5-86.8 11 5.8 3.1-10.4 *** *** *** 12 8.7 4.7-15.4 *** *** ***
65+ 177 163 94.7 90.0-97.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 209 161 72.9 64.9-79.6 19 10.2 6.2-16.4 13 7.9 4.2-14.2 14 7.4 4.0-13.1 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 166 136 82.1 74.3-87.8 17 11.6 6.9-18.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 154 134 87.7 80.5-92.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 268 209 74.5 67.6-80.4 24 9.7 6.2-15.0 19 8.5 5.0-13.9 15 6.8 3.8-11.8 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 159 141 88.2 80.8-93.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 91 *** *** *** 12 16.9 9.2-29.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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