2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 Demographics

Respiratory Health

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,759 1,039 25.4 23.7-27.2 2,720 74.6 72.8-76.3
Region 9 & 10 606 171 24.4 20.4-28.9 435 75.6 71.1-79.6
GENDER
Male 260 59 19.6 14.3-26.2 201 80.4 73.8-85.7
Female 346 112 28.5 22.8-35.0 234 71.5 65.0-77.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 378 107 24.4 19.3-30.4 271 75.6 69.6-80.7
Non-Hispanic Black 177 54 26.3 19.3-34.8 123 73.7 65.2-80.7
Other 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 166 33 18.8 12.8-26.7 133 81.2 73.3-87.2
45-64 222 62 22.6 17.1-29.4 160 77.4 70.6-82.9
65+ 209 74 37.2 28.8-46.5 135 62.8 53.5-71.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 244 90 32.0 25.1-39.8 154 68.0 60.2-74.9
Some Post-H.S. 177 48 21.5 15.3-29.3 129 78.5 70.7-84.7
College Graduate 184 33 14.0 9.4-20.2 151 86.0 79.8-90.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 308 123 37.2 30.5-44.4 185 62.8 55.6-69.5
$50,000+ 187 25 11.2 6.9-17.7 162 88.8 82.3-93.1
Don't know/Not Sure 111 23 16.0 9.8-25.1 88 84.0 74.9-90.2

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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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