2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 694 582 80.5 76.2-84.2 53 9.5 6.9-13.0 33 5.6 3.7- 8.2 24 4.1 2.4- 6.9 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 302 234 75.8 69.2-81.4 29 10.2 6.6-15.2 18 7.0 4.1-11.7 19 6.4 3.6-11.3 *** *** ***
Female 392 348 84.8 78.9-89.3 24 8.9 5.5-14.3 15 4.3 2.4- 7.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 429 353 78.3 72.5-83.1 38 11.7 8.0-16.6 23 5.5 3.5- 8.6 14 4.3 2.1- 8.6 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 203 184 86.7 78.8-92.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 62 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 191 138 71.5 63.4-78.4 22 13.7 8.7-20.9 18 9.1 5.5-14.8 11 4.9 2.3-10.2 *** *** ***
45-64 257 213 82.5 75.5-87.8 23 8.1 5.0-12.9 *** *** *** 11 6.1 2.8-12.9 *** *** ***
65+ 234 222 94.4 89.4-97.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 282 228 79.0 72.3-84.5 21 8.3 4.9-13.5 17 7.3 4.2-12.4 14 4.7 2.4- 8.9 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 198 161 79.3 70.9-85.7 19 10.6 6.1-17.8 11 4.9 2.5- 9.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 213 193 87.0 79.3-92.1 12 9.0 4.7-16.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 344 281 76.9 70.3-82.4 27 10.7 6.9-16.2 20 7.5 4.5-12.4 14 4.2 2.1- 8.3 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 223 194 84.7 77.4-89.9 17 10.1 5.8-17.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 125 105 81.6 70.0-89.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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