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

Injection Drug Use

Do you know anyone who injects drugs that have not been prescribed for them by a doctor?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,561 346 10.5 9.3-12.0 3,215 89.5 88.0-90.7
Region 9 & 10 574 39 7.7 5.1-11.6 535 92.3 88.4-94.9
GENDER
Male 245 20 9.6 5.6-15.9 225 90.4 84.1-94.4
Female 329 19 6.1 3.1-11.7 310 93.9 88.3-96.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 361 28 9.0 5.5-14.2 333 91.0 85.8-94.5
Non-Hispanic Black 165 *** *** *** 155 93.7 85.3-97.4
Other 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 152 14 11.0 6.1-19.1 138 89.0 80.9-93.9
45-64 209 16 7.7 3.8-14.8 193 92.3 85.2-96.2
65+ 204 *** *** *** 196 97.6 95.0-98.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 229 13 6.7 3.1-13.7 216 93.3 86.3-96.9
Some Post-H.S. 171 15 8.6 4.4-16.1 156 91.4 83.9-95.6
College Graduate 173 11 8.3 4.1-16.0 162 91.7 84.0-95.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 286 21 7.4 3.9-13.6 265 92.6 86.4-96.1
$50,000+ 181 *** *** *** 171 92.8 86.0-96.4
Don't know/Not Sure 107 *** *** *** 99 90.5 78.4-96.2

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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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