2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 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 4,240 3,444 79.1 77.5-80.5 354 8.9 7.9- 9.9 241 6.4 5.6- 7.4 183 5.2 4.4- 6.1 18 0.5 0.3- 0.8
Region 1 & 2 422 342 80.8 75.9-85.0 34 7.2 4.9-10.4 23 5.2 3.4- 8.1 22 6.6 3.9-10.7 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 217 167 76.5 69.3-82.4 19 7.5 4.5-12.3 15 7.3 4.1-12.4 15 8.3 4.7-14.1 *** *** ***
Female 205 175 84.9 77.5-90.2 15 6.8 3.8-12.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 347 287 81.8 76.4-86.2 24 6.4 4.1-10.0 20 5.6 3.5- 8.8 15 5.9 3.2-10.6 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 26 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 49 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 130 82 66.0 56.3-74.5 20 12.4 7.5-19.8 14 9.7 5.5-16.6 13 11.3 5.9-20.5 *** *** ***
45-64 142 123 86.3 77.9-91.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 144 131 93.2 88.3-96.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 132 108 82.5 74.0-88.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 122 97 78.8 68.2-86.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 168 137 81.0 73.8-86.5 17 9.9 6.0-15.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 177 139 79.9 72.4-85.8 14 5.8 3.3- 9.9 14 7.1 4.0-12.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 152 127 82.1 72.7-88.8 12 7.8 4.1-14.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 88 71 79.4 67.3-87.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 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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