2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 832 667 77.9 74.4-81.1 77 9.3 7.2-11.9 53 7.3 5.4- 9.7 31 5.1 3.5- 7.4 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 411 305 72.3 67.0-77.1 43 9.8 7.0-13.7 32 8.1 5.6-11.6 27 8.8 5.9-12.9 *** *** ***
Female 421 362 82.9 78.0-86.9 34 8.8 6.1-12.5 21 6.5 4.1-10.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 539 439 78.3 73.9-82.2 47 9.2 6.7-12.4 26 5.3 3.5- 8.0 26 6.9 4.6-10.2 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 155 130 83.6 75.9-89.2 14 8.9 4.9-15.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 138 98 66.0 55.4-75.2 16 10.4 5.9-17.7 17 16.8 9.9-27.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 283 199 70.7 64.6-76.2 32 10.6 7.3-15.1 33 10.9 7.5-15.5 17 7.1 4.3-11.5 *** *** ***
45-64 318 258 80.0 74.4-84.5 31 10.1 6.8-14.6 16 5.5 3.3- 9.1 11 4.1 2.2- 7.7 *** *** ***
65+ 212 194 91.4 86.1-94.8 14 5.8 3.3-10.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 266 205 74.0 67.5-79.7 22 9.0 5.7-13.8 19 7.3 4.5-11.6 17 8.6 5.2-14.0 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 244 195 78.0 71.3-83.5 24 9.4 6.0-14.5 14 7.7 4.3-13.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 322 267 82.7 77.4-86.9 31 9.5 6.4-13.9 20 6.8 4.2-10.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 308 243 74.4 68.0-79.9 31 11.1 7.5-16.1 17 7.7 4.6-12.4 14 6.1 3.5-10.5 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 333 267 79.4 73.9-84.0 35 9.8 6.8-14.0 22 7.5 4.6-11.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 178 148 81.8 74.0-87.7 *** *** *** 12 5.8 3.1-10.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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