2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,162 742 15.3 14.1-16.5 3,420 84.7 83.5-85.9
Region 5 601 89 12.8 10.1-16.2 512 87.2 83.8-89.9
GENDER
Male 271 32 10.5 7.3-15.0 239 89.5 85.0-92.7
Female 330 57 14.9 10.8-20.2 273 85.1 79.8-89.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 368 57 13.5 9.9-18.1 311 86.5 81.9-90.1
Non-Hispanic Black 139 22 14.1 9.1-21.2 117 85.9 78.8-90.9
Other 94 *** *** *** 84 92.9 85.2-96.7
AGE
18-44 246 *** *** *** 241 98.1 95.5-99.2
45-64 188 31 15.7 10.7-22.5 157 84.3 77.5-89.3
65+ 159 50 31.3 22.9-41.1 109 68.7 58.9-77.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 171 31 17.0 11.3-24.8 140 83.0 75.2-88.7
Some Post-H.S. 151 29 14.3 9.6-20.9 122 85.7 79.1-90.4
College Graduate 276 29 7.6 5.1-11.0 247 92.4 89.0-94.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 207 44 18.3 13.3-24.7 163 81.7 75.3-86.7
$50,000+ 265 22 7.1 4.5-11.2 243 92.9 88.8-95.5
Don't know/Not Sure 129 23 16.3 9.3-27.2 106 83.7 72.8-90.7

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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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