2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 616 490 77.6 73.6-81.2 56 9.7 7.3-12.7 43 8.1 5.9-11.1 25 4.3 2.8- 6.5 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 281 211 73.6 67.3-79.0 28 10.5 7.0-15.4 24 9.7 6.3-14.6 17 5.8 3.5- 9.6 *** *** ***
Female 335 279 81.3 75.8-85.8 28 8.9 5.9-13.2 19 6.6 4.0-10.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 373 297 77.8 72.6-82.2 33 9.2 6.4-13.1 28 9.0 6.1-13.1 15 4.0 2.4- 6.8 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 145 125 82.7 73.9-89.0 13 10.8 6.1-18.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 98 *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 16.3 9.1-27.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 249 173 68.8 62.1-74.8 29 12.0 8.1-17.4 28 12.0 8.1-17.4 17 6.6 3.9-11.0 *** *** ***
45-64 194 158 80.3 73.2-85.8 18 9.8 6.0-15.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 164 150 91.9 85.3-95.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 178 136 76.7 69.0-83.0 16 9.7 5.6-16.2 16 8.8 5.2-14.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 154 118 73.3 64.8-80.4 15 9.2 5.4-15.4 13 11.5 6.7-19.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 281 234 82.4 77.0-86.8 25 10.2 6.8-14.9 13 4.2 2.3- 7.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 208 162 76.5 69.1-82.5 19 9.6 5.8-15.3 14 8.6 4.8-14.8 12 4.9 2.7- 8.7 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 268 214 77.2 70.8-82.5 29 11.7 7.9-17.0 16 7.1 4.2-11.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 132 107 80.6 72.0-87.0 *** *** *** 13 10.2 5.8-17.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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