2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

Radon Testing

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,657 725 27.7 25.7-29.8 1,932 72.3 70.2-74.3
Region 5 386 112 28.2 23.5-33.5 274 71.8 66.5-76.5
GENDER
Male 180 50 26.6 19.9-34.5 130 73.4 65.5-80.1
Female 206 62 29.7 23.3-37.1 144 70.3 62.9-76.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 230 80 32.6 26.3-39.5 150 67.4 60.5-73.7
Non-Hispanic Black 97 26 24.3 16.1-34.8 71 75.7 65.2-83.9
Other 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 125 41 34.3 25.6-44.2 84 65.7 55.8-74.4
45-64 135 31 21.1 14.7-29.4 104 78.9 70.6-85.3
65+ 121 37 29.0 20.6-39.1 84 71.0 60.9-79.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 125 17 14.3 8.6-22.9 108 85.7 77.1-91.4
Some Post-H.S. 90 24 29.3 20.0-40.7 *** *** ***
College Graduate 170 71 45.0 37.1-53.2 99 55.0 46.8-62.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 126 23 22.3 14.6-32.5 103 77.7 67.5-85.4
$50,000+ 169 65 35.0 27.5-43.4 104 65.0 56.6-72.5
Don't know/Not Sure 91 24 22.5 14.7-32.8 67 77.5 67.2-85.3

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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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