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2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 688 551 79.1 75.1-82.6 66 10.6 8.0-13.9 37 5.3 3.7- 7.6 28 4.0 2.5- 6.2 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 310 231 73.5 66.8-79.2 35 12.1 8.1-17.8 24 7.5 4.7-11.7 15 5.2 2.7- 9.7 *** *** ***
Female 378 320 84.2 79.6-87.9 31 9.3 6.3-13.3 13 3.3 1.8- 6.0 13 2.9 1.6- 5.1 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 400 328 79.6 74.2-84.1 38 11.7 8.1-16.6 20 4.3 2.7- 6.8 12 3.4 1.6- 6.9 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 169 145 84.3 76.5-89.9 14 8.1 4.6-14.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 119 78 66.6 56.3-75.5 14 10.6 6.1-18.0 *** *** *** 13 10.7 5.9-18.5 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 278 202 71.2 64.3-77.3 31 13.1 8.7-19.3 26 8.6 5.5-13.0 15 5.5 2.9-10.1 *** *** ***
45-64 256 211 83.5 78.0-87.9 25 9.7 6.4-14.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 142 128 90.9 85.0-94.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 191 144 75.0 66.5-81.9 24 13.5 8.3-21.3 *** *** *** 13 6.4 3.2-12.7 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 195 155 79.5 72.4-85.2 17 9.6 5.9-15.4 14 7.1 3.8-12.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 301 252 83.1 78.0-87.2 25 8.7 5.8-12.9 16 5.8 3.5- 9.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 223 165 74.4 67.3-80.5 24 11.6 7.4-17.7 15 5.8 3.3- 9.9 15 5.8 3.3- 9.9 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 306 252 78.4 71.6-84.0 33 12.7 8.4-18.6 17 6.6 3.8-11.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 142 120 86.7 79.9-91.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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