2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,280 570 13.1 12.0-14.3 3,710 86.9 85.7-88.0
Region 8 505 75 14.3 11.0-18.3 430 85.7 81.7-89.0
GENDER
Male 226 23 11.9 7.7-17.9 203 88.1 82.1-92.3
Female 279 52 16.5 11.9-22.5 227 83.5 77.5-88.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 321 46 14.8 10.8-20.1 275 85.2 79.9-89.2
Non-Hispanic Black 81 14 13.3 7.0-23.8 67 86.7 76.2-93.0
Other 103 15 12.8 6.9-22.4 88 87.2 77.6-93.1
AGE
18-44 162 26 15.0 9.8-22.3 136 85.0 77.7-90.2
45-64 179 25 14.3 9.2-21.5 154 85.7 78.5-90.8
65+ 162 24 13.1 8.3-19.9 138 86.9 80.1-91.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 212 30 12.2 8.0-18.2 182 87.8 81.8-92.0
Some Post-H.S. 156 25 15.8 10.2-23.8 131 84.2 76.2-89.8
College Graduate 135 20 17.2 10.7-26.4 115 82.8 73.6-89.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 221 35 14.8 10.0-21.3 186 85.2 78.7-90.0
$50,000+ 166 18 10.1 6.1-16.2 148 89.9 83.8-93.9
Don't know/Not Sure 113 21 19.5 12.0-30.1 92 80.5 69.9-88.0

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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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