2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,183 264 6.1 5.3- 7.0 3,919 93.9 93.0-94.7
Region 8 498 38 6.9 4.7-10.1 460 93.1 89.9-95.3
GENDER
Male 222 16 6.2 3.5-10.7 206 93.8 89.3-96.5
Female 276 22 7.6 4.4-12.8 254 92.4 87.2-95.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 315 21 6.4 3.8-10.6 294 93.6 89.4-96.2
Non-Hispanic Black 80 *** *** *** 74 95.8 89.4-98.4
Other 103 11 12.5 6.0-24.3 92 87.5 75.7-94.0
AGE
18-44 159 *** *** *** 152 94.6 88.3-97.6
45-64 175 18 8.5 4.8-14.8 157 91.5 85.2-95.2
65+ 162 13 7.8 4.3-13.8 149 92.2 86.2-95.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 209 23 8.6 5.1-14.1 186 91.4 85.9-94.9
Some Post-H.S. 152 11 6.1 2.9-12.3 141 93.9 87.7-97.1
College Graduate 134 *** *** *** 132 98.8 93.8-99.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 220 24 9.0 5.4-14.6 196 91.0 85.4-94.6
$50,000+ 166 *** *** *** 161 97.2 92.8-98.9
Don't know/Not Sure 112 *** *** *** 103 90.9 81.1-95.8

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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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