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 4,158 346 8.0 7.1- 9.1 3,812 92.0 90.9-92.9
Region 8 493 58 11.1 8.2-14.9 435 88.9 85.1-91.8
GENDER
Male 219 17 6.3 3.7-10.6 202 93.7 89.4-96.3
Female 274 41 15.7 10.9-22.1 233 84.3 77.9-89.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 312 35 10.6 7.3-15.1 277 89.4 84.9-92.7
Non-Hispanic Black 78 12 15.1 7.6-27.8 66 84.9 72.2-92.4
Other 103 11 8.7 3.6-19.6 92 91.3 80.4-96.4
AGE
18-44 155 11 7.8 4.1-14.2 144 92.2 85.8-95.9
45-64 174 23 12.6 7.7-19.9 151 87.4 80.1-92.3
65+ 162 24 15.6 10.0-23.5 138 84.4 76.5-90.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 209 29 10.8 7.0-16.4 180 89.2 83.6-93.0
Some Post-H.S. 148 20 14.4 8.7-22.8 128 85.6 77.2-91.3
College Graduate 133 *** *** *** 125 94.4 87.9-97.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 218 33 13.1 8.6-19.4 185 86.9 80.6-91.4
$50,000+ 166 *** *** *** 159 94.2 87.5-97.4
Don't know/Not Sure 109 18 15.5 9.1-25.0 91 84.5 75.0-90.9

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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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