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 4,162 742 15.3 14.1-16.5 3,420 84.7 83.5-85.9
Region 8 497 124 19.7 16.1-23.9 373 80.3 76.1-83.9
GENDER
Male 222 46 16.1 11.7-21.7 176 83.9 78.3-88.3
Female 275 78 23.2 17.8-29.7 197 76.8 70.3-82.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 314 74 18.9 14.7-24.0 240 81.1 76.0-85.3
Non-Hispanic Black 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 103 29 17.4 11.4-25.6 74 82.6 74.4-88.6
AGE
18-44 158 18 10.3 6.1-16.7 140 89.7 83.3-93.9
45-64 176 51 27.3 20.4-35.5 125 72.7 64.5-79.6
65+ 161 55 28.0 20.9-36.4 106 72.0 63.6-79.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 209 59 19.8 14.6-26.1 150 80.2 73.9-85.4
Some Post-H.S. 151 41 21.7 15.2-30.1 110 78.3 69.9-84.8
College Graduate 134 23 15.3 9.9-23.0 111 84.7 77.0-90.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 219 68 23.4 17.6-30.3 151 76.6 69.7-82.4
$50,000+ 166 19 10.2 6.2-16.4 147 89.8 83.6-93.8
Don't know/Not Sure 112 37 27.1 18.9-37.1 75 72.9 62.9-81.1

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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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