2020 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,639 893 14.0 12.9-15.2 4,746 86.0 84.8-87.1
Region 5 679 84 12.7 9.9-16.2 595 87.3 83.8-90.1
GENDER
Male 306 29 9.5 6.3-14.1 277 90.5 85.9-93.7
Female 373 55 15.6 11.4-21.0 318 84.4 79.0-88.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 415 51 13.8 10.1-18.5 364 86.2 81.5-89.9
Non-Hispanic Black 165 28 13.8 9.0-20.5 137 86.2 79.5-91.0
Other 99 *** *** *** 94 94.2 85.2-97.9
AGE
18-44 253 14 6.2 3.5-10.6 239 93.8 89.4-96.5
45-64 228 28 13.7 8.8-20.6 200 86.3 79.4-91.2
65+ 185 42 26.0 18.6-35.1 143 74.0 64.9-81.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 181 31 18.2 12.2-26.3 150 81.8 73.7-87.8
Some Post-H.S. 179 34 15.9 11.0-22.6 145 84.1 77.4-89.0
College Graduate 319 19 4.9 3.0- 7.8 300 95.1 92.2-97.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 254 53 22.4 16.6-29.6 201 77.6 70.4-83.4
$50,000+ 291 15 5.5 3.1- 9.7 276 94.5 90.3-96.9
Don't know/Not Sure 134 16 9.3 5.3-15.9 118 90.7 84.1-94.7

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2020 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2020 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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