2020 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 5,823 721 12.3 11.3-13.4 5,102 87.7 86.6-88.7
Region 8 909 108 12.8 10.1-15.9 801 87.2 84.1-89.9
GENDER
Male 417 39 8.8 6.0-12.7 378 91.2 87.3-94.0
Female 492 69 16.6 12.5-21.8 423 83.4 78.2-87.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 564 68 13.5 10.2-17.6 496 86.5 82.4-89.8
Non-Hispanic Black 149 18 13.6 7.7-22.9 131 86.4 77.1-92.3
Other 196 22 8.6 5.1-14.3 174 91.4 85.7-94.9
AGE
18-44 274 34 13.1 8.9-19.0 240 86.9 81.0-91.1
45-64 301 37 12.8 8.8-18.3 264 87.2 81.7-91.2
65+ 308 36 12.0 8.1-17.4 272 88.0 82.6-91.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 368 47 13.4 9.4-18.8 321 86.6 81.2-90.6
Some Post-H.S. 246 34 13.3 8.9-19.4 212 86.7 80.6-91.1
College Graduate 285 27 11.2 7.0-17.5 258 88.8 82.5-93.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 405 61 16.6 12.2-22.1 344 83.4 77.9-87.8
$50,000+ 299 34 11.4 7.6-16.8 265 88.6 83.2-92.4
Don't know/Not Sure 185 11 7.3 3.4-15.0 174 92.7 85.0-96.6

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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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