2020 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 5,646 367 6.2 5.5- 7.1 5,279 93.8 92.9-94.5
Region 8 878 64 6.8 4.9- 9.2 814 93.2 90.8-95.1
GENDER
Male 404 24 6.0 3.7- 9.6 380 94.0 90.4-96.3
Female 474 40 7.5 5.0-11.2 434 92.5 88.8-95.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 548 39 7.5 5.1-10.9 509 92.5 89.1-94.9
Non-Hispanic Black 141 11 5.9 2.9-11.7 130 94.1 88.3-97.1
Other 189 14 4.4 2.5- 7.8 175 95.6 92.2-97.5
AGE
18-44 264 *** *** *** 255 96.3 92.1-98.3
45-64 290 25 8.5 5.3-13.4 265 91.5 86.6-94.7
65+ 298 30 11.1 6.9-17.2 268 88.9 82.8-93.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 355 30 7.9 5.0-12.3 325 92.1 87.7-95.0
Some Post-H.S. 240 21 7.0 4.0-12.2 219 93.0 87.8-96.0
College Graduate 274 12 4.1 1.9- 8.3 262 95.9 91.7-98.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 401 34 7.8 5.2-11.6 367 92.2 88.4-94.8
$50,000+ 297 11 3.7 1.7- 7.6 286 96.3 92.4-98.3
Don't know/Not Sure 180 19 9.7 5.0-17.8 161 90.3 82.2-95.0

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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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