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 5,620 389 6.4 5.7- 7.3 5,231 93.6 92.7-94.3
Region 8 873 68 7.8 5.6-10.7 805 92.2 89.3-94.4
GENDER
Male 401 18 5.1 2.7- 9.4 383 94.9 90.6-97.3
Female 472 50 10.5 7.2-15.0 422 89.5 85.0-92.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 544 36 7.5 5.0-11.1 508 92.5 88.9-95.0
Non-Hispanic Black 141 15 10.8 5.0-21.8 126 89.2 78.2-95.0
Other 188 17 5.7 3.0-10.4 171 94.3 89.6-97.0
AGE
18-44 265 *** *** *** 255 96.0 92.0-98.1
45-64 288 26 11.3 6.9-18.0 262 88.7 82.0-93.1
65+ 297 31 11.0 6.3-18.5 266 89.0 81.5-93.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 355 40 9.2 5.8-14.3 315 90.8 85.7-94.2
Some Post-H.S. 239 18 8.8 5.0-15.2 221 91.2 84.8-95.0
College Graduate 272 *** *** *** 262 96.1 92.0-98.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 402 50 13.4 9.2-19.0 352 86.6 81.0-90.8
$50,000+ 295 *** *** *** 290 97.5 93.3-99.1
Don't know/Not Sure 176 13 3.6 1.9- 6.8 163 96.4 93.2-98.1

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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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