2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,929 648 13.7 12.5-15.0 4,281 86.3 85.0-87.5
Region 1 & 2 500 64 12.3 9.0-16.7 436 87.7 83.3-91.0
GENDER
Male 233 20 8.8 5.2-14.5 213 91.2 85.5-94.8
Female 267 44 15.6 10.5-22.7 223 84.4 77.3-89.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 394 48 13.0 9.2-18.1 346 87.0 81.9-90.8
Non-Hispanic Black 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 75 12 7.5 3.7-14.5 63 92.5 85.5-96.3
AGE
18-44 142 20 16.1 9.6-25.8 122 83.9 74.2-90.4
45-64 176 23 13.1 8.0-20.6 153 86.9 79.4-92.0
65+ 173 21 7.2 4.3-11.8 152 92.8 88.2-95.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 177 28 14.7 9.0-23.1 149 85.3 76.9-91.0
Some Post-H.S. 133 19 12.7 7.3-21.3 114 87.3 78.7-92.7
College Graduate 188 17 7.6 4.7-12.0 171 92.4 88.0-95.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 199 32 14.7 9.1-23.1 167 85.3 76.9-90.9
$50,000+ 184 15 8.9 4.8-15.7 169 91.1 84.3-95.2
Don't know/Not Sure 117 17 13.2 7.3-22.6 100 86.8 77.4-92.7

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 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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