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

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  Total
Respond.^
Within the past year (<12 months) Within the past 2 years Within the past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,874 3,954 79.3 77.8-80.8 433 10.2 9.1-11.4 280 5.9 5.1- 6.8 183 4.0 3.4- 4.8 24 0.6 0.4- 0.9
Region 1 & 2 495 383 72.4 65.8-78.2 54 13.4 9.2-19.2 30 7.0 4.0-12.1 24 6.3 3.8-10.3 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 231 169 70.0 60.9-77.7 27 9.0 5.9-13.6 18 10.8 5.4-20.5 16 9.8 5.4-17.3 *** *** ***
Female 264 214 74.8 65.2-82.4 27 17.5 10.5-27.8 12 3.4 1.8- 6.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 392 314 74.4 66.9-80.7 42 14.2 9.3-21.0 20 7.0 3.6-13.2 14 3.8 2.1- 6.6 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 22 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 72 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 140 *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 7.0 3.8-12.8 18 14.5 8.3-24.1 *** *** ***
45-64 174 *** *** *** 23 12.2 7.5-19.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 172 156 93.6 88.8-96.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 175 *** *** *** 19 13.5 7.2-23.7 15 9.4 3.9-21.0 11 7.9 3.7-16.3 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 132 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 186 150 79.1 71.7-85.0 18 9.9 6.0-15.8 11 7.0 3.8-12.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 196 *** *** *** 23 12.0 6.7-20.6 18 13.3 6.4-25.5 13 8.0 3.6-17.0 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 184 156 86.4 80.2-90.9 19 9.3 5.8-14.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 115 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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