2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 666 89 15.3 11.9-19.4 577 84.7 80.6-88.1
GENDER
Male 319 33 11.7 8.0-16.9 286 88.3 83.1-92.0
Female 347 56 18.5 13.3-25.2 291 81.5 74.8-86.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 409 55 16.7 12.1-22.6 354 83.3 77.4-87.9
Non-Hispanic Black 140 21 16.0 10.0-24.7 119 84.0 75.3-90.0
Other 104 11 9.0 4.7-16.6 93 91.0 83.4-95.3
AGE
18-44 266 44 15.9 11.4-21.7 222 84.1 78.3-88.6
45-64 214 29 18.1 11.2-27.9 185 81.9 72.1-88.8
65+ 169 14 9.6 5.0-17.7 155 90.4 82.3-95.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 179 26 20.7 13.3-30.7 153 79.3 69.3-86.7
Some Post-H.S. 161 16 7.9 4.6-13.1 145 92.1 86.9-95.4
College Graduate 324 47 16.4 12.4-21.3 277 83.6 78.7-87.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 237 35 16.0 11.1-22.6 202 84.0 77.4-88.9
$50,000+ 289 41 13.2 9.6-17.9 248 86.8 82.1-90.4
Don't know/Not Sure 137 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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