2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

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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 5 660 518 78.8 75.0-82.2 66 10.5 8.0-13.6 54 7.7 5.7-10.4 19 2.6 1.6- 4.1 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 314 232 73.7 67.6-79.0 35 12.0 8.3-17.0 33 9.8 6.7-14.3 13 4.2 2.3- 7.3 *** *** ***
Female 346 286 83.4 78.3-87.4 31 9.2 6.1-13.4 21 5.8 3.5- 9.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 406 317 79.0 74.2-83.1 45 11.8 8.6-16.1 33 6.9 4.7- 9.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 140 120 82.2 73.1-88.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 101 *** *** *** 12 9.2 4.5-17.7 13 13.0 6.9-23.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 263 181 68.8 61.9-75.0 33 13.8 9.4-19.7 36 13.4 9.4-18.7 11 3.5 1.8- 6.6 *** *** ***
45-64 212 168 83.1 77.2-87.6 21 9.5 6.0-14.5 15 4.3 2.5- 7.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 169 154 92.2 86.2-95.8 12 6.3 3.2-12.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 175 129 75.2 67.3-81.8 20 10.7 6.4-17.1 17 9.9 5.8-16.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 159 136 85.7 78.5-90.7 14 10.0 5.7-16.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 324 252 76.7 71.3-81.4 31 10.4 7.2-14.8 30 9.2 6.2-13.3 11 3.7 2.0- 6.7 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 234 176 75.6 68.5-81.6 20 9.5 5.7-15.3 25 9.6 6.0-15.1 12 4.9 2.7- 8.9 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 288 231 79.0 73.1-83.8 28 10.9 7.2-16.1 23 8.4 5.5-12.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 135 109 83.7 75.5-89.5 18 11.7 6.9-19.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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