2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 535 80 16.3 12.8-20.6 455 83.7 79.4-87.2
GENDER
Male 260 32 15.7 10.5-23.0 228 84.3 77.0-89.5
Female 275 48 16.9 12.5-22.5 227 83.1 77.5-87.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 291 43 17.9 12.7-24.5 248 82.1 75.5-87.3
Non-Hispanic Black 147 26 17.2 11.4-25.2 121 82.8 74.8-88.6
Other 87 *** *** *** 77 90.5 81.5-95.4
AGE
18-44 205 30 15.1 10.0-22.1 175 84.9 77.9-90.0
45-64 160 30 20.3 13.8-28.9 130 79.7 71.1-86.2
65+ 160 19 13.6 8.4-21.3 141 86.4 78.7-91.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 197 32 18.0 12.2-25.7 165 82.0 74.3-87.8
Some Post-H.S. 170 30 17.6 11.8-25.4 140 82.4 74.6-88.2
College Graduate 165 18 11.0 6.9-17.1 147 89.0 82.9-93.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 201 37 19.5 13.9-26.7 164 80.5 73.3-86.1
$50,000+ 215 25 14.6 9.0-22.9 190 85.4 77.1-91.0
Don't know/Not Sure 117 18 14.7 8.8-23.4 99 85.3 76.6-91.2

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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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