2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 698 528 77.5 73.9-80.8 94 12.9 10.3-16.0 45 5.3 3.8- 7.2 27 3.8 2.5- 5.7 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 344 251 73.8 68.0-78.8 49 14.8 10.8-19.9 25 6.2 4.0- 9.5 16 4.3 2.5- 7.4 *** *** ***
Female 354 277 81.1 76.3-85.1 45 11.1 8.1-15.1 20 4.4 2.7- 7.1 11 3.3 1.7- 6.3 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 402 302 76.2 71.2-80.6 57 14.5 11.0-18.9 27 5.5 3.6- 8.2 15 3.7 2.2- 6.4 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 149 125 85.4 78.4-90.5 14 7.6 4.3-13.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 133 89 70.2 60.7-78.2 21 13.6 8.5-21.0 13 8.3 4.4-15.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 306 202 67.9 61.6-73.7 52 16.8 12.5-22.2 36 9.8 6.8-13.8 12 4.4 2.4- 8.0 *** *** ***
45-64 242 190 82.2 76.4-86.8 30 11.0 7.4-16.1 *** *** *** 14 4.7 2.6- 8.4 *** *** ***
65+ 136 122 90.8 83.6-95.0 12 8.0 4.1-14.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 191 127 70.3 62.9-76.8 30 14.6 10.0-20.9 20 8.5 5.2-13.5 12 5.4 2.9- 9.8 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 143 117 83.6 76.2-89.1 16 10.7 6.4-17.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 360 281 79.5 74.4-83.7 47 12.8 9.3-17.4 21 5.2 3.3- 8.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 212 147 71.9 64.7-78.1 33 14.7 10.1-20.8 19 8.2 5.0-13.2 13 5.2 2.9- 9.4 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 349 274 79.9 74.7-84.3 42 11.9 8.4-16.5 19 4.2 2.6- 6.8 12 3.8 2.0- 6.9 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 134 105 80.1 71.5-86.6 19 12.9 7.8-20.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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