2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,860 301 5.8 5.0- 6.7 4,559 94.2 93.3-95.0
Region 8 793 62 6.9 5.0- 9.4 731 93.1 90.6-95.0
GENDER
Male 331 20 4.7 2.7- 7.8 311 95.3 92.2-97.3
Female 462 42 9.1 6.2-13.3 420 90.9 86.7-93.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 455 25 5.9 3.8- 9.2 430 94.1 90.8-96.2
Non-Hispanic Black 147 21 11.0 6.1-19.0 126 89.0 81.0-93.9
Other 183 15 6.5 3.2-12.4 168 93.5 87.6-96.8
AGE
18-44 224 *** *** *** 214 95.8 92.0-97.8
45-64 241 28 12.3 7.9-18.5 213 87.7 81.5-92.1
65+ 307 23 5.4 2.9- 9.8 284 94.6 90.2-97.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 299 28 8.3 5.3-12.8 271 91.7 87.2-94.7
Some Post-H.S. 215 19 7.8 4.5-13.1 196 92.2 86.9-95.5
College Graduate 276 15 3.0 1.6- 5.8 261 97.0 94.2-98.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 326 40 12.0 8.2-17.3 286 88.0 82.7-91.8
$50,000+ 285 *** *** *** 277 98.7 96.8-99.5
Don't know/Not Sure 182 14 8.4 4.4-15.3 168 91.6 84.7-95.6

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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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