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 4,843 364 7.1 6.2- 8.1 4,479 92.9 91.9-93.8
Region 8 790 79 7.5 5.6-10.0 711 92.5 90.0-94.4
GENDER
Male 330 14 3.3 1.8- 6.1 316 96.7 93.9-98.2
Female 460 65 11.7 8.4-16.0 395 88.3 84.0-91.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 454 39 7.1 4.9-10.3 415 92.9 89.7-95.1
Non-Hispanic Black 146 20 13.1 7.4-22.0 126 86.9 78.0-92.6
Other 183 20 4.3 1.9- 9.4 163 95.7 90.6-98.1
AGE
18-44 223 16 4.7 2.6- 8.4 207 95.3 91.6-97.4
45-64 241 24 11.4 7.2-17.7 217 88.6 82.3-92.8
65+ 306 39 9.0 5.6-14.2 267 91.0 85.8-94.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 298 38 9.2 6.0-13.9 260 90.8 86.1-94.0
Some Post-H.S. 215 25 7.2 4.3-11.9 190 92.8 88.1-95.7
College Graduate 275 16 4.9 2.6- 9.1 259 95.1 90.9-97.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 325 48 10.2 7.0-14.8 277 89.8 85.2-93.0
$50,000+ 285 11 2.8 1.4- 5.4 274 97.2 94.6-98.6
Don't know/Not Sure 180 20 11.8 6.6-20.4 160 88.2 79.6-93.4

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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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