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 4,851 806 14.8 13.6-16.1 4,045 85.2 83.9-86.4
Region 8 790 177 16.1 13.3-19.4 613 83.9 80.6-86.7
GENDER
Male 330 47 9.7 6.8-13.8 283 90.3 86.2-93.2
Female 460 130 22.4 17.9-27.7 330 77.6 72.3-82.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 453 88 15.7 12.2-19.9 365 84.3 80.1-87.8
Non-Hispanic Black 147 48 23.1 15.6-32.9 99 76.9 67.1-84.4
Other 183 41 12.3 7.5-19.5 142 87.7 80.5-92.5
AGE
18-44 223 17 6.2 3.5-10.5 206 93.8 89.5-96.5
45-64 241 54 23.3 17.3-30.7 187 76.7 69.3-82.7
65+ 306 105 28.1 21.9-35.1 201 71.9 64.9-78.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 297 77 19.4 14.5-25.5 220 80.6 74.5-85.5
Some Post-H.S. 215 54 15.9 11.4-21.8 161 84.1 78.2-88.6
College Graduate 276 46 10.6 7.3-15.2 230 89.4 84.8-92.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 324 102 20.9 16.1-26.6 222 79.1 73.4-83.9
$50,000+ 285 25 6.7 4.2-10.5 260 93.3 89.5-95.8
Don't know/Not Sure 181 50 26.0 18.4-35.5 131 74.0 64.5-81.6

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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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