2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Housing Insecurity

During the past 12 months, was there a time when you were not able to pay your utility bills?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,055 309 7.6 6.6- 8.8 3,746 92.4 91.2-93.4
Region 8 693 65 7.9 5.8-10.7 628 92.1 89.3-94.2
GENDER
Male 282 23 5.5 3.2- 9.2 259 94.5 90.8-96.8
Female 411 42 10.2 7.0-14.6 369 89.8 85.4-93.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 394 16 4.8 2.7- 8.2 378 95.2 91.8-97.3
Non-Hispanic Black 134 20 10.9 5.9-19.1 114 89.1 80.9-94.1
Other 160 29 19.4 12.4-29.1 131 80.6 70.9-87.6
AGE
18-44 177 28 10.0 6.4-15.3 149 90.0 84.7-93.6
45-64 225 22 8.7 5.1-14.5 203 91.3 85.5-94.9
65+ 275 15 4.1 2.1- 8.0 260 95.9 92.0-97.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 258 33 9.1 5.9-13.9 225 90.9 86.1-94.1
Some Post-H.S. 190 21 9.1 5.3-15.2 169 90.9 84.8-94.7
College Graduate 244 11 4.3 2.0- 8.9 233 95.7 91.1-98.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 275 51 16.7 11.8-23.0 224 83.3 77.0-88.2
$50,000+ 254 *** *** *** 250 98.6 94.6-99.6
Don't know/Not Sure 164 *** *** *** 154 93.6 87.0-96.9

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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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