2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

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  Total
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 8 796 687 82.3 78.4-85.6 44 8.1 5.7-11.4 40 5.7 4.0- 8.0 19 2.8 1.7- 4.6 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 333 269 77.5 71.3-82.6 21 9.3 5.6-15.1 24 7.6 5.0-11.4 15 4.6 2.6- 7.9 *** *** ***
Female 463 418 87.1 82.0-90.8 23 6.9 4.3-11.0 16 3.8 2.1- 7.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 456 407 86.9 82.4-90.4 16 5.3 2.9- 9.4 21 4.6 2.9- 7.3 11 3.0 1.6- 5.5 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 148 131 82.3 71.0-89.8 11 9.8 4.8-18.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 185 *** *** *** 16 17.5 10.0-28.8 13 9.0 5.6-14.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 225 170 74.0 66.7-80.1 22 12.2 7.7-18.8 21 8.0 5.1-12.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 242 206 84.3 78.1-89.1 12 5.7 3.0-10.7 13 5.8 3.2-10.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 309 294 94.7 89.9-97.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 298 241 76.0 68.9-81.9 24 12.1 7.7-18.6 17 5.9 3.5- 9.8 11 3.7 1.9- 7.4 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 217 190 84.6 77.7-89.7 12 7.3 3.8-13.5 11 6.0 3.2-10.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 278 254 90.2 84.7-93.8 *** *** *** 11 4.9 2.4- 9.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 325 273 79.9 73.5-85.1 15 6.0 3.5-10.2 22 8.7 5.3-13.9 11 3.5 1.8- 6.9 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 287 265 88.0 81.3-92.5 11 7.6 3.9-14.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 182 147 75.2 65.5-82.9 18 13.2 7.6-21.9 11 6.4 2.9-13.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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