2022 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 4,447 3,529 77.5 75.8-79.2 387 9.2 8.1-10.4 271 7.0 6.0- 8.2 220 5.4 4.6- 6.4 40 0.9 0.6- 1.3
Region 8 724 579 75.4 70.3-79.8 62 9.0 6.5-12.5 40 7.5 5.0-11.0 35 6.9 4.3-10.7 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 340 251 67.2 59.3-74.1 38 11.5 7.4-17.4 22 8.3 4.8-13.9 25 11.0 6.6-17.8 *** *** ***
Female 384 328 83.5 77.2-88.3 24 6.6 3.9-10.9 18 6.6 3.6-11.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 385 311 73.4 66.5-79.2 34 10.2 6.7-15.2 21 7.6 4.5-12.6 17 8.3 4.8-14.0 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 109 97 90.8 81.3-95.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 212 158 68.2 57.2-77.6 21 8.0 4.0-15.2 14 11.3 5.7-21.1 14 6.9 3.1-14.5 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 249 164 61.4 52.7-69.3 34 14.1 9.4-20.6 22 10.9 6.6-17.7 23 11.7 6.8-19.4 *** *** ***
45-64 254 208 84.0 76.6-89.3 20 4.5 2.5- 8.1 15 7.3 3.7-13.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 212 200 92.2 83.2-96.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 283 206 70.0 61.4-77.4 30 9.6 5.7-15.8 17 6.6 3.3-12.8 23 11.2 6.5-18.8 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 230 190 77.5 69.1-84.2 16 9.2 5.3-15.5 13 8.9 4.8-16.1 11 4.4 1.8-10.0 *** *** ***
College Graduate 210 183 84.7 76.9-90.3 16 7.6 3.9-14.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 291 226 72.1 63.8-79.2 28 11.2 6.8-18.0 19 9.2 5.1-15.9 14 5.1 2.3-10.9 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 266 226 78.9 71.3-84.9 20 9.5 5.6-15.6 11 6.1 3.2-11.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 160 *** *** *** 12 4.2 1.6-10.9 *** *** *** 12 12.0 5.4-24.8 *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2022 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2022 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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