2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,079 637 14.8 13.3-16.5 3,442 85.2 83.5-86.7
Region 1 & 2 445 64 14.3 10.5-19.3 381 85.7 80.7-89.5
GENDER
Male 190 20 14.8 9.1-23.2 170 85.2 76.8-90.9
Female 255 44 13.8 9.2-20.2 211 86.2 79.8-90.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 364 51 14.0 10.0-19.2 313 86.0 80.8-90.0
Non-Hispanic Black 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 107 16 16.2 9.4-26.5 91 83.8 73.5-90.6
45-64 145 29 16.1 10.1-24.7 116 83.9 75.3-89.9
65+ 183 18 10.1 5.2-18.7 165 89.9 81.3-94.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 121 15 12.8 7.1-22.0 106 87.2 78.0-92.9
Some Post-H.S. 140 22 13.8 7.9-23.1 118 86.2 76.9-92.1
College Graduate 181 26 16.3 9.9-25.6 155 83.7 74.4-90.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 153 28 18.6 11.6-28.6 125 81.4 71.4-88.4
$50,000+ 185 21 11.7 6.7-19.8 164 88.3 80.2-93.3
Don't know/Not Sure 101 14 10.5 5.4-19.5 87 89.5 80.5-94.6

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 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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