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

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,991 365 7.4 6.3- 8.6 3,626 92.6 91.4-93.7
Region 1 & 2 433 50 9.0 6.1-12.9 383 91.0 87.1-93.9
GENDER
Male 186 27 11.5 7.0-18.3 159 88.5 81.7-93.0
Female 247 23 6.5 3.7-11.3 224 93.5 88.7-96.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 356 46 8.9 6.1-13.0 310 91.1 87.0-93.9
Non-Hispanic Black 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 105 *** *** *** 103 97.4 89.3-99.4
45-64 144 15 8.3 4.2-15.5 129 91.7 84.5-95.8
65+ 176 30 17.7 11.0-27.4 146 82.3 72.6-89.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 115 14 13.5 7.5-23.1 101 86.5 76.9-92.5
Some Post-H.S. 140 16 6.4 3.3-11.8 124 93.6 88.2-96.7
College Graduate 177 20 6.2 3.7-10.2 157 93.8 89.8-96.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 152 14 11.6 6.2-20.6 138 88.4 79.4-93.8
$50,000+ 184 15 4.1 2.2- 7.4 169 95.9 92.6-97.8
Don't know/Not Sure 97 21 14.0 7.6-24.4 76 86.0 75.6-92.4

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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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