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 3,973 304 7.9 6.8- 9.2 3,669 92.1 90.8-93.2
Region 1 & 2 433 37 9.5 6.0-14.8 396 90.5 85.2-94.0
GENDER
Male 186 15 7.5 4.0-13.8 171 92.5 86.2-96.0
Female 247 22 11.4 6.0-20.7 225 88.6 79.3-94.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 356 28 10.6 6.6-16.8 328 89.4 83.2-93.4
Non-Hispanic Black 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 58 *** *** *** 49 95.4 89.9-98.0
AGE
18-44 104 *** *** *** 97 93.4 85.3-97.2
45-64 143 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 178 13 9.6 4.9-17.8 165 90.4 82.2-95.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 116 16 15.2 7.9-27.4 100 84.8 72.6-92.1
Some Post-H.S. 138 13 7.1 3.3-14.4 125 92.9 85.6-96.7
College Graduate 177 *** *** *** 169 95.3 89.5-98.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 152 20 15.6 8.2-27.8 132 84.4 72.2-91.8
$50,000+ 182 *** *** *** 177 98.2 94.5-99.4
Don't know/Not Sure 99 12 12.9 6.4-24.3 87 87.1 75.7-93.6

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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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