2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 4 569 45 6.8 4.3-10.5 524 93.2 89.5-95.7
GENDER
Male 263 24 9.6 5.2-17.2 239 90.4 82.8-94.8
Female 306 21 4.1 2.4- 6.9 285 95.9 93.1-97.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 339 34 9.4 5.5-15.6 305 90.6 84.4-94.5
Non-Hispanic Black 120 *** *** *** 114 96.7 90.5-98.9
Other 100 *** *** *** 95 96.9 91.6-98.9
AGE
18-44 223 *** *** *** 218 95.8 86.3-98.8
45-64 182 *** *** *** 174 97.2 94.2-98.7
65+ 153 31 19.4 12.5-28.8 122 80.6 71.2-87.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 166 17 7.8 4.3-13.9 149 92.2 86.1-95.7
Some Post-H.S. 152 12 7.5 2.7-19.3 140 92.5 80.7-97.3
College Graduate 247 16 4.9 2.8- 8.4 231 95.1 91.6-97.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 172 20 11.8 5.8-22.7 152 88.2 77.3-94.2
$50,000+ 263 13 4.4 2.3- 8.3 250 95.6 91.7-97.7
Don't know/Not Sure 134 12 4.4 2.3- 8.3 122 95.6 91.7-97.7

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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 2023 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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