2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,984 242 5.9 4.9- 7.0 3,742 94.1 93.0-95.1
Region 5 567 35 8.2 5.4-12.3 532 91.8 87.7-94.6
GENDER
Male 254 15 8.5 4.4-15.7 239 91.5 84.3-95.6
Female 313 20 7.9 4.7-13.0 293 92.1 87.0-95.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 353 12 4.1 2.0- 7.9 341 95.9 92.1-98.0
Non-Hispanic Black 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 96 *** *** *** 89 93.1 85.0-97.0
AGE
18-44 207 *** *** *** 199 95.8 90.8-98.1
45-64 191 16 10.2 5.8-17.3 175 89.8 82.7-94.2
65+ 156 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 156 18 14.5 8.2-24.4 138 85.5 75.6-91.8
Some Post-H.S. 128 11 8.1 4.0-15.6 117 91.9 84.4-96.0
College Graduate 278 *** *** *** 272 98.2 95.8-99.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 159 13 8.9 4.8-15.8 146 91.1 84.2-95.2
$50,000+ 280 11 3.9 1.8- 8.0 269 96.1 92.0-98.2
Don't know/Not Sure 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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