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 3,991 365 7.4 6.3- 8.6 3,626 92.6 91.4-93.7
Region 5 567 43 6.0 4.2- 8.6 524 94.0 91.4-95.8
GENDER
Male 254 24 7.8 5.1-11.8 230 92.2 88.2-94.9
Female 313 19 4.3 2.2- 8.2 294 95.7 91.8-97.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 354 34 7.4 5.0-10.9 320 92.6 89.1-95.0
Non-Hispanic Black 107 *** *** *** 104 95.6 85.5-98.8
Other 96 *** *** *** 91 97.0 92.1-98.9
AGE
18-44 207 *** *** *** 200 96.8 93.4-98.5
45-64 191 11 4.2 2.1- 8.2 180 95.8 91.8-97.9
65+ 156 25 14.8 8.9-23.7 131 85.2 76.3-91.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 156 16 7.8 4.3-13.9 140 92.2 86.1-95.7
Some Post-H.S. 127 *** *** *** 118 95.4 90.9-97.7
College Graduate 279 18 5.3 3.0- 9.1 261 94.7 90.9-97.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 159 12 6.0 3.3-10.9 147 94.0 89.1-96.7
$50,000+ 280 23 6.7 4.1-10.7 257 93.3 89.3-95.9
Don't know/Not Sure 128 *** *** *** 120 95.4 87.7-98.4

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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 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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