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 3,967 536 14.8 13.2-16.5 3,431 85.2 83.5-86.8
Region 5 561 72 16.2 12.4-21.0 489 83.8 79.0-87.6
GENDER
Male 251 27 11.7 7.6-17.7 224 88.3 82.3-92.4
Female 310 45 20.4 14.4-28.0 265 79.6 72.0-85.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 350 41 17.0 11.8-23.7 309 83.0 76.3-88.2
Non-Hispanic Black 106 16 14.9 8.5-24.9 90 85.1 75.1-91.5
Other 96 14 15.5 8.1-27.8 82 84.5 72.2-91.9
AGE
18-44 205 38 23.2 16.3-31.8 167 76.8 68.2-83.7
45-64 189 22 12.4 7.7-19.2 167 87.6 80.8-92.3
65+ 155 12 8.2 3.6-17.3 143 91.8 82.7-96.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 155 30 21.2 13.6-31.3 125 78.8 68.7-86.4
Some Post-H.S. 126 23 21.0 13.6-30.9 103 79.0 69.1-86.4
College Graduate 276 19 7.5 4.5-12.2 257 92.5 87.8-95.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 158 27 20.7 13.9-29.8 131 79.3 70.2-86.1
$50,000+ 278 23 10.4 6.6-16.2 255 89.6 83.8-93.4
Don't know/Not Sure 125 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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