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 3,973 655 14.1 12.6-15.6 3,318 85.9 84.4-87.4
Region 5 565 78 11.8 8.8-15.5 487 88.2 84.5-91.2
GENDER
Male 251 26 8.0 4.9-12.8 225 92.0 87.2-95.1
Female 314 52 15.2 10.7-21.0 262 84.8 79.0-89.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 353 44 10.0 6.9-14.3 309 90.0 85.7-93.1
Non-Hispanic Black 107 22 17.5 10.3-28.2 85 82.5 71.8-89.7
Other 95 11 11.1 4.9-23.1 84 88.9 76.9-95.1
AGE
18-44 204 *** *** *** 198 97.5 93.8-99.1
45-64 191 30 16.2 10.7-23.8 161 83.8 76.2-89.3
65+ 157 42 25.8 17.4-36.6 115 74.2 63.4-82.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 155 30 15.7 10.1-23.5 125 84.3 76.5-89.9
Some Post-H.S. 126 22 13.0 7.6-21.4 104 87.0 78.6-92.4
College Graduate 279 26 7.0 4.0-11.8 253 93.0 88.2-96.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 159 40 19.7 13.8-27.4 119 80.3 72.6-86.2
$50,000+ 280 22 5.5 3.3- 9.2 258 94.5 90.8-96.7
Don't know/Not Sure 126 16 15.2 7.9-27.3 110 84.8 72.7-92.1

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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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