2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^
Within the past year (<12 months) Within the past 2 years Within the past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,046 3,365 80.5 78.7-82.2 309 8.6 7.4- 9.9 173 5.3 4.4- 6.4 167 4.6 3.8- 5.6 32 1.0 0.6- 1.6
Region 5 575 478 82.3 77.8-86.0 34 6.0 3.8- 9.5 34 5.9 4.1- 8.6 22 4.6 2.7- 7.7 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 256 207 79.8 73.2-85.1 12 5.1 2.7- 9.2 15 5.0 2.9- 8.4 16 8.1 4.5-14.2 *** *** ***
Female 319 271 84.5 78.1-89.3 22 6.9 3.6-13.0 19 6.8 4.1-11.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 360 304 82.1 75.9-87.0 21 6.7 3.6-12.0 19 5.9 3.6- 9.5 16 5.4 2.8- 9.9 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 108 94 86.5 77.0-92.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 97 72 79.0 68.0-86.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 208 150 71.9 63.7-78.9 20 9.4 5.3-16.2 18 8.5 5.1-13.7 14 7.8 4.1-14.3 *** *** ***
45-64 191 165 88.7 83.2-92.6 *** *** *** 14 6.2 3.5-10.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 163 150 92.8 85.0-96.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 157 120 79.5 71.4-85.7 *** *** *** 15 7.4 4.2-12.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 131 109 80.2 69.4-87.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 282 244 86.4 80.7-90.7 19 7.7 4.4-13.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 157 122 76.1 67.3-83.2 *** *** *** 17 13.1 7.9-20.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 283 239 81.9 74.6-87.4 20 8.1 4.4-14.4 *** *** *** 14 6.6 3.4-12.3 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 127 110 89.6 81.7-94.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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