2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 393 33 6.2 3.8-10.1 360 93.8 89.9-96.2
GENDER
Male 181 17 7.1 3.2-14.8 164 92.9 85.2-96.8
Female 212 16 5.4 3.1- 9.4 196 94.6 90.6-96.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 197 20 6.6 4.0-10.7 177 93.4 89.3-96.0
Non-Hispanic Black 95 *** *** *** 87 92.1 78.8-97.3
Other 92 *** *** *** 87 96.3 85.9-99.1
AGE
18-44 166 *** *** *** 160 97.4 94.1-98.9
45-64 126 12 11.0 4.8-23.5 114 89.0 76.5-95.2
65+ 94 15 8.7 4.4-16.4 79 91.3 83.6-95.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 118 *** *** *** 109 93.7 83.4-97.8
Some Post-H.S. 127 *** *** *** 118 94.8 89.8-97.4
College Graduate 147 14 6.0 3.3-10.8 133 94.0 89.2-96.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 133 *** *** *** 123 92.8 82.2-97.3
$50,000+ 177 12 5.1 2.7- 9.5 165 94.9 90.5-97.3
Don't know/Not Sure 83 11 6.8 3.1-14.4 72 93.2 85.6-96.9

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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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