2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 667 51 6.9 4.9- 9.4 616 93.1 90.6-95.1
GENDER
Male 301 31 10.2 6.7-15.0 270 89.8 85.0-93.3
Female 366 20 3.8 2.3- 6.2 346 96.2 93.8-97.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 373 37 9.0 6.2-12.9 336 91.0 87.1-93.8
Non-Hispanic Black 141 *** *** *** 133 95.9 90.2-98.3
Other 141 *** *** *** 136 96.9 90.8-99.0
AGE
18-44 259 *** *** *** 254 98.9 96.9-99.6
45-64 223 17 7.7 4.5-12.7 206 92.3 87.3-95.5
65+ 180 28 18.5 11.9-27.5 152 81.5 72.5-88.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 174 11 4.3 2.1- 8.7 163 95.7 91.3-97.9
Some Post-H.S. 147 21 13.3 8.1-20.9 126 86.7 79.1-91.9
College Graduate 344 19 4.9 2.8- 8.4 325 95.1 91.6-97.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 173 17 5.8 3.3-10.1 156 94.2 89.9-96.7
$50,000+ 366 23 5.7 3.6- 8.8 343 94.3 91.2-96.4
Don't know/Not Sure 128 11 11.5 5.9-21.1 117 88.5 78.9-94.1

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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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