2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 Demographics

Social Determinants and Health Equity

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  Total
Respond.^		 Always Usually Sometimes Rarely Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,188 215 7.2 6.0- 8.5 227 8.1 6.8- 9.7 746 23.9 21.8-26.1 759 22.8 20.8-24.9 1,241 38.1 35.7-40.5
Region 7 535 37 5.8 4.0- 8.4 30 8.4 5.3-13.0 121 21.6 17.6-26.2 130 23.4 19.3-28.0 217 40.9 35.6-46.3
GENDER
Male 229 14 4.0 2.1- 7.6 15 11.1 6.0-19.7 41 16.5 11.6-23.0 51 23.2 16.9-31.1 108 45.1 37.1-53.4
Female 306 23 7.4 4.7-11.4 15 6.0 3.1-11.2 80 26.0 20.3-32.7 79 23.5 18.4-29.4 109 37.2 30.4-44.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 303 16 5.0 2.9- 8.4 17 7.4 3.9-13.3 69 22.6 17.2-29.0 89 30.4 24.3-37.2 112 34.7 28.3-41.7
Non-Hispanic Black 120 *** *** *** *** *** *** 28 21.7 14.3-31.4 22 13.8 8.6-21.3 *** *** ***
Other 104 11 6.2 3.0-12.3 *** *** *** 23 19.4 11.6-30.7 16 10.3 5.5-18.5 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 187 19 7.4 4.4-12.2 16 14.3 8.0-24.1 47 21.2 15.5-28.3 47 25.3 18.7-33.3 58 31.9 24.1-40.9
45-64 191 12 4.6 2.3- 8.9 11 5.5 2.7-10.7 45 25.4 18.1-34.6 45 20.3 14.3-28.1 78 44.1 35.3-53.4
65+ 153 *** *** *** *** *** *** 29 16.7 11.0-24.6 34 21.6 14.7-30.6 81 55.0 45.2-64.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 138 12 6.2 3.1-11.8 *** *** *** 33 24.9 16.9-35.1 22 15.1 9.1-24.2 64 44.0 34.0-54.5
Some Post-H.S. 122 11 7.7 4.1-14.0 *** *** *** 24 16.8 10.5-25.8 29 22.2 14.8-32.0 *** *** ***
College Graduate 273 14 4.3 2.3- 7.9 14 6.8 3.8-11.9 63 22.2 17.1-28.2 79 31.3 24.9-38.4 103 35.5 29.2-42.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 138 17 10.9 6.3-18.1 *** *** *** 35 21.6 14.2-31.3 24 17.6 10.7-27.4 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 293 *** *** *** 19 9.4 5.2-16.2 72 23.5 18.1-30.0 76 24.9 19.3-31.4 117 39.6 32.7-46.9
Don't know/Not Sure 104 11 8.7 4.2-16.9 *** *** *** 14 15.9 8.9-26.8 30 26.3 17.7-37.1 *** *** ***

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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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