2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,079 637 14.8 13.3-16.5 3,442 85.2 83.5-86.7
Region 8 699 96 11.3 8.2-15.3 603 88.7 84.7-91.8
GENDER
Male 291 31 8.7 5.3-13.9 260 91.3 86.1-94.7
Female 408 65 13.8 9.1-20.5 343 86.2 79.5-90.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 292 37 11.3 7.5-16.7 255 88.7 83.3-92.5
Non-Hispanic Black 85 *** *** *** 76 89.9 78.7-95.5
Other 315 49 11.4 5.8-21.2 266 88.6 78.8-94.2
AGE
18-44 212 30 11.6 7.2-18.1 182 88.4 81.9-92.8
45-64 255 33 9.9 4.9-19.1 222 90.1 80.9-95.1
65+ 224 32 11.2 6.6-18.3 192 88.8 81.7-93.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 250 38 12.6 7.9-19.7 212 87.4 80.3-92.1
Some Post-H.S. 210 31 12.1 6.6-20.9 179 87.9 79.1-93.4
College Graduate 236 27 8.0 4.4-14.0 209 92.0 86.0-95.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 266 51 15.3 9.8-23.1 215 84.7 76.9-90.2
$50,000+ 269 26 9.9 5.5-17.3 243 90.1 82.7-94.5
Don't know/Not Sure 157 18 8.0 3.8-16.2 139 92.0 83.8-96.2

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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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