2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,984 242 5.9 4.9- 7.0 3,742 94.1 93.0-95.1
Region 8 683 49 6.4 4.0-10.3 634 93.6 89.7-96.0
GENDER
Male 286 17 3.9 1.9- 7.9 269 96.1 92.1-98.1
Female 397 32 9.0 4.8-16.1 365 91.0 83.9-95.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 287 19 6.7 3.5-12.3 268 93.3 87.7-96.5
Non-Hispanic Black 83 *** *** *** 76 91.8 79.9-96.9
Other 306 23 4.5 1.9-10.0 283 95.5 90.0-98.1
AGE
18-44 209 12 3.0 1.3- 6.8 197 97.0 93.2-98.7
45-64 251 21 12.5 6.1-23.9 230 87.5 76.1-93.9
65+ 216 16 6.0 2.6-13.3 200 94.0 86.7-97.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 243 29 10.9 5.9-19.3 214 89.1 80.7-94.1
Some Post-H.S. 208 12 4.2 1.6-10.9 196 95.8 89.1-98.4
College Graduate 230 *** *** *** 222 97.9 94.5-99.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 264 26 11.5 5.8-21.4 238 88.5 78.6-94.2
$50,000+ 266 13 4.8 2.2-10.4 253 95.2 89.6-97.8
Don't know/Not Sure 153 *** *** *** 143 97.6 94.3-99.0

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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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