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 3,991 365 7.4 6.3- 8.6 3,626 92.6 91.4-93.7
Region 8 684 70 8.7 6.0-12.6 614 91.3 87.4-94.0
GENDER
Male 286 38 11.1 6.7-17.7 248 88.9 82.3-93.3
Female 398 32 6.4 3.6-11.1 366 93.6 88.9-96.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 289 36 10.4 6.7-15.7 253 89.6 84.3-93.3
Non-Hispanic Black 84 *** *** *** 83 99.7 97.5- 100
Other 305 32 9.8 4.5-20.1 273 90.2 79.9-95.5
AGE
18-44 206 *** *** *** 199 95.3 88.1-98.2
45-64 252 24 11.0 6.1-19.0 228 89.0 81.0-93.9
65+ 219 38 13.9 8.3-22.2 181 86.1 77.8-91.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 242 24 9.0 4.8-16.2 218 91.0 83.8-95.2
Some Post-H.S. 209 27 9.6 5.2-17.2 182 90.4 82.8-94.8
College Graduate 231 19 7.2 3.5-13.9 212 92.8 86.1-96.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 265 32 8.2 4.4-15.0 233 91.8 85.0-95.6
$50,000+ 266 25 12.0 7.0-19.8 241 88.0 80.2-93.0
Don't know/Not Sure 153 13 4.5 1.9-10.2 140 95.5 89.8-98.1

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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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