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 3,967 536 14.8 13.2-16.5 3,431 85.2 83.5-86.8
Region 8 681 101 18.6 14.3-23.7 580 81.4 76.3-85.7
GENDER
Male 284 38 18.2 12.5-25.8 246 81.8 74.2-87.5
Female 397 63 18.9 13.0-26.6 334 81.1 73.4-87.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 287 49 19.0 13.7-25.7 238 81.0 74.3-86.3
Non-Hispanic Black 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 303 36 15.9 8.5-27.7 267 84.1 72.3-91.5
AGE
18-44 206 37 21.5 14.7-30.4 169 78.5 69.6-85.3
45-64 251 40 20.1 12.6-30.5 211 79.9 69.5-87.4
65+ 217 24 12.4 7.0-21.0 193 87.6 79.0-93.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 241 48 25.0 17.2-34.7 193 75.0 65.3-82.8
Some Post-H.S. 208 30 17.3 10.8-26.6 178 82.7 73.4-89.2
College Graduate 230 23 10.2 5.5-18.3 207 89.8 81.7-94.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 264 51 28.4 19.9-38.8 213 71.6 61.2-80.1
$50,000+ 264 30 15.7 10.1-23.7 234 84.3 76.3-89.9
Don't know/Not Sure 153 20 10.3 5.0-20.3 133 89.7 79.7-95.0

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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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