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 3,973 304 7.9 6.8- 9.2 3,669 92.1 90.8-93.2
Region 8 681 52 10.1 6.7-14.8 629 89.9 85.2-93.3
GENDER
Male 284 14 7.4 3.9-13.5 270 92.6 86.5-96.1
Female 397 38 12.7 7.5-20.8 359 87.3 79.2-92.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 288 25 9.9 6.0-16.1 263 90.1 83.9-94.0
Non-Hispanic Black 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 301 17 5.3 1.5-16.4 284 94.7 83.6-98.5
AGE
18-44 207 15 10.4 5.8-17.9 192 89.6 82.1-94.2
45-64 250 18 12.3 5.4-25.5 232 87.7 74.5-94.6
65+ 216 19 7.5 3.8-14.1 197 92.5 85.9-96.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 241 19 13.2 7.2-22.9 222 86.8 77.1-92.8
Some Post-H.S. 209 17 7.5 3.3-16.2 192 92.5 83.8-96.7
College Graduate 229 16 8.6 4.6-15.5 213 91.4 84.5-95.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 265 33 17.5 10.2-28.6 232 82.5 71.4-89.8
$50,000+ 264 13 8.6 4.6-15.4 251 91.4 84.6-95.4
Don't know/Not Sure 152 *** *** *** 146 97.1 89.6-99.3

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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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