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 3,973 655 14.1 12.6-15.6 3,318 85.9 84.4-87.4
Region 8 683 128 12.9 9.5-17.3 555 87.1 82.7-90.5
GENDER
Male 285 35 9.9 6.1-15.9 250 90.1 84.1-93.9
Female 398 93 15.8 10.7-22.7 305 84.2 77.3-89.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 288 49 13.7 9.3-19.7 239 86.3 80.3-90.7
Non-Hispanic Black 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 304 58 7.9 4.1-14.7 246 92.1 85.3-95.9
AGE
18-44 208 13 4.0 1.7- 9.0 195 96.0 91.0-98.3
45-64 250 55 17.7 10.5-28.3 195 82.3 71.7-89.5
65+ 217 60 25.0 16.9-35.5 157 75.0 64.5-83.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 243 53 14.7 9.0-23.2 190 85.3 76.8-91.0
Some Post-H.S. 209 47 11.7 6.6-19.8 162 88.3 80.2-93.4
College Graduate 229 27 11.2 6.6-18.6 202 88.8 81.4-93.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 266 74 19.9 12.8-29.7 192 80.1 70.3-87.2
$50,000+ 264 34 11.5 7.2-17.9 230 88.5 82.1-92.8
Don't know/Not Sure 153 20 6.1 2.5-14.3 133 93.9 85.7-97.5

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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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