2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Social Determinants and Health Equity

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  Total
Respond.^		 Always Usually Sometimes Rarely Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,188 215 7.2 6.0- 8.5 227 8.1 6.8- 9.7 746 23.9 21.8-26.1 759 22.8 20.8-24.9 1,241 38.1 35.7-40.5
Region 8 579 35 7.4 4.7-11.5 36 8.5 5.6-12.6 140 28.9 22.9-35.7 129 23.1 17.0-30.6 239 32.1 26.0-38.8
GENDER
Male 224 *** *** *** 14 9.7 5.3-17.3 49 25.7 17.4-36.2 *** *** *** 108 31.9 22.8-42.6
Female 355 26 9.4 5.6-15.3 22 7.4 4.2-13.0 91 31.6 23.7-40.7 85 19.4 13.3-27.5 131 32.2 24.5-41.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 219 16 7.3 4.2-12.5 22 10.6 6.6-16.5 54 28.6 21.1-37.5 50 23.0 16.4-31.2 77 30.5 23.3-38.7
Non-Hispanic Black 79 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 276 13 3.8 1.3-10.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 155 12 9.0 4.4-17.5 12 10.3 5.3-19.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** 43 14.2 8.0-23.8
45-64 224 16 8.7 4.3-16.9 17 9.2 4.8-16.8 *** *** *** 42 14.9 7.7-26.8 *** *** ***
65+ 193 *** *** *** *** *** *** 41 14.7 8.1-25.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 199 13 5.9 2.5-13.4 15 10.6 5.5-19.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 187 13 8.8 4.3-17.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 69 26.7 17.8-37.9
College Graduate 192 *** *** *** 13 11.1 5.9-19.7 39 22.8 14.8-33.4 48 23.2 15.2-33.8 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 226 22 13.0 7.3-22.1 20 11.2 5.9-20.0 *** *** *** 52 16.0 9.1-26.4 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 222 *** *** *** 13 10.9 6.0-19.1 42 26.6 18.7-36.4 54 24.1 16.2-34.2 104 30.9 22.4-41.1
Don't know/Not Sure 131 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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