2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^
Within the past year (<12 months) Within the past 2 years Within the past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,046 3,365 80.5 78.7-82.2 309 8.6 7.4- 9.9 173 5.3 4.4- 6.4 167 4.6 3.8- 5.6 32 1.0 0.6- 1.6
Region 8 688 597 82.1 76.0-86.9 31 6.9 3.6-12.7 24 4.2 2.2- 7.9 27 5.6 3.4- 9.1 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 285 238 81.0 70.7-88.2 16 10.1 4.3-21.8 13 3.3 1.4- 7.6 12 4.8 2.2-10.3 *** *** ***
Female 403 359 83.2 75.7-88.8 15 3.7 1.9- 7.2 11 5.1 2.1-12.0 15 6.4 3.4-11.8 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 283 251 84.8 78.1-89.7 11 4.1 2.0- 8.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 85 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 312 *** *** *** 18 13.0 6.8-23.6 12 2.5 0.8- 7.4 15 10.1 4.5-21.4 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 206 150 69.9 59.1-78.9 20 13.4 6.6-25.5 12 3.7 1.6- 8.5 18 11.1 6.5-18.5 *** *** ***
45-64 252 225 86.9 76.7-93.0 *** *** *** 11 8.0 3.1-19.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 221 214 97.7 93.4-99.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 243 *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 5.5 1.9-14.7 19 10.2 5.6-17.9 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 208 188 87.4 78.9-92.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 234 215 89.0 80.9-93.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 262 221 81.4 71.4-88.5 12 4.4 2.0- 9.2 *** *** *** 13 6.7 3.1-14.0 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 268 244 87.9 80.6-92.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 151 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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