2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 Demographics

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,231 370 8.2 7.2- 9.2 3,861 91.8 90.8-92.8
Region 4 861 53 5.0 3.6- 6.9 808 95.0 93.1-96.4
GENDER
Male 403 27 5.7 3.6- 8.9 376 94.3 91.1-96.4
Female 458 26 4.3 2.7- 6.9 432 95.7 93.1-97.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 487 46 7.8 5.5-10.9 441 92.2 89.1-94.5
Non-Hispanic Black 174 *** *** *** 172 99.4 97.4-99.8
Other 193 *** *** *** 190 98.6 94.9-99.6
AGE
18-44 355 *** *** *** 351 98.6 95.6-99.6
45-64 278 15 5.5 3.0- 9.7 263 94.5 90.3-97.0
65+ 206 32 12.4 8.2-18.3 174 87.6 81.7-91.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 248 12 5.3 2.8-10.0 236 94.7 90.0-97.2
Some Post-H.S. 215 15 5.3 3.0- 9.1 200 94.7 90.9-97.0
College Graduate 393 26 4.6 3.0- 6.9 367 95.4 93.1-97.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 242 16 5.4 2.8-10.0 226 94.6 90.0-97.2
$50,000+ 422 23 4.3 2.6- 7.2 399 95.7 92.8-97.4
Don't know/Not Sure 197 14 6.0 3.4-10.3 183 94.0 89.7-96.6

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 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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