2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,215 213 4.8 4.1- 5.7 4,002 95.2 94.3-95.9
Region 5 617 30 5.2 3.3- 8.1 587 94.8 91.9-96.7
GENDER
Male 264 *** *** *** 256 96.7 92.4-98.6
Female 353 22 6.9 4.0-11.5 331 93.1 88.5-96.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 363 13 3.6 1.9- 6.8 350 96.4 93.2-98.1
Non-Hispanic Black 117 *** *** *** 112 92.8 80.2-97.6
Other 130 12 8.6 4.4-16.1 118 91.4 83.9-95.6
AGE
18-44 258 *** *** *** 249 96.8 93.7-98.4
45-64 191 13 6.8 3.4-13.2 178 93.2 86.8-96.6
65+ 161 *** *** *** 153 92.6 82.6-97.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 181 14 8.6 4.4-16.0 167 91.4 84.0-95.6
Some Post-H.S. 152 *** *** *** 143 95.1 89.6-97.8
College Graduate 281 *** *** *** 274 97.9 95.4-99.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 191 11 4.0 1.9- 8.2 180 96.0 91.8-98.1
$50,000+ 273 *** *** *** 265 96.6 92.1-98.6
Don't know/Not Sure 153 11 10.3 5.1-19.7 142 89.7 80.3-94.9

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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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