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 4,231 370 8.2 7.2- 9.2 3,861 91.8 90.8-92.8
Region 5 618 54 9.3 6.8-12.7 564 90.7 87.3-93.2
GENDER
Male 264 29 10.6 6.9-15.9 235 89.4 84.1-93.1
Female 354 25 8.2 5.0-13.2 329 91.8 86.8-95.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 363 44 11.5 8.2-16.0 319 88.5 84.0-91.8
Non-Hispanic Black 117 *** *** *** 111 90.9 78.7-96.5
Other 131 *** *** *** 127 97.8 93.6-99.3
AGE
18-44 257 *** *** *** 250 96.6 92.5-98.5
45-64 193 13 10.9 6.1-18.9 180 89.1 81.1-93.9
65+ 161 34 19.5 12.9-28.4 127 80.5 71.6-87.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 182 17 11.5 6.5-19.4 165 88.5 80.6-93.5
Some Post-H.S. 153 17 9.9 5.7-16.7 136 90.1 83.3-94.3
College Graduate 280 20 6.7 4.1-10.5 260 93.3 89.5-95.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 194 17 8.2 4.8-13.8 177 91.8 86.2-95.2
$50,000+ 273 22 9.1 5.5-14.6 251 90.9 85.4-94.5
Don't know/Not Sure 151 15 11.3 6.0-20.5 136 88.7 79.5-94.0

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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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