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 4,211 297 7.6 6.6- 8.7 3,914 92.4 91.3-93.4
Region 5 619 43 6.5 4.4- 9.5 576 93.5 90.5-95.6
GENDER
Male 265 *** *** *** 255 96.8 93.8-98.4
Female 354 33 9.6 6.1-14.8 321 90.4 85.2-93.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 363 26 6.3 3.9- 9.9 337 93.7 90.1-96.1
Non-Hispanic Black 118 *** *** *** 108 89.7 78.7-95.4
Other 131 *** *** *** 125 97.0 92.9-98.7
AGE
18-44 258 12 5.6 2.8-10.6 246 94.4 89.4-97.2
45-64 192 12 4.3 2.3- 8.0 180 95.7 92.0-97.7
65+ 162 19 11.5 6.2-20.4 143 88.5 79.6-93.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 182 19 11.6 6.8-19.0 163 88.4 81.0-93.2
Some Post-H.S. 152 *** *** *** 144 95.8 90.3-98.3
College Graduate 282 16 3.6 2.0- 6.5 266 96.4 93.5-98.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 193 19 10.7 6.2-17.8 174 89.3 82.2-93.8
$50,000+ 273 *** *** *** 265 97.9 94.7-99.2
Don't know/Not Sure 153 16 10.2 5.3-18.8 137 89.8 81.2-94.7

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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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