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 4,224 642 13.9 12.7-15.2 3,582 86.1 84.8-87.3
Region 5 620 72 10.9 8.3-14.1 548 89.1 85.9-91.7
GENDER
Male 266 29 10.5 7.0-15.6 237 89.5 84.4-93.0
Female 354 43 11.1 7.8-15.8 311 88.9 84.2-92.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 365 47 10.9 8.0-14.8 318 89.1 85.2-92.0
Non-Hispanic Black 117 17 16.4 9.2-27.5 100 83.6 72.5-90.8
Other 131 *** *** *** 124 95.6 90.3-98.1
AGE
18-44 258 *** *** *** 250 97.7 95.0-98.9
45-64 193 26 13.8 8.9-20.8 167 86.2 79.2-91.1
65+ 162 38 24.3 16.9-33.6 124 75.7 66.4-83.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 182 26 15.4 9.9-23.1 156 84.6 76.9-90.1
Some Post-H.S. 153 24 10.9 7.0-16.7 129 89.1 83.3-93.0
College Graduate 282 21 6.0 3.7- 9.6 261 94.0 90.4-96.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 193 34 18.5 13.0-25.7 159 81.5 74.3-87.0
$50,000+ 274 19 6.1 3.4-10.5 255 93.9 89.5-96.6
Don't know/Not Sure 153 19 10.8 5.9-19.0 134 89.2 81.0-94.1

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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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