2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

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  Total
Respond.^
Within the past year (<12 months) Within the past 2 years Within the past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,273 3,459 79.2 77.7-80.7 350 9.3 8.2-10.5 210 5.5 4.7- 6.4 215 5.3 4.6- 6.2 39 0.7 0.5- 1.0
Region 5 624 490 76.4 72.1-80.2 63 10.9 8.2-14.3 34 6.7 4.6- 9.7 30 5.2 3.5- 7.8 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 263 199 76.1 69.7-81.5 26 9.3 6.0-14.2 20 8.3 5.1-13.0 14 5.0 2.8- 8.9 *** *** ***
Female 361 291 76.6 70.5-81.8 37 12.2 8.4-17.4 14 5.3 2.9- 9.7 16 5.4 3.1- 9.3 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 363 302 79.7 74.1-84.3 29 8.6 5.8-12.7 17 6.3 3.7-10.6 15 5.4 3.0- 9.2 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 122 100 77.9 67.2-85.9 11 11.2 5.4-21.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 132 84 64.8 54.3-74.1 22 17.8 11.1-27.2 *** *** *** 12 9.3 5.0-16.8 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 258 165 62.3 55.1-69.0 46 17.7 12.9-23.8 25 11.8 7.7-17.7 16 6.5 3.8-11.0 *** *** ***
45-64 192 162 84.4 77.4-89.5 11 5.7 3.0-10.4 *** *** *** 11 6.0 3.0-11.8 *** *** ***
65+ 164 155 92.5 83.6-96.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 183 126 69.8 61.2-77.3 26 16.5 10.6-24.7 11 5.8 2.9-11.1 14 6.1 3.2-11.3 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 153 122 77.8 69.3-84.5 14 7.4 4.3-12.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 284 238 81.5 75.8-86.1 23 8.5 5.5-12.8 14 6.1 3.5-10.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 193 138 70.7 62.4-77.8 28 16.9 11.1-24.8 13 6.3 3.4-11.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 272 227 80.8 74.5-85.8 21 7.4 4.7-11.6 15 7.6 4.3-12.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 152 120 74.4 64.6-82.3 12 9.7 4.8-18.5 *** *** *** 11 8.4 4.2-16.1 *** *** ***

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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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