2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 791 45 5.7 4.1- 8.0 746 94.3 92.0-95.9
GENDER
Male 363 22 6.6 4.1-10.6 341 93.4 89.4-95.9
Female 428 23 4.9 3.0- 7.8 405 95.1 92.2-97.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 443 27 5.9 3.8- 9.1 416 94.1 90.9-96.2
Non-Hispanic Black 156 *** *** *** 146 92.8 86.2-96.4
Other 184 *** *** *** 176 96.3 92.0-98.3
AGE
18-44 334 *** *** *** 327 97.3 93.8-98.8
45-64 264 13 4.6 2.5- 8.3 251 95.4 91.7-97.5
65+ 172 25 15.3 9.7-23.2 147 84.7 76.8-90.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 225 16 7.4 4.2-12.6 209 92.6 87.4-95.8
Some Post-H.S. 194 12 6.4 3.4-11.8 182 93.6 88.2-96.6
College Graduate 370 17 3.8 2.3- 6.2 353 96.2 93.8-97.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 205 17 7.8 4.5-13.0 188 92.2 87.0-95.5
$50,000+ 389 17 5.1 2.9- 8.9 372 94.9 91.1-97.1
Don't know/Not Sure 197 11 4.9 2.5- 9.5 186 95.1 90.5-97.5

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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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