2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 387 35 9.0 6.1-13.0 352 91.0 87.0-93.9
GENDER
Male 184 24 13.9 8.8-21.1 160 86.1 78.9-91.2
Female 203 11 4.3 2.2- 8.4 192 95.7 91.6-97.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 259 24 10.0 6.4-15.5 235 90.0 84.5-93.6
Non-Hispanic Black 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 73 *** *** *** 64 91.2 83.0-95.7
AGE
18-44 141 *** *** *** 135 95.0 88.5-97.9
45-64 127 11 8.6 4.7-15.3 116 91.4 84.7-95.3
65+ 112 18 17.0 9.8-27.9 94 83.0 72.1-90.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 139 19 12.4 7.5-20.0 120 87.6 80.0-92.5
Some Post-H.S. 101 *** *** *** 96 93.2 83.7-97.3
College Graduate 146 11 6.1 3.1-11.4 135 93.9 88.6-96.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 120 14 11.2 6.1-19.7 106 88.8 80.3-93.9
$50,000+ 175 12 6.0 3.2-11.1 163 94.0 88.9-96.8
Don't know/Not Sure 92 *** *** *** 83 88.0 76.1-94.4

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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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