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 4,224 642 13.9 12.7-15.2 3,582 86.1 84.8-87.3
Region 8 386 70 17.4 13.5-22.1 316 82.6 77.9-86.5
GENDER
Male 185 29 13.3 8.8-19.5 156 86.7 80.5-91.2
Female 201 41 21.3 15.4-28.6 160 78.7 71.4-84.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 257 46 18.1 13.3-24.2 211 81.9 75.8-86.7
Non-Hispanic Black 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 74 *** *** *** 64 88.8 78.6-94.5
AGE
18-44 141 *** *** *** 133 94.7 88.9-97.6
45-64 127 34 27.3 19.5-36.8 93 72.7 63.2-80.5
65+ 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 140 22 13.2 8.4-20.2 118 86.8 79.8-91.6
Some Post-H.S. 100 23 24.0 15.7-35.0 77 76.0 65.0-84.3
College Graduate 145 25 17.2 11.4-25.0 120 82.8 75.0-88.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 119 26 21.3 13.9-31.2 93 78.7 68.8-86.1
$50,000+ 175 25 14.6 9.6-21.5 150 85.4 78.5-90.4
Don't know/Not Sure 92 19 17.6 10.7-27.5 73 82.4 72.5-89.3

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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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