2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 389 321 82.1 77.1-86.2 32 8.9 5.9-13.3 14 4.0 2.3- 7.1 19 4.3 2.7- 6.9 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 186 149 78.9 71.2-85.0 16 10.2 5.8-17.2 11 6.4 3.4-11.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 203 172 85.1 78.3-90.0 16 7.7 4.1-14.0 *** *** *** 11 5.1 2.7- 9.4 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 260 220 84.4 78.6-88.9 21 7.8 4.7-12.5 *** *** *** 11 4.1 2.2- 7.7 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 48 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 74 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 142 102 70.8 61.5-78.7 18 14.4 8.6-23.2 11 8.2 4.4-14.7 11 6.5 3.5-12.0 *** *** ***
45-64 128 105 85.3 78.0-90.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 112 108 97.3 92.5-99.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 141 111 79.2 70.4-85.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 100 87 87.2 77.8-93.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 147 123 83.0 75.0-88.8 14 9.0 5.0-15.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 119 98 82.1 72.1-89.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 175 148 83.3 76.0-88.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 92 73 79.9 68.0-88.2 12 13.7 6.8-25.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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