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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,290 853 34.4 32.0-37.0 1,437 65.6 63.0-68.0
GENDER
Male 636 245 33.8 29.5-38.4 391 66.2 61.6-70.5
Female 1,654 608 35.0 32.2-37.8 1,046 65.0 62.2-67.8
AGE
18-24 67 7 13.8 5.7-29.8 60 86.2 70.2-94.3
25-34 280 51 21.6 15.7-29.0 229 78.4 71.0-84.3
35-44 456 104 22.5 18.1-27.6 352 77.5 72.4-81.9
45-54 538 218 38.4 33.3-43.7 320 61.6 56.3-66.7
55-64 467 240 51.1 45.4-56.7 227 48.9 43.3-54.6
65-74 299 156 49.1 42.4-55.8 143 50.9 44.2-57.6
75+ 170 74 42.2 33.6-51.3 96 57.8 48.7-66.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 443 220 44.5 38.9-50.4 223 55.5 49.6-61.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 765 278 34.2 30.1-38.7 487 65.8 61.3-69.9
Some Post-H.S. 578 178 27.6 23.1-32.7 400 72.4 67.3-76.9
College Graduate 500 175 34.9 29.8-40.3 325 65.1 59.7-70.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 443 209 43.4 37.6-49.3 234 56.6 50.7-62.4
$15,000- 24,999 518 189 35.5 30.6-40.7 329 64.5 59.3-69.4
$25,000- 34,999 329 107 32.4 26.2-39.3 222 67.6 60.7-73.8
$35,000- 49,999 278 74 23.1 17.8-29.4 204 76.9 70.6-82.2
$50,000-74,999 215 84 34.4 26.4-43.5 131 65.6 56.5-73.6
$75,000+ 192 63 32.8 25.0-41.7 129 67.2 58.3-75.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 874 426 46.3 42.0-50.6 448 53.7 49.4-58.0
No 1,312 402 28.0 25.1-31.2 910 72.0 68.8-74.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 258 103 37.2 30.6-44.4 155 62.8 55.6-69.4
Non-Veteran 2,021 745 34.0 31.3-36.7 1,276 66.0 63.3-68.7

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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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