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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status

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  Total
Respond.^
Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 17,223 3,022 18.6 17.8-19.4 5,233 32.2 31.2-33.1 5,268 30.7 29.8-31.7 2,490 13.5 12.8-14.1 1,210 5.1 4.8- 5.5
GENDER
Male 6,169 1,066 18.4 17.1-19.7 1,892 33.4 31.8-35.0 1,895 30.6 29.1-32.2 897 13.2 12.2-14.3 419 4.4 3.9- 5.0
Female 11,054 1,956 18.8 17.8-19.7 3,341 31.0 29.9-32.2 3,373 30.8 29.7-31.9 1,593 13.7 12.9-14.6 791 5.7 5.2- 6.2
RACE
White 12,997 2,439 20.2 19.2-21.1 4,241 35.1 34.0-36.2 3,776 28.5 27.4-29.5 1,651 11.3 10.6-12.0 890 5.0 4.6- 5.5
African American 3,026 420 15.3 13.5-17.3 727 25.2 23.0-27.6 1,056 35.3 33.0-37.7 579 17.8 16.0-19.7 244 6.4 5.5- 7.4
Asian 116 29 19.7 12.7-29.3 44 41.4 31.2-52.5 35 32.9 23.4-44.1 5 4.6 1.8-11.2 3 1.3 0.4- 4.2
Native American 295 39 12.3 8.4-17.5 74 26.9 20.8-34.0 88 31.0 24.4-38.5 52 16.3 11.9-22.0 42 13.5 9.1-19.5
Other Minorities 729 87 11.2 8.4-14.8 131 19.8 15.7-24.6 296 41.8 36.8-47.1 193 25.4 21.5-29.9 22 1.7 1.0- 2.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 881 88 9.7 7.3-12.8 150 17.9 14.5-21.9 363 42.7 38.3-47.3 250 27.7 23.9-31.8 30 2.0 1.2- 3.2
-English Speaking 268 39 12.7 8.7-18.0 78 29.9 23.5-37.1 95 38.9 31.5-47.0 39 15.2 10.1-22.1 17 3.3 1.9- 5.9
-Spanish Speaking 613 49 8.9 6.1-12.7 72 14.5 10.7-19.4 268 43.8 38.6-49.2 211 31.2 26.7-36.2 13 1.6 0.8- 3.1
Non-Hispanic 16,327 2,933 19.4 18.6-20.3 5,082 33.6 32.6-34.6 4,899 29.5 28.6-30.5 2,236 12.0 11.4-12.7 1,177 5.4 5.0- 5.8
AGE
18-24 819 185 21.3 18.0-25.1 288 36.3 32.0-40.7 255 31.1 27.1-35.4 84 10.5 8.1-13.5 7 0.8 0.3- 2.0
25-34 2,402 567 22.7 20.8-24.8 878 36.5 34.2-39.0 695 29.6 27.3-32.0 230 9.8 8.3-11.4 32 1.4 0.9- 2.2
35-44 3,193 759 22.9 21.2-24.8 1,142 35.8 33.8-37.9 894 29.2 27.2-31.3 314 9.8 8.6-11.1 84 2.2 1.7- 2.9
45-54 3,328 601 17.9 16.4-19.6 1,073 32.1 30.2-34.1 994 30.4 28.4-32.4 444 14.1 12.7-15.8 216 5.4 4.6- 6.3
55-64 3,146 472 14.6 13.2-16.2 885 29.0 27.0-31.0 960 30.6 28.6-32.5 522 16.6 15.1-18.2 307 9.3 8.1-10.6
65-74 2,377 271 11.6 10.1-13.2 585 24.3 22.4-26.4 811 34.7 32.4-37.0 440 18.7 16.9-20.7 270 10.7 9.3-12.2
75+ 1,869 147 8.3 6.8- 9.9 361 19.7 17.6-22.0 627 32.7 30.2-35.3 446 24.4 22.1-26.9 288 14.9 13.1-16.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,722 191 8.3 6.8-10.2 416 17.5 15.1-20.1 860 35.9 33.0-38.8 745 25.4 23.2-27.8 510 13.0 11.5-14.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 5,195 656 13.8 12.5-15.2 1,399 28.7 27.0-30.5 1,880 36.4 34.5-38.2 883 15.7 14.4-17.0 377 5.4 4.8- 6.1
Some Post-H.S. 4,198 727 19.5 17.8-21.3 1,439 36.6 34.6-38.7 1,320 30.4 28.6-32.3 508 10.4 9.3-11.6 204 3.1 2.7- 3.7
College Graduate 5,071 1,444 28.8 27.3-30.4 1,974 40.9 39.2-42.6 1,194 22.1 20.7-23.5 346 6.5 5.7- 7.4 113 1.7 1.3- 2.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 2,075 152 9.9 7.8-12.5 320 17.3 14.9-20.0 602 30.3 27.5-33.2 568 27.1 24.5-29.8 433 15.5 13.8-17.4
$15,000- 24,999 3,086 343 11.4 9.9-13.1 708 23.7 21.4-26.1 1,123 38.0 35.5-40.7 626 19.7 17.8-21.8 286 7.2 6.2- 8.3
$25,000- 34,999 2,117 312 14.5 12.6-16.6 630 31.5 28.7-34.5 742 35.2 32.3-38.2 320 14.6 12.7-16.7 113 4.3 3.4- 5.3
$35,000- 49,999 2,344 456 19.4 17.5-21.5 864 38.5 35.9-41.2 710 29.8 27.6-32.2 248 9.8 8.5-11.3 66 2.4 1.8- 3.2
$50,000-74,999 2,245 493 22.4 20.2-24.9 904 40.4 37.8-43.0 648 28.4 25.9-31.0 155 6.7 5.5- 8.1 45 2.1 1.4- 3.1
$75,000+ 2,793 895 32.4 30.3-34.6 1,148 41.6 39.4-43.9 608 21.4 19.6-23.3 121 4.1 3.3- 5.1 21 0.5 0.3- 0.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,385 289 6.2 5.3- 7.3 883 18.5 17.1-20.1 1,622 31.6 29.8-33.4 1,501 27.0 25.5-28.7 1,090 16.6 15.5-17.9
No 11,358 2,648 23.2 22.2-24.3 4,212 37.6 36.4-38.8 3,469 30.1 28.9-31.3 924 8.3 7.6- 9.0 105 0.8 0.6- 1.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,314 389 18.6 16.6-20.8 646 29.8 27.4-32.3 737 31.9 29.5-34.4 364 14.1 12.5-15.8 178 5.7 4.8- 6.8
Non-Veteran 14,879 2,624 18.5 17.7-19.4 4,584 32.6 31.5-33.7 4,521 30.5 29.5-31.6 2,123 13.4 12.6-14.1 1,027 5.0 4.6- 5.4

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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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