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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 10,754 9,033 77.5 76.2-78.6 1,721 22.5 21.4-23.8
RACE
White 8,008 6,972 81.4 80.1-82.7 1,036 18.6 17.3-19.9
African American 2,060 1,670 74.0 71.1-76.7 390 26.0 23.3-28.9
Asian 70 48 65.6 50.7-77.9 22 34.4 22.1-49.3
Native American 177 137 73.9 64.2-81.7 40 26.1 18.3-35.8
Other Minorities 403 179 39.2 33.5-45.3 224 60.8 54.7-66.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 501 208 36.2 31.0-41.7 293 63.8 58.3-69.0
-English Speaking 168 114 61.9 52.0-70.9 54 38.1 29.1-48.0
-Spanish Speaking 333 94 26.1 20.6-32.4 239 73.9 67.6-79.4
Non-Hispanic 10,241 8,814 80.7 79.5-81.8 1,427 19.3 18.2-20.5
AGE
18-24 478 179 35.1 30.0-40.6 299 64.9 59.4-70.0
25-34 1,456 914 60.1 56.9-63.2 542 39.9 36.8-43.1
35-44 1,984 1,594 79.2 77.0-81.3 390 20.8 18.7-23.0
45-54 2,059 1,847 88.3 86.4-90.0 212 11.7 10.0-13.6
55-64 1,956 1,834 93.4 91.6-94.8 122 6.6 5.2- 8.4
65-74 1,510 1,435 95.4 93.9-96.5 75 4.6 3.5- 6.1
75+ 1,249 1,173 93.8 92.0-95.2 76 6.2 4.8- 8.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,635 1,258 66.1 62.5-69.6 377 33.9 30.4-37.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 3,262 2,684 74.5 72.2-76.7 578 25.5 23.3-27.8
Some Post-H.S. 2,772 2,366 79.7 77.3-81.9 406 20.3 18.1-22.7
College Graduate 3,060 2,705 84.6 82.7-86.4 355 15.4 13.6-17.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,459 1,159 67.9 64.0-71.6 300 32.1 28.4-36.0
$15,000- 24,999 2,009 1,581 69.6 66.5-72.6 428 30.4 27.4-33.5
$25,000- 34,999 1,303 1,070 74.8 71.3-78.1 233 25.2 21.9-28.7
$35,000- 49,999 1,385 1,182 81.8 79.0-84.3 203 18.2 15.7-21.0
$50,000-74,999 1,304 1,161 85.7 82.9-88.1 143 14.3 11.9-17.1
$75,000+ 1,546 1,427 90.4 88.1-92.3 119 9.6 7.7-11.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,433 3,055 83.9 81.8-85.8 378 16.1 14.2-18.2
No 7,036 5,753 74.8 73.3-76.3 1,283 25.2 23.7-26.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 218 182 82.4 74.8-88.0 36 17.6 12.0-25.2
Non-Veteran 10,520 8,836 77.4 76.1-78.6 1,684 22.6 21.4-23.9

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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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