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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^
1-12 months 1-2 years 2-5 years 5 or more years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,789 3,876 79.1 77.5-80.6 481 11.0 9.9-12.2 284 6.2 5.4- 7.1 148 3.8 3.1- 4.7
RACE
White 3,903 3,126 78.0 76.2-79.6 407 11.5 10.3-12.9 245 6.9 5.9- 8.0 125 3.6 2.9- 4.5
African American 642 561 86.8 82.5-90.1 47 7.6 5.5-10.5 23 2.6 1.5- 4.3 11 3.0 1.1- 7.8
Asian 32 19 55.7 36.5-73.4 8 25.7 12.6-45.4 4 13.2 4.4-33.7 1 5.3 0.8-29.3
Native American 81 69 85.8 75.7-92.1 6 6.9 3.0-15.1 5 6.3 2.5-15.2 1 1.0 0.1- 7.0
Other Minorities 115 87 73.3 61.6-82.5 12 11.9 6.0-22.2 7 4.9 1.8-12.3 9 9.9 4.7-19.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 104 85 74.0 61.2-83.7 8 10.6 4.7-22.3 6 6.4 2.6-14.8 5 9.0 3.7-20.2
-English Speaking 57 49 85.9 72.5-93.3 3 2.9 0.9- 8.9 4 8.7 3.1-22.0 1 2.6 0.4-16.0
-Spanish Speaking 47 36 67.0 48.8-81.2 5 15.2 6.1-32.8 2 5.1 1.2-19.3 4 12.8 4.8-29.7
Non-Hispanic 4,682 3,788 79.3 77.7-80.7 473 11.0 9.9-12.2 278 6.2 5.3- 7.1 143 3.6 2.9- 4.5
AGE
18-24 104 72 70.7 59.2-80.0 16 13.9 8.0-23.0 9 8.1 3.9-16.2 7 7.3 2.7-18.5
25-34 450 308 68.7 63.4-73.5 74 17.5 13.7-22.1 47 8.8 6.2-12.2 21 5.0 3.1- 8.1
35-44 851 599 71.8 68.1-75.2 116 12.5 10.1-15.3 80 8.8 6.9-11.2 56 6.9 5.1- 9.3
45-54 1,013 780 79.5 76.5-82.1 126 11.1 9.1-13.4 66 5.6 4.2- 7.4 41 3.9 2.7- 5.5
55-64 1,063 920 86.4 83.7-88.8 77 7.9 6.0-10.2 53 4.9 3.6- 6.7 13 0.7 0.4- 1.3
65-74 773 705 90.6 87.8-92.8 47 6.5 4.7- 8.9 16 2.2 1.2- 3.8 5 0.7 0.3- 1.9
75+ 517 477 92.6 89.5-94.8 23 4.5 2.8- 7.2 13 2.1 1.2- 3.8 4 0.8 0.2- 2.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 639 552 83.8 79.0-87.6 40 7.1 4.5-11.0 26 4.2 2.6- 6.7 21 5.0 2.9- 8.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,340 1,102 80.4 77.5-83.1 126 10.7 8.7-13.1 77 5.5 4.1- 7.3 35 3.4 2.3- 5.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,098 873 76.7 73.0-80.0 121 12.6 10.2-15.4 73 7.2 5.4- 9.5 31 3.5 1.9- 6.3
College Graduate 1,704 1,342 78.0 75.5-80.2 193 11.4 9.8-13.4 108 6.7 5.4- 8.3 61 3.9 2.9- 5.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 379 310 78.7 72.3-83.9 28 8.5 5.5-13.0 22 5.1 3.2- 8.2 19 7.7 4.1-13.9
$15,000- 24,999 673 568 82.5 78.1-86.1 51 8.8 6.1-12.6 33 5.2 3.5- 7.7 21 3.5 2.1- 5.9
$25,000- 34,999 567 450 78.6 73.8-82.7 65 11.3 8.5-14.9 32 5.9 3.6- 9.5 20 4.2 2.5- 7.0
$35,000- 49,999 749 590 76.5 72.5-80.1 78 11.1 8.6-14.3 55 7.9 5.8-10.5 26 4.5 2.9- 6.9
$50,000-74,999 777 624 78.8 74.6-82.4 84 11.1 8.7-14.2 49 5.4 3.9- 7.4 20 4.7 2.6- 8.6
$75,000+ 1,099 875 78.2 75.0-81.1 125 12.9 10.5-15.7 67 6.5 5.0- 8.5 32 2.4 1.6- 3.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,544 1,353 86.2 83.6-88.4 99 7.1 5.6- 9.0 62 4.4 3.2- 6.1 30 2.3 1.4- 3.6
No 3,118 2,417 75.9 73.9-77.8 367 12.6 11.1-14.1 217 7.0 6.0- 8.2 117 4.5 3.6- 5.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,873 1,616 84.1 81.8-86.2 130 8.4 6.8-10.3 87 5.2 4.0- 6.7 40 2.2 1.5- 3.3
Non-Veteran 2,906 2,251 76.6 74.5-78.5 350 12.2 10.8-13.8 197 6.7 5.6- 7.9 108 4.6 3.6- 5.8

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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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