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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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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 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
RACE
White 4,773 874 19.9 18.4-21.5 1,548 36.0 34.1-37.8 1,414 28.7 27.0-30.5 619 11.0 10.0-12.1 318 4.4 3.8- 5.0
African American 911 133 16.4 13.3-20.1 220 27.0 23.1-31.3 314 34.3 30.4-38.4 168 16.6 13.8-19.9 76 5.7 4.3- 7.4
Asian 42 10 20.2 9.8-37.2 20 51.2 34.5-67.7 10 25.1 13.1-42.7 1 2.2 0.3-14.4 1 1.2 0.2- 8.2
Native American 110 11 9.0 4.9-16.1 32 29.4 20.4-40.4 31 30.8 21.2-42.5 25 19.2 12.4-28.6 11 11.5 5.7-21.8
Other Minorities 311 34 10.4 6.8-15.7 67 24.1 17.9-31.5 121 39.5 32.3-47.2 81 24.2 18.7-30.7 8 1.7 0.8- 3.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 364 35 9.0 5.9-13.5 68 20.4 15.3-26.6 143 40.7 34.3-47.5 111 28.5 23.1-34.6 7 1.4 0.6- 3.3
-English Speaking 92 14 12.3 6.7-21.5 29 31.7 21.7-43.7 30 35.8 24.3-49.2 17 18.4 10.2-30.8 2 1.9 0.4- 7.8
-Spanish Speaking 272 21 8.3 4.9-13.6 39 17.9 12.3-25.3 113 41.8 34.5-49.5 94 30.7 24.4-37.7 5 1.3 0.5- 3.6
Non-Hispanic 5,802 1,031 19.5 18.2-20.9 1,824 34.9 33.3-36.7 1,750 29.4 27.9-31.0 785 11.3 10.4-12.3 412 4.8 4.3- 5.4
AGE
18-24 298 78 21.5 16.6-27.4 108 40.1 33.4-47.1 84 29.6 23.5-36.5 27 8.7 5.7-13.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2
25-34 865 196 21.1 18.2-24.3 328 37.5 33.7-41.4 242 29.2 25.6-33.0 94 11.3 8.9-14.2 5 1.0 0.4- 2.7
35-44 1,152 250 22.0 19.2-25.0 423 36.4 33.2-39.8 340 29.9 26.7-33.3 113 9.6 7.9-11.7 26 2.1 1.3- 3.2
45-54 1,230 210 17.9 15.4-20.6 399 31.9 28.9-35.1 388 32.0 28.8-35.3 161 13.7 11.5-16.3 72 4.5 3.4- 6.0
55-64 1,167 169 14.0 11.9-16.5 320 29.2 26.1-32.5 356 29.9 26.9-33.1 196 16.6 14.2-19.3 126 10.3 8.4-12.5
65-74 850 114 12.6 10.3-15.3 196 23.6 20.4-27.0 272 33.6 30.0-37.4 171 20.3 17.3-23.7 97 9.9 7.9-12.3
75+ 584 40 6.6 4.6- 9.6 115 20.0 16.3-24.2 207 34.7 30.2-39.4 133 24.6 20.5-29.3 89 14.1 11.1-17.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,033 80 8.7 6.4-11.8 163 20.1 16.2-24.5 329 35.7 31.2-40.3 284 25.1 21.6-29.0 177 10.4 8.5-12.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,831 249 14.8 12.8-17.1 492 29.9 27.0-32.9 652 35.5 32.5-38.6 312 15.1 13.1-17.2 126 4.7 3.8- 5.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,353 232 20.2 17.3-23.5 468 37.9 34.4-41.5 443 30.7 27.7-34.0 147 8.5 7.0-10.3 63 2.6 2.0- 3.5
College Graduate 1,940 504 26.9 24.5-29.3 768 42.2 39.5-44.9 467 22.3 20.2-24.5 152 7.1 5.8- 8.6 49 1.6 1.1- 2.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 561 35 8.4 5.2-13.1 73 16.5 12.1-22.1 156 29.0 24.1-34.4 165 30.0 25.1-35.4 132 16.1 13.0-19.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,020 109 11.0 8.6-14.1 203 23.6 19.8-27.7 368 38.5 34.2-42.9 224 19.7 16.6-23.2 116 7.2 5.7- 9.1
$25,000- 34,999 780 106 13.1 10.3-16.6 219 31.8 27.2-36.9 278 36.0 31.2-41.1 133 15.7 12.7-19.4 44 3.3 2.3- 4.6
$35,000- 49,999 927 168 19.1 16.1-22.5 326 38.7 34.5-43.1 290 30.0 26.4-33.8 117 10.2 8.2-12.5 26 2.1 1.3- 3.3
$50,000-74,999 919 187 22.9 19.3-26.9 368 39.3 35.3-43.4 277 29.2 25.3-33.4 68 6.8 5.2- 8.9 19 1.8 0.9- 3.6
$75,000+ 1,215 350 30.4 27.4-33.7 492 41.9 38.6-45.3 295 22.2 19.5-25.0 67 5.0 3.7- 6.5 11 0.5 0.3- 1.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,854 120 7.1 5.5- 9.0 307 19.8 17.2-22.7 551 31.9 28.9-35.1 494 25.5 23.0-28.1 382 15.8 14.0-17.8
No 4,129 910 22.0 20.4-23.7 1,528 38.4 36.4-40.4 1,285 30.0 28.2-31.9 376 9.0 7.9-10.2 30 0.6 0.3- 1.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,089 341 18.0 15.9-20.3 573 29.6 27.1-32.2 670 32.1 29.6-34.7 336 14.3 12.7-16.2 169 6.0 5.0- 7.2
Non-Veteran 4,066 719 18.4 16.9-20.1 1,318 34.7 32.8-36.8 1,220 30.1 28.2-32.1 561 12.8 11.6-14.2 248 3.9 3.3- 4.6

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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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