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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status-FEMALES

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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 9,901 1,729 19.3 18.2-20.5 3,043 31.7 30.4-32.9 2,971 30.5 29.2-31.7 1,419 13.0 12.1-13.8 739 5.6 5.1- 6.1
RACE
White 7,401 1,410 21.3 20.0-22.7 2,467 34.9 33.4-36.4 2,037 27.2 25.8-28.6 939 10.9 10.0-11.8 548 5.7 5.1- 6.4
African American 1,803 212 13.5 11.5-15.9 431 24.9 22.5-27.5 666 38.4 35.5-41.4 340 16.7 14.7-18.8 154 6.5 5.3- 7.8
Asian 72 17 27.6 16.1-43.0 22 27.0 16.3-41.3 27 40.6 27.4-55.3 6 4.8 1.7-13.2 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 191 28 17.2 11.0-25.8 42 19.8 13.9-27.5 71 39.0 30.2-48.5 29 15.2 9.6-23.0 21 8.9 5.3-14.6
Other Minorities 394 58 12.6 9.0-17.2 67 17.1 12.7-22.6 152 40.4 34.3-46.8 102 27.9 22.4-34.0 15 2.1 1.1- 3.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 440 68 14.3 10.7-18.9 82 19.4 15.0-24.6 170 38.6 33.0-44.5 105 25.8 20.8-31.5 15 1.9 1.0- 3.5
-English Speaking 209 52 23.7 17.4-31.5 65 36.8 28.4-46.0 65 30.0 22.8-38.3 17 7.4 4.1-13.2 10 2.1 1.1- 4.2
-Spanish Speaking 230 16 7.9 4.3-14.2 17 7.4 4.4-12.4 104 44.2 36.3-52.3 88 38.7 31.1-46.9 5 1.7 0.7- 4.5
Non-Hispanic 9,438 1,658 19.7 18.6-20.9 2,953 32.6 31.3-33.9 2,795 29.9 28.6-31.2 1,311 12.0 11.2-12.9 721 5.8 5.3- 6.4
AGE
18-24 389 89 22.6 17.6-28.5 119 31.5 25.9-37.6 132 34.5 28.8-40.6 45 10.6 7.5-14.6 4 0.9 0.3- 2.7
25-34 1,210 292 23.8 21.1-26.7 437 35.4 32.3-38.7 346 29.2 26.3-32.4 116 10.4 8.3-12.8 19 1.2 0.7- 1.9
35-44 1,663 418 25.5 23.1-28.1 574 34.5 31.8-37.2 451 27.5 25.0-30.1 167 9.5 8.0-11.3 53 3.0 2.1- 4.2
45-54 1,939 374 20.1 18.0-22.3 602 31.4 29.0-34.0 590 30.6 28.1-33.2 256 12.6 11.0-14.5 117 5.3 4.2- 6.6
55-64 1,921 284 15.1 13.3-17.2 602 31.3 28.8-33.8 572 30.0 27.6-32.5 282 14.4 12.7-16.4 181 9.2 7.7-10.9
65-74 1,472 173 11.5 9.7-13.6 389 27.8 25.1-30.7 465 32.7 29.7-35.8 259 16.6 14.5-18.9 186 11.5 9.8-13.4
75+ 1,215 84 6.5 5.1- 8.3 289 24.0 21.2-27.1 385 32.0 28.9-35.3 282 22.5 19.8-25.4 175 15.0 12.6-17.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,452 93 7.9 5.9-10.6 236 15.4 13.1-18.0 454 35.1 31.6-38.8 365 24.8 21.9-27.9 304 16.7 14.6-19.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 3,013 343 12.6 11.0-14.4 829 28.4 26.2-30.8 1,069 36.3 33.9-38.8 529 16.5 14.7-18.3 243 6.1 5.2- 7.2
Some Post-H.S. 2,610 478 20.1 17.8-22.6 867 34.3 31.8-36.9 791 30.3 28.0-32.7 339 11.5 10.0-13.1 135 3.8 3.1- 4.7
College Graduate 2,799 812 30.8 28.7-33.0 1,105 40.1 37.8-42.4 646 22.4 20.5-24.4 182 5.2 4.4- 6.3 54 1.5 1.1- 2.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,308 88 7.3 5.6- 9.5 203 16.6 13.9-19.6 360 29.4 26.1-32.9 359 27.2 24.0-30.7 298 19.5 17.0-22.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,721 169 9.7 7.9-11.7 409 22.9 20.5-25.6 628 39.9 36.8-43.1 347 19.7 17.4-22.3 168 7.8 6.4- 9.3
$25,000- 34,999 1,173 176 15.7 13.0-18.9 360 34.3 30.4-38.4 409 33.7 30.2-37.5 164 11.9 9.9-14.3 64 4.4 3.2- 5.9
$35,000- 49,999 1,332 259 20.2 17.5-23.3 491 37.2 33.8-40.8 414 30.7 27.5-34.1 127 9.0 7.3-11.0 41 2.8 1.9- 4.1
$50,000-74,999 1,187 281 23.4 20.6-26.5 500 41.5 37.9-45.2 301 26.2 23.1-29.5 76 6.8 5.2- 9.0 29 2.1 1.3- 3.2
$75,000+ 1,546 521 34.9 32.1-37.8 638 41.1 38.2-44.0 316 19.8 17.5-22.3 60 3.6 2.6- 4.9 11 0.7 0.3- 1.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,612 194 6.2 5.0- 7.5 642 19.1 17.4-20.8 1,130 33.2 31.1-35.4 964 25.4 23.6-27.3 682 16.1 14.7-17.6
No 5,991 1,481 25.7 24.3-27.3 2,302 37.7 36.0-39.3 1,743 28.9 27.3-30.5 419 7.1 6.3- 8.1 46 0.6 0.4- 0.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 221 52 24.0 17.5-31.9 61 29.5 22.1-38.1 66 30.0 22.9-38.1 33 14.1 9.1-21.1 9 2.5 1.3- 5.0
Non-Veteran 9,664 1,674 19.2 18.1-20.4 2,977 31.7 30.5-33.0 2,898 30.4 29.2-31.7 1,386 13.0 12.1-13.8 729 5.7 5.2- 6.2

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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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