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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status-AFRICAN AMERICAN 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 1,493 189 16.2 13.6-19.2 339 24.2 21.2-27.5 556 36.9 33.6-40.4 281 15.9 13.7-18.4 128 6.7 5.4- 8.3
AGE
18-24 60 17 28.9 17.1-44.4 14 27.4 15.1-44.5 21 34.6 21.7-50.3 7 8.0 3.3-18.0 1 1.1 0.2- 7.6
25-34 198 49 24.5 18.0-32.4 69 35.4 27.5-44.1 58 30.4 22.8-39.1 18 7.8 4.1-14.1 4 2.0 0.7- 5.4
35-44 264 48 19.2 14.0-25.9 77 26.4 20.6-33.2 100 39.8 32.7-47.3 31 11.2 7.4-16.4 8 3.4 1.3- 8.3
45-54 305 33 12.3 8.0-18.3 59 20.0 14.9-26.4 118 39.4 32.5-46.7 69 21.0 15.7-27.3 26 7.4 4.5-11.9
55-64 298 15 5.8 3.3-10.1 52 18.9 13.7-25.5 123 42.8 35.9-50.1 73 21.8 16.7-27.9 35 10.6 6.8-16.2
65-74 220 21 10.8 6.4-17.7 45 17.9 12.9-24.4 85 36.4 28.9-44.7 43 22.2 15.6-30.6 26 12.7 8.0-19.5
75+ 135 4 2.6 0.9- 7.5 20 14.2 8.4-23.1 46 33.8 24.4-44.6 38 30.2 21.1-41.1 27 19.2 12.8-27.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 300 22 9.1 5.2-15.2 36 13.4 9.0-19.5 96 35.0 26.8-44.1 80 24.0 18.0-31.3 66 18.6 13.7-24.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 496 57 16.4 11.7-22.5 104 21.5 16.9-27.0 199 42.0 36.3-48.0 108 16.2 13.0-20.0 28 3.8 2.3- 6.1
Some Post-H.S. 393 52 15.9 11.5-21.7 100 26.1 20.0-33.4 149 35.5 29.3-42.2 64 16.8 12.3-22.6 28 5.7 3.6- 8.8
College Graduate 303 58 22.2 16.7-28.9 99 34.8 28.1-42.1 111 32.3 26.0-39.3 29 7.7 4.9-11.9 6 3.1 1.1- 7.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 280 20 12.8 7.4-21.2 28 10.2 6.6-15.4 92 29.0 22.8-36.2 94 35.4 28.3-43.1 46 12.6 8.8-17.6
$15,000- 24,999 347 27 11.4 7.0-18.1 77 21.6 16.3-28.1 143 41.2 34.4-48.3 73 19.1 14.3-25.1 27 6.7 4.2-10.6
$25,000- 34,999 218 33 18.4 12.0-27.2 63 28.4 20.8-37.4 89 40.2 31.5-49.5 23 8.7 4.8-15.4 10 4.2 1.9- 9.3
$35,000- 49,999 177 24 16.6 10.5-25.4 61 34.2 25.9-43.6 65 35.3 27.0-44.7 22 12.1 7.2-19.6 5 1.8 0.6- 4.9
$50,000-74,999 136 34 27.0 17.6-39.0 39 31.3 21.6-43.1 52 34.1 24.6-45.1 9 3.9 1.7- 8.3 2 3.7 0.9-14.0
$75,000+ 98 23 25.8 16.3-38.4 32 36.4 23.6-51.5 34 29.7 19.8-42.0 6 6.0 2.5-14.0 3 2.0 0.6- 6.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 553 17 3.7 1.9- 6.8 60 12.0 8.5-16.6 185 35.2 29.7-41.0 179 31.0 26.2-36.3 112 18.2 14.4-22.7
No 852 154 21.0 17.4-25.3 264 30.7 26.5-35.2 334 37.8 33.4-42.3 89 9.3 7.0-12.2 11 1.2 0.6- 2.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 48 15 36.0 20.5-55.1 15 38.0 22.1-57.1 12 17.6 7.6-35.5 5 7.0 2.6-17.9 1 1.4 0.2- 9.2
Non-Veteran 1,445 174 15.6 13.0-18.6 324 23.8 20.8-27.2 544 37.5 34.1-41.0 276 16.2 13.9-18.8 127 6.8 5.5- 8.5

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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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