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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status

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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 14,717 2,526 19.7 18.7-20.8 4,365 31.0 29.8-32.2 4,485 30.6 29.5-31.8 2,147 13.0 12.2-13.9 1,194 5.7 5.3- 6.1
GENDER
Male 5,325 872 19.5 17.9-21.3 1,564 30.7 28.8-32.7 1,695 31.5 29.6-33.4 776 13.2 11.9-14.6 418 5.1 4.5- 5.7
Female 9,392 1,654 19.9 18.7-21.2 2,801 31.2 29.8-32.6 2,790 29.8 28.4-31.2 1,371 12.8 11.9-13.8 776 6.2 5.7- 6.9
RACE
White 11,526 2,114 21.3 20.2-22.5 3,642 33.6 32.3-35.0 3,317 28.4 27.1-29.7 1,521 10.8 10.1-11.6 932 5.8 5.4- 6.4
African American 2,167 277 17.6 15.0-20.5 489 25.5 22.6-28.7 796 35.0 32.1-37.9 419 16.0 14.0-18.2 186 5.9 4.9- 7.1
Asian 104 21 19.8 11.8-31.2 39 43.3 30.8-56.7 34 30.8 20.4-43.5 7 4.7 1.6-13.4 3 1.5 0.4- 4.6
Native American 275 27 15.5 9.0-25.4 72 28.2 21.1-36.6 85 29.2 22.4-37.0 47 13.9 9.3-20.4 44 13.1 9.0-18.8
Other Minorities 590 78 11.7 8.3-16.3 107 19.2 14.8-24.5 233 39.8 34.1-45.8 147 26.4 21.4-32.1 25 2.8 1.8- 4.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 592 81 13.6 9.9-18.5 103 16.9 12.9-22.0 221 39.8 34.1-45.7 155 26.8 22.1-32.1 32 2.9 1.9- 4.4
-English Speaking 238 43 20.0 13.8-28.1 73 31.6 24.0-40.4 69 30.5 22.7-39.6 34 13.7 8.5-21.3 19 4.2 2.5- 6.9
-Spanish Speaking 354 38 11.3 7.1-17.7 30 11.7 7.3-18.2 152 43.0 35.9-50.4 121 31.5 25.4-38.2 13 2.5 1.3- 4.5
Non-Hispanic 14,088 2,442 20.3 19.2-21.4 4,253 32.2 31.0-33.4 4,249 29.8 28.6-30.9 1,987 11.9 11.1-12.7 1,157 5.9 5.4- 6.4
AGE
18-24 493 127 27.9 23.1-33.4 150 29.3 24.4-34.7 158 31.3 26.3-36.8 53 10.8 7.5-15.2 5 0.7 0.3- 1.8
25-34 1,501 376 24.0 21.3-27.0 544 36.4 33.1-39.8 412 28.2 25.1-31.5 145 10.3 8.3-12.7 24 1.1 0.7- 1.7
35-44 2,333 553 23.3 21.2-25.6 825 34.3 31.8-36.8 656 29.7 27.2-32.3 211 8.9 7.5-10.5 88 3.8 2.9- 5.0
45-54 2,920 516 16.7 15.1-18.5 925 31.4 29.2-33.5 866 31.5 29.4-33.8 406 13.7 12.1-15.3 207 6.7 5.7- 8.0
55-64 3,062 487 16.6 14.9-18.3 863 28.9 26.9-31.0 936 30.3 28.2-32.4 467 14.6 13.0-16.3 309 9.7 8.4-11.1
65-74 2,464 302 12.1 10.6-13.7 621 25.6 23.5-27.9 822 33.0 30.7-35.4 450 19.0 17.0-21.0 269 10.3 8.9-11.8
75+ 1,856 149 8.2 6.8- 9.9 410 20.9 18.6-23.4 606 33.1 30.4-35.9 401 22.6 20.2-25.3 290 15.2 13.3-17.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,110 149 11.8 9.0-15.3 297 15.2 12.6-18.1 668 34.2 30.8-37.9 548 24.7 21.9-27.8 448 14.0 12.3-16.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,414 531 15.0 13.3-17.0 1,162 26.2 24.3-28.2 1,521 36.2 33.9-38.5 794 15.9 14.3-17.6 406 6.7 5.9- 7.6
Some Post-H.S. 3,801 626 17.7 15.9-19.7 1,221 35.8 33.3-38.4 1,226 30.9 28.6-33.2 481 11.1 9.7-12.6 247 4.5 3.8- 5.3
College Graduate 4,374 1,213 30.0 28.1-32.0 1,681 39.3 37.2-41.4 1,066 23.1 21.4-24.8 323 6.1 5.0- 7.3 91 1.6 1.2- 2.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,521 93 10.6 7.6-14.5 180 12.3 9.8-15.4 409 25.9 22.6-29.5 431 29.0 25.5-32.9 408 22.2 19.4-25.2
$15,000- 24,999 2,398 233 13.3 10.9-16.2 488 21.0 18.1-24.3 852 35.2 32.2-38.4 540 21.6 19.0-24.3 285 8.8 7.6-10.3
$25,000- 34,999 1,615 207 14.1 11.5-17.2 468 28.0 24.8-31.6 592 37.6 34.1-41.2 254 15.3 12.9-18.1 94 5.0 3.8- 6.4
$35,000- 49,999 2,091 351 19.5 16.9-22.3 729 36.2 33.2-39.3 671 31.0 28.2-34.0 252 10.2 8.7-12.0 88 3.1 2.4- 4.0
$50,000-74,999 2,089 470 22.8 20.1-25.6 795 37.2 34.2-40.3 616 31.7 28.7-35.0 165 6.4 5.2- 7.8 43 1.9 1.3- 2.8
$75,000+ 2,918 905 31.6 29.3-34.0 1,163 39.7 37.2-42.2 667 22.2 20.1-24.5 145 5.3 4.0- 7.0 38 1.2 0.8- 1.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,264 266 6.8 5.6- 8.2 881 18.3 16.6-20.1 1,619 32.0 30.0-34.0 1,394 25.3 23.5-27.2 1,104 17.6 16.3-19.0
No 8,832 2,153 25.4 24.0-26.8 3,312 36.7 35.2-38.3 2,626 29.5 28.1-31.0 679 7.8 7.0- 8.7 62 0.5 0.4- 0.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,172 334 17.4 15.2-20.0 642 31.1 28.4-34.0 664 30.8 28.0-33.8 356 13.8 12.1-15.7 176 6.8 5.6- 8.2
Non-Veteran 12,541 2,191 20.1 19.0-21.2 3,722 31.0 29.7-32.3 3,819 30.6 29.3-31.9 1,791 12.9 12.0-13.8 1,018 5.5 5.1- 6.0

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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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