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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status-FEMALES

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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 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 7,283 1,388 21.4 20.0-22.8 2,321 34.2 32.6-35.9 2,012 27.1 25.6-28.7 971 11.1 10.1-12.1 591 6.1 5.5- 6.8
African American 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
Asian 64 11 20.4 10.3-36.2 23 41.2 26.1-58.1 23 28.4 17.4-42.6 4 6.8 1.5-25.6 3 3.3 1.0-10.2
Native American 184 17 18.1 8.8-33.7 49 25.6 17.3-36.0 56 29.2 20.5-39.6 32 14.7 8.5-24.1 30 12.4 7.8-19.3
Other Minorities 337 47 14.8 9.0-23.3 57 17.6 12.5-24.1 131 38.5 31.6-45.9 82 24.2 18.7-30.9 20 4.9 2.9- 8.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 348 50 16.8 10.8-25.4 60 15.0 10.5-20.9 126 37.4 30.6-44.7 85 25.1 19.4-31.8 27 5.6 3.5- 8.9
-English Speaking 159 32 25.3 17.5-35.0 46 28.5 20.1-38.8 43 28.3 19.7-38.8 22 11.1 6.3-19.0 16 6.7 3.9-11.4
-Spanish Speaking 189 18 13.1 5.9-26.5 14 8.9 4.5-16.9 83 41.5 32.5-51.2 63 31.4 23.5-40.6 11 5.1 2.6- 9.8
Non-Hispanic 9,024 1,603 20.1 18.9-21.4 2,733 32.3 30.9-33.8 2,658 29.3 27.9-30.7 1,283 12.0 11.1-13.0 747 6.3 5.7- 6.9
AGE
18-24 288 65 24.7 18.6-31.9 93 32.4 25.8-39.9 93 31.4 25.1-38.6 34 10.7 7.1-15.8 3 0.8 0.2- 2.7
25-34 1,025 266 26.1 22.9-29.5 365 35.6 32.0-39.4 278 27.9 24.5-31.6 96 8.7 6.8-11.1 20 1.7 1.0- 2.8
35-44 1,472 367 24.6 22.0-27.4 521 34.1 31.2-37.1 395 27.5 24.7-30.6 131 9.2 7.5-11.3 58 4.5 3.2- 6.3
45-54 1,794 352 19.1 17.0-21.5 565 31.3 28.7-34.1 498 29.3 26.7-32.1 250 13.3 11.4-15.4 129 7.0 5.6- 8.7
55-64 1,896 305 15.9 14.0-18.0 537 29.8 27.2-32.4 560 29.4 27.0-32.0 286 14.3 12.4-16.3 208 10.6 9.0-12.6
65-74 1,543 183 12.3 10.4-14.4 409 26.8 24.2-29.6 518 33.4 30.5-36.4 279 18.1 15.7-20.6 154 9.5 7.8-11.4
75+ 1,303 103 7.8 6.2- 9.7 286 21.2 18.6-24.2 428 33.8 30.6-37.2 283 22.4 19.5-25.6 203 14.8 12.6-17.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,333 77 8.7 5.6-13.1 212 17.7 14.6-21.2 424 33.9 30.0-38.1 326 22.5 19.4-26.0 294 17.3 14.7-20.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,860 354 15.1 13.0-17.4 760 26.5 24.2-28.9 957 34.1 31.6-36.6 529 17.4 15.4-19.5 260 7.0 5.9- 8.2
Some Post-H.S. 2,538 447 18.3 16.3-20.6 801 33.6 30.8-36.7 807 31.9 29.1-34.8 312 11.0 9.5-12.8 171 5.1 4.2- 6.3
College Graduate 2,650 772 31.4 29.0-33.9 1,027 40.0 37.4-42.5 599 21.6 19.5-23.8 203 5.5 4.7- 6.6 49 1.5 1.0- 2.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,119 73 10.0 7.4-13.5 140 12.5 10.0-15.6 302 24.9 21.6-28.4 318 29.6 26.0-33.6 286 23.0 19.7-26.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,576 154 12.2 9.6-15.3 355 23.6 20.1-27.3 575 37.3 33.7-41.1 323 18.5 16.0-21.3 169 8.4 6.9-10.2
$25,000- 34,999 1,015 144 14.0 11.3-17.2 311 30.3 26.4-34.5 354 36.1 31.9-40.4 152 14.6 11.8-18.0 54 5.0 3.6- 7.0
$35,000- 49,999 1,275 229 19.9 16.8-23.4 461 37.3 33.5-41.3 394 30.0 26.5-33.7 147 9.9 8.1-12.0 44 3.0 2.1- 4.2
$50,000-74,999 1,251 325 25.3 22.1-28.8 472 37.1 33.4-40.9 351 29.9 26.5-33.6 85 5.8 4.4- 7.6 18 1.9 1.0- 3.4
$75,000+ 1,597 529 34.8 31.7-38.0 645 39.5 36.4-42.7 325 20.1 17.6-22.9 73 4.0 3.0- 5.4 25 1.6 1.0- 2.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,396 165 6.2 4.9- 7.8 549 17.3 15.6-19.2 1,035 31.6 29.3-33.9 933 26.2 24.1-28.4 714 18.8 17.1-20.6
No 5,614 1,423 26.4 24.8-28.2 2,146 37.6 35.7-39.5 1,605 28.2 26.5-30.0 396 7.1 6.2- 8.1 44 0.7 0.5- 1.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 223 52 25.9 19.3-33.8 71 35.6 28.0-44.1 55 22.3 16.1-30.1 33 10.7 7.1-15.9 12 5.4 2.6-10.9
Non-Veteran 9,168 1,602 19.8 18.5-21.0 2,729 31.1 29.7-32.6 2,735 30.0 28.6-31.4 1,338 12.9 12.0-13.9 764 6.3 5.7- 6.9

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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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