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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 9,018 5,732 62.7 61.2-64.2 3,286 37.3 35.8-38.8
RACE
White 7,043 4,692 66.9 65.3-68.5 2,351 33.1 31.5-34.7
African American 1,401 746 53.1 49.4-56.7 655 46.9 43.3-50.6
Asian 58 32 51.4 35.6-67.0 26 48.6 33.0-64.4
Native American 177 87 41.6 31.2-52.8 90 58.4 47.2-68.8
Other Minorities 314 159 48.8 41.0-56.8 155 51.2 43.2-59.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 327 161 46.9 39.1-54.8 166 53.1 45.2-60.9
-English Speaking 152 91 63.5 53.6-72.5 61 36.5 27.5-46.4
-Spanish Speaking 175 70 39.2 29.3-50.1 105 60.8 49.9-70.7
Non-Hispanic 8,672 5,562 63.8 62.3-65.2 3,110 36.2 34.8-37.7
AGE
18-24 263 146 56.9 49.1-64.4 117 43.1 35.6-50.9
25-34 970 639 65.7 61.9-69.4 331 34.3 30.6-38.1
35-44 1,421 899 63.4 60.2-66.5 522 36.6 33.5-39.8
45-54 1,726 1,087 63.0 60.0-65.8 639 37.0 34.2-40.0
55-64 1,834 1,170 63.3 60.5-66.0 664 36.7 34.0-39.5
65-74 1,488 962 61.9 58.7-64.9 526 38.1 35.1-41.3
75+ 1,253 791 62.1 58.6-65.5 462 37.9 34.5-41.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,261 620 48.4 44.0-52.9 641 51.6 47.1-56.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,736 1,560 53.6 50.8-56.3 1,176 46.4 43.7-49.2
Some Post-H.S. 2,443 1,608 65.0 62.0-67.9 835 35.0 32.1-38.0
College Graduate 2,570 1,940 76.0 73.7-78.1 630 24.0 21.9-26.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,073 566 49.4 45.2-53.7 507 50.6 46.3-54.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,518 888 54.9 50.9-58.8 630 45.1 41.2-49.1
$25,000- 34,999 976 620 61.1 56.6-65.3 356 38.9 34.7-43.4
$35,000- 49,999 1,244 865 71.1 67.6-74.3 379 28.9 25.7-32.4
$50,000-74,999 1,216 848 68.5 64.8-72.1 368 31.5 27.9-35.2
$75,000+ 1,563 1,134 71.8 68.6-74.8 429 28.2 25.2-31.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,325 1,997 59.2 56.7-61.6 1,328 40.8 38.4-43.3
No 5,619 3,695 64.3 62.4-66.1 1,924 35.7 33.9-37.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 212 148 68.5 60.2-75.8 64 31.5 24.2-39.8
Non-Veteran 8,805 5,583 62.6 61.0-64.1 3,222 37.4 35.9-39.0

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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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