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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 2,058 1,773 78.8 75.5-81.7 285 21.2 18.3-24.5
RACE
White 1,637 1,427 81.8 78.4-84.8 210 18.2 15.2-21.6
African American 328 279 75.8 67.9-82.4 49 24.2 17.6-32.1
Asian 9 8 94.3 66.8-99.3 1 5.7 0.7-33.2
Native American 33 27 85.0 68.8-93.6 6 15.0 6.4-31.2
Other Minorities 42 24 38.1 21.1-58.6 18 61.9 41.4-78.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 39 28 51.0 28.9-72.8 11 49.0 27.2-71.1
-English Speaking 23 21 92.6 71.0-98.5 2 7.4 1.5-29.0
-Spanish Speaking 16 7 17.8 6.1-41.8 9 82.2 58.2-93.9
Non-Hispanic 2,010 1,737 79.9 76.8-82.8 273 20.1 17.2-23.2
AGE
18-24 18 1 9.9 1.4-46.1 17 90.1 53.9-98.6
25-34 47 24 42.4 26.1-60.5 23 57.6 39.5-73.9
35-44 173 112 62.5 52.3-71.7 61 37.5 28.3-47.7
45-54 383 299 78.7 73.4-83.3 84 21.3 16.7-26.6
55-64 574 512 88.6 84.7-91.5 62 11.4 8.5-15.3
65-74 555 531 96.3 93.9-97.8 24 3.7 2.2- 6.1
75+ 302 288 92.1 83.8-96.4 14 7.9 3.6-16.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 357 320 79.8 70.5-86.7 37 20.2 13.3-29.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 652 545 73.6 67.0-79.2 107 26.4 20.8-33.0
Some Post-H.S. 481 418 81.5 74.6-86.9 63 18.5 13.1-25.4
College Graduate 565 487 82.0 76.6-86.3 78 18.0 13.7-23.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 209 183 81.0 69.8-88.7 26 19.0 11.3-30.2
$15,000- 24,999 357 314 82.8 75.5-88.2 43 17.2 11.8-24.5
$25,000- 34,999 253 211 65.7 54.0-75.8 42 34.3 24.2-46.0
$35,000- 49,999 321 277 82.8 75.6-88.1 44 17.2 11.9-24.4
$50,000-74,999 322 273 75.3 65.4-83.1 49 24.7 16.9-34.6
$75,000+ 402 351 85.9 80.8-89.8 51 14.1 10.2-19.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 964 846 83.4 79.5-86.7 118 16.6 13.3-20.5
No 1,021 866 75.7 70.6-80.2 155 24.3 19.8-29.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 954 859 84.9 80.4-88.5 95 15.1 11.5-19.6
Non-Veteran 1,103 913 75.0 70.4-79.0 190 25.0 21.0-29.6

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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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