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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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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 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
RACE
White 4,243 726 21.2 19.3-23.3 1,321 33.0 30.9-35.1 1,305 29.7 27.6-31.9 550 10.5 9.3-11.9 341 5.5 4.8- 6.4
African American 674 88 19.1 14.8-24.4 150 27.0 22.0-32.6 240 32.8 28.2-37.8 138 16.0 12.8-19.9 58 5.1 3.7- 6.9
Asian 40 10 19.3 8.9-36.9 16 44.9 26.9-64.4 11 32.6 17.5-52.6 3 3.1 0.7-12.7 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 91 10 12.3 5.7-24.6 23 31.5 20.4-45.3 29 29.2 19.4-41.4 15 13.0 6.9-23.1 14 14.0 7.6-24.4
Other Minorities 253 31 9.7 6.1-15.0 50 20.3 14.1-28.3 102 40.7 32.6-49.4 65 27.9 20.6-36.5 5 1.4 0.5- 3.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 244 31 11.3 7.2-17.5 43 18.3 12.4-26.1 95 41.4 33.2-50.2 70 28.0 21.2-35.9 5 1.0 0.4- 2.6
-English Speaking 79 11 14.9 6.7-29.8 27 34.6 22.7-48.9 26 32.7 20.6-47.7 12 16.1 7.9-29.9 3 1.7 0.5- 6.1
-Spanish Speaking 165 20 10.3 5.8-17.4 16 13.5 7.4-23.4 69 44.0 34.1-54.4 58 31.5 23.2-41.1 2 0.8 0.2- 3.1
Non-Hispanic 5,064 839 20.5 18.7-22.3 1,520 32.1 30.2-34.1 1,591 30.3 28.4-32.2 704 11.7 10.4-13.1 410 5.5 4.8- 6.2
AGE
18-24 205 62 30.9 23.6-39.3 57 26.4 19.6-34.5 65 31.2 23.8-39.7 19 10.9 6.1-18.6 2 0.6 0.2- 2.6
25-34 476 110 22.1 18.0-26.9 179 37.0 31.7-42.7 134 28.5 23.6-34.0 49 11.8 8.6-16.0 4 0.5 0.2- 1.5
35-44 861 186 22.0 18.8-25.6 304 34.5 30.6-38.5 261 31.8 27.9-36.0 80 8.5 6.5-11.1 30 3.2 2.1- 4.8
45-54 1,126 164 14.2 11.9-16.9 360 31.4 28.1-34.9 368 33.9 30.5-37.4 156 14.1 11.8-16.8 78 6.5 4.9- 8.5
55-64 1,166 182 17.3 14.6-20.3 326 27.9 24.8-31.3 376 31.2 27.9-34.6 181 15.0 12.5-17.8 101 8.7 6.8-10.9
65-74 921 119 11.9 9.7-14.5 212 24.2 20.7-28.1 304 32.6 29.0-36.4 171 20.0 17.0-23.5 115 11.3 9.2-13.9
75+ 553 46 8.9 6.4-12.2 124 20.2 16.2-25.0 178 31.8 27.3-36.7 118 23.0 18.7-28.0 87 16.1 12.7-20.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 777 72 14.6 10.3-20.2 85 13.0 9.3-17.9 244 34.5 29.0-40.5 222 26.7 22.2-31.8 154 11.2 9.0-13.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,554 177 15.0 12.2-18.2 402 25.8 22.7-29.2 564 38.4 34.7-42.3 265 14.4 12.0-17.2 146 6.4 5.2- 7.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,263 179 17.0 13.9-20.6 420 38.6 34.3-43.0 419 29.6 26.1-33.5 169 11.1 9.0-13.7 76 3.7 2.7- 5.0
College Graduate 1,724 441 28.6 25.7-31.7 654 38.6 35.4-41.9 467 24.5 21.9-27.4 120 6.6 4.8- 9.1 42 1.7 1.1- 2.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 402 20 11.4 6.0-20.5 40 12.1 7.6-18.7 107 27.4 21.0-34.9 113 28.2 21.5-35.9 122 21.0 16.4-26.6
$15,000- 24,999 822 79 14.5 10.5-19.8 133 18.4 13.7-24.2 277 33.0 28.1-38.2 217 24.8 20.4-29.8 116 9.3 7.3-11.7
$25,000- 34,999 600 63 14.2 10.0-19.8 157 25.7 20.7-31.6 238 39.1 33.5-45.0 102 16.0 12.3-20.6 40 4.9 3.3- 7.3
$35,000- 49,999 816 122 19.0 15.2-23.5 268 35.0 30.5-39.9 277 32.1 27.8-36.7 105 10.6 8.2-13.7 44 3.2 2.3- 4.6
$50,000-74,999 838 145 20.2 16.2-25.0 323 37.3 32.7-42.3 265 33.6 28.6-38.9 80 6.9 5.2- 9.2 25 2.0 1.2- 3.1
$75,000+ 1,321 376 28.9 25.7-32.4 518 39.9 36.2-43.7 342 24.0 20.8-27.5 72 6.4 4.3- 9.5 13 0.8 0.4- 1.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,868 101 7.5 5.5-10.1 332 19.4 16.4-22.7 584 32.4 29.2-35.8 461 24.3 21.3-27.6 390 16.4 14.4-18.6
No 3,218 730 24.3 22.1-26.6 1,166 35.8 33.4-38.3 1,021 30.9 28.5-33.4 283 8.6 7.3-10.2 18 0.3 0.2- 0.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,949 282 16.7 14.3-19.4 571 30.7 27.9-33.7 609 31.6 28.6-34.8 323 14.1 12.3-16.1 164 6.9 5.7- 8.4
Non-Veteran 3,373 589 20.5 18.5-22.7 993 30.7 28.4-33.1 1,084 31.4 29.1-33.8 453 12.9 11.3-14.7 254 4.4 3.8- 5.2

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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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