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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Kidney Disease-AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES

Have you ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you have some form of kidney disease
including chronic kidney disease, nephritis, nephrosis, renal disease, or end-stage renal disease?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,276 484 2.3 2.0- 2.7 14,792 97.7 97.3-98.0
-AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES 682 42 4.4 3.0- 6.3 640 95.6 93.7-97.0
AGE
18-24 29 0 0.0 . - . 29 100 . - .
25-34 65 2 1.8 0.4- 7.4 63 98.2 92.6-99.6
35-44 125 4 2.7 0.8- 8.8 121 97.3 91.2-99.2
45-54 168 5 3.6 1.4- 8.9 163 96.4 91.1-98.6
55-64 144 8 3.6 1.6- 7.9 136 96.4 92.1-98.4
65-74 88 14 17.6 9.7-29.8 74 82.4 70.2-90.3
75+ 59 9 18.6 8.4-36.3 50 81.4 63.7-91.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 116 17 10.6 5.8-18.6 99 89.4 81.4-94.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 273 12 3.7 1.9- 7.1 261 96.3 92.9-98.1
Some Post-H.S. 165 9 3.8 1.6- 9.1 156 96.2 90.9-98.4
College Graduate 126 3 2.3 0.7- 7.3 123 97.7 92.7-99.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 99 11 9.6 4.6-18.9 88 90.4 81.1-95.4
$15,000- 24,999 123 7 3.7 1.3-10.4 116 96.3 89.6-98.7
$25,000- 34,999 84 7 6.7 3.0-14.4 77 93.3 85.6-97.0
$35,000- 49,999 126 8 5.5 2.3-12.5 118 94.5 87.5-97.7
$50,000-74,999 87 2 1.8 0.3- 9.9 85 98.2 90.1-99.7
$75,000+ 96 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 95 99.7 98.1- 100
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 282 39 11.2 7.5-16.4 243 88.8 83.6-92.5
No 391 3 0.5 0.2- 1.5 388 99.5 98.5-99.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 235 17 6.6 3.7-11.2 218 93.4 88.8-96.3
Non-Veteran 447 25 3.4 2.0- 5.7 422 96.6 94.3-98.0

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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