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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

NC Health and Wellness Trust Fund-AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES

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by funding programs to reduce youth tobacco use, obesity, and health disparities,
as well as help low-income populations access prescription drugs.

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,491 4,214 29.8 28.6-31.0 10,277 70.2 69.0-71.4
-AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES 656 217 34.7 29.4-40.4 439 65.3 59.6-70.6
AGE
18-24 27 9 43.8 22.6-67.5 18 56.2 32.5-77.4
25-34 65 24 30.3 19.5-43.9 41 69.7 56.1-80.5
35-44 124 48 40.9 30.7-51.9 76 59.1 48.1-69.3
45-54 167 45 27.2 19.3-36.7 122 72.8 63.3-80.7
55-64 134 45 32.6 23.4-43.3 89 67.4 56.7-76.6
65-74 82 32 45.1 33.1-57.6 50 54.9 42.4-66.9
75+ 53 13 20.4 9.3-39.1 40 79.6 60.9-90.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 109 38 31.9 20.4-46.0 71 68.1 54.0-79.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 263 82 34.2 25.5-44.1 181 65.8 55.9-74.5
Some Post-H.S. 159 54 39.2 29.4-49.8 105 60.8 50.2-70.6
College Graduate 123 43 32.0 22.3-43.5 80 68.0 56.5-77.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 94 30 31.5 19.0-47.5 64 68.5 52.5-81.0
$15,000- 24,999 121 41 34.7 21.7-50.6 80 65.3 49.4-78.3
$25,000- 34,999 80 26 43.0 25.8-62.2 54 57.0 37.8-74.2
$35,000- 49,999 120 45 35.4 25.9-46.3 75 64.6 53.7-74.1
$50,000-74,999 84 29 35.9 23.8-50.1 55 64.1 49.9-76.2
$75,000+ 94 27 29.2 18.2-43.4 67 70.8 56.6-81.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 268 92 35.5 27.2-44.8 176 64.5 55.2-72.8
No 380 124 34.4 27.7-41.8 256 65.6 58.2-72.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 227 70 33.0 23.9-43.6 157 67.0 56.4-76.1
Non-Veteran 429 147 35.4 29.1-42.3 282 64.6 57.7-70.9

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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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