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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status-WHITE FEMALES

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  Total
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%)
North Carolina 15,779 2,656 19.7 18.7-20.8 4,932 32.1 31.0-33.2 4,801 30.7 29.5-31.9 2,247 12.5 11.7-13.3 1,143 5.0 4.6- 5.5
-WHITE FEMALES 7,490 1,343 21.3 19.9-22.8 2,577 36.1 34.5-37.8 2,091 26.6 25.1-28.2 937 10.7 9.8-11.7 542 5.2 4.7- 5.8
AGE
18-24 148 29 21.7 14.2-31.8 62 39.1 29.7-49.3 45 31.1 22.0-42.0 10 7.4 3.6-14.8 2 0.6 0.1- 2.9
25-34 601 177 31.8 27.2-36.8 244 39.9 35.1-44.8 138 21.8 18.1-26.1 31 4.8 3.1- 7.4 11 1.7 0.9- 3.3
35-44 1,055 257 26.1 22.9-29.5 419 39.6 36.1-43.3 281 25.3 22.2-28.6 72 6.4 4.9- 8.4 26 2.6 1.5- 4.2
45-54 1,409 294 21.6 19.1-24.4 552 39.2 36.1-42.4 349 23.9 21.3-26.8 138 10.4 8.4-12.7 76 4.8 3.7- 6.3
55-64 1,631 282 17.9 15.7-20.3 575 35.0 32.3-37.9 416 26.0 23.4-28.7 226 13.5 11.6-15.8 132 7.6 6.0- 9.5
65-74 1,424 190 13.5 11.5-15.7 427 28.7 25.9-31.6 470 32.8 29.9-35.9 214 16.3 14.0-19.0 123 8.7 6.9-10.9
75+ 1,170 105 9.0 7.3-11.2 282 24.3 21.4-27.4 373 31.8 28.6-35.2 241 21.5 18.5-24.8 169 13.4 11.2-16.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 814 48 6.4 4.0- 9.9 131 17.4 13.8-21.7 224 26.5 22.4-31.1 206 27.4 23.0-32.4 205 22.3 18.6-26.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,161 227 13.5 11.1-16.2 688 32.7 29.5-36.0 723 34.1 30.6-37.8 346 13.9 12.0-16.2 177 5.8 4.8- 7.1
Some Post-H.S. 2,179 390 20.1 17.6-22.9 782 37.4 34.4-40.5 638 28.5 25.9-31.3 258 10.1 8.4-12.1 111 3.8 3.0- 4.9
College Graduate 2,321 675 32.9 30.1-35.7 975 42.8 40.1-45.7 499 18.5 16.6-20.6 125 4.2 3.4- 5.3 47 1.6 1.1- 2.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 790 45 7.2 4.6-11.2 125 14.3 11.0-18.3 237 31.2 25.1-37.9 196 26.5 21.6-32.0 187 20.8 17.2-25.0
$15,000- 24,999 1,088 95 12.9 8.9-18.3 271 25.5 21.5-30.1 390 34.8 30.4-39.5 219 18.1 15.1-21.6 113 8.7 6.8-10.9
$25,000- 34,999 750 98 15.0 11.6-19.2 275 37.2 32.7-41.9 235 30.5 26.2-35.2 97 12.4 9.8-15.7 45 4.9 3.4- 6.9
$35,000- 49,999 1,047 202 21.2 17.7-25.1 408 38.4 34.0-43.1 284 27.7 23.9-31.8 110 9.0 7.1-11.3 43 3.7 2.5- 5.5
$50,000-74,999 1,060 241 23.7 20.3-27.5 462 45.3 41.2-49.5 266 23.4 20.3-26.9 67 5.4 4.0- 7.3 24 2.1 1.3- 3.5
$75,000+ 1,535 487 33.9 30.6-37.5 661 42.2 38.7-45.8 324 20.1 17.2-23.3 54 3.1 2.2- 4.4 9 0.6 0.2- 1.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,813 158 6.6 5.3- 8.2 595 22.3 20.1-24.6 851 31.6 28.7-34.5 708 24.8 22.5-27.3 501 14.7 13.1-16.5
No 4,524 1,153 28.5 26.5-30.6 1,931 42.8 40.6-44.9 1,189 23.9 22.2-25.8 214 4.0 3.4- 4.9 37 0.7 0.4- 1.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 142 27 23.7 15.4-34.6 61 46.6 36.4-57.0 30 17.7 11.6-25.9 14 7.6 4.0-14.2 10 4.5 2.1- 9.1
Non-Veteran 7,348 1,316 21.3 19.8-22.8 2,516 35.9 34.3-37.6 2,061 26.8 25.2-28.4 923 10.8 9.8-11.8 532 5.2 4.7- 5.9

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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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