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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status-WHITE MALES

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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 MALES 4,755 845 21.5 19.7-23.4 1,560 35.4 33.4-37.5 1,418 28.5 26.7-30.5 613 10.0 9.0-11.2 319 4.5 3.9- 5.2
AGE
18-24 122 41 32.9 23.6-43.7 43 33.7 24.5-44.4 29 27.2 18.3-38.4 7 4.9 2.1-10.9 2 1.3 0.3- 5.7
25-34 383 117 28.9 23.9-34.6 152 39.8 34.0-45.8 94 24.6 19.7-30.2 17 5.9 3.3-10.1 3 0.9 0.2- 3.1
35-44 707 158 21.6 18.3-25.3 296 43.5 39.1-47.9 194 27.3 23.5-31.5 48 6.1 4.3- 8.6 11 1.5 0.8- 2.9
45-54 940 188 21.9 18.6-25.5 313 34.4 30.7-38.3 276 28.1 24.8-31.8 103 9.7 7.7-12.2 60 5.8 4.3- 7.9
55-64 1,134 159 14.4 12.1-17.0 364 32.9 29.6-36.4 321 28.3 25.3-31.6 193 16.7 14.2-19.7 97 7.6 6.0- 9.6
65-74 860 126 15.2 12.5-18.3 251 28.7 25.3-32.3 294 36.8 33.0-40.7 126 13.4 11.0-16.2 63 6.0 4.5- 7.9
75+ 589 51 8.7 6.4-11.7 136 23.9 20.0-28.4 202 33.4 29.0-38.0 118 20.2 16.5-24.5 82 13.8 10.8-17.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 565 43 12.3 7.8-18.8 93 18.8 14.2-24.4 168 31.2 25.4-37.6 156 24.5 19.7-30.0 105 13.2 10.2-17.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,361 182 16.6 13.4-20.4 393 31.9 28.2-35.9 487 34.5 30.6-38.6 198 12.0 9.7-14.6 101 5.0 3.8- 6.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,127 160 18.4 14.8-22.6 396 40.1 35.7-44.8 357 28.9 25.0-33.1 145 8.6 6.8-10.8 69 4.0 2.9- 5.4
College Graduate 1,696 457 30.4 27.5-33.5 677 40.0 37.0-43.0 404 22.6 20.1-25.3 114 5.2 4.1- 6.6 44 1.8 1.3- 2.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 332 21 11.4 6.2-19.9 33 11.0 7.0-16.7 89 29.5 22.6-37.4 98 26.8 20.6-34.0 91 21.5 16.2-27.9
$15,000- 24,999 618 40 8.3 5.1-13.2 138 24.3 19.7-29.6 216 35.0 29.1-41.4 136 19.8 15.6-24.8 88 12.6 9.5-16.6
$25,000- 34,999 481 45 14.0 8.9-21.3 132 34.3 27.2-42.2 177 32.2 26.2-38.7 85 14.0 10.6-18.3 42 5.5 3.7- 8.1
$35,000- 49,999 721 119 19.2 15.3-23.8 240 35.0 30.2-40.1 243 31.1 26.9-35.6 99 13.1 9.9-17.1 20 1.6 1.0- 2.7
$50,000-74,999 841 180 24.0 19.7-28.9 312 37.6 33.0-42.4 262 30.6 26.2-35.4 62 5.3 3.8- 7.2 25 2.5 1.6- 4.0
$75,000+ 1,342 361 28.0 24.8-31.5 584 43.3 39.7-47.0 314 23.2 20.2-26.6 66 4.7 3.3- 6.7 17 0.7 0.4- 1.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,719 105 8.2 6.1-11.1 326 21.4 18.7-24.4 546 33.9 30.6-37.3 442 22.4 19.9-25.1 300 14.1 12.2-16.3
No 2,918 720 27.6 25.2-30.1 1,199 41.7 39.1-44.3 835 26.3 24.0-28.8 149 4.0 3.2- 5.2 15 0.3 0.2- 0.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,846 288 18.8 16.2-21.7 553 32.4 29.5-35.5 571 29.6 26.8-32.6 270 12.3 10.5-14.3 164 6.9 5.7- 8.3
Non-Veteran 2,905 555 22.6 20.3-25.0 1,007 36.7 34.2-39.3 846 28.1 25.8-30.6 342 9.1 7.8-10.5 155 3.5 2.8- 4.3

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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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