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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Kidney Disease-WHITE 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
-WHITE MALES 4,618 127 2.0 1.6- 2.5 4,491 98.0 97.5-98.4
AGE
18-24 117 0 0.0 . - . 117 100 . - .
25-34 373 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 371 99.6 98.3-99.9
35-44 681 11 1.6 0.9- 3.0 670 98.4 97.0-99.1
45-54 912 17 2.1 1.2- 3.6 895 97.9 96.4-98.8
55-64 1,105 29 2.6 1.7- 3.9 1,076 97.4 96.1-98.3
65-74 847 26 3.1 2.0- 4.7 821 96.9 95.3-98.0
75+ 568 41 7.3 5.1-10.4 527 92.7 89.6-94.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 538 28 3.9 2.5- 6.2 510 96.1 93.8-97.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,311 31 1.5 1.0- 2.4 1,280 98.5 97.6-99.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,099 22 1.3 0.8- 2.0 1,077 98.7 98.0-99.2
College Graduate 1,664 46 2.4 1.7- 3.4 1,618 97.6 96.6-98.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 314 18 5.1 2.8- 9.2 296 94.9 90.8-97.2
$15,000- 24,999 602 23 3.3 1.9- 5.5 579 96.7 94.5-98.1
$25,000- 34,999 457 12 2.0 1.1- 3.7 445 98.0 96.3-98.9
$35,000- 49,999 706 19 2.0 1.2- 3.2 687 98.0 96.8-98.8
$50,000-74,999 831 13 1.2 0.6- 2.2 818 98.8 97.8-99.4
$75,000+ 1,312 25 1.4 0.9- 2.3 1,287 98.6 97.7-99.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,686 85 4.3 3.3- 5.6 1,601 95.7 94.4-96.7
No 2,909 42 1.0 0.7- 1.5 2,867 99.0 98.5-99.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,798 69 3.3 2.5- 4.4 1,729 96.7 95.6-97.5
Non-Veteran 2,816 58 1.5 1.1- 2.0 2,758 98.5 98.0-98.9

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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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