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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Kidney Disease

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
-New Hanover County 364 12 2.5 1.3- 4.7 352 97.5 95.3-98.7
GENDER
Male 142 2 1.4 0.3- 6.0 140 98.6 94.0-99.7
Female 222 10 3.6 1.8- 7.0 212 96.4 93.0-98.2
RACE
White 315 10 2.2 1.1- 4.4 305 97.8 95.6-98.9
Other 47 2 3.7 0.8-16.0 45 96.3 84.0-99.2
AGE
18-44 78 0 0.0 . - . 78 100 . - .
45+ 284 12 4.1 2.2- 7.7 272 95.9 92.3-97.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 100 4 2.9 1.0- 8.4 96 97.1 91.6-99.0
Some College + 263 7 2.2 0.9- 5.0 256 97.8 95.0-99.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 160 7 3.7 1.5- 8.5 153 96.3 91.5-98.5
$50,000+ 157 2 1.0 0.3- 4.1 155 99.0 95.9-99.7

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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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