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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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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 13,246 2,271 19.2 17.8-20.5 4,022 32.2 30.8-33.7 4,195 30.5 29.2-32.0 1,835 13.3 12.1-14.6 923 4.8 4.3- 5.3
-MALES 4,972 834 20.3 18.1-22.7 1,523 32.8 30.6-35.1 1,632 29.8 27.7-32.0 654 12.9 11.0-14.9 329 4.2 3.5- 5.1
RACE
White 3,957 703 21.3 18.9-24.0 1,271 35.3 32.9-37.8 1,260 29.3 27.0-31.6 467 10.0 8.4-11.7 256 4.1 3.3- 5.1
African American 616 66 14.1 10.1-19.3 147 29.0 23.4-35.2 235 32.2 26.9-37.9 114 18.5 14.0-24.0 54 6.3 4.1- 9.5
Other Minorities 352 56 22.7 14.7-33.4 92 24.9 18.1-33.3 119 28.4 20.9-37.3 66 21.6 13.3-33.1 19 2.4 1.2- 4.6
AGE
18-24 205 59 33.9 24.1-45.3 76 32.0 23.8-41.5 58 26.1 18.8-34.9 11 7.8 3.3-17.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2
25-34 420 86 21.9 16.5-28.4 177 36.8 30.4-43.6 121 29.4 23.3-36.5 28 10.3 5.4-18.5 8 1.6 0.5- 5.6
35-44 729 162 22.0 18.1-26.6 271 36.3 31.5-41.4 211 26.8 22.6-31.5 72 13.6 9.6-18.8 13 1.3 0.7- 2.3
45-54 1,049 176 17.4 14.2-21.1 355 35.2 31.2-39.4 349 30.4 26.7-34.4 114 12.1 8.8-16.5 55 4.9 3.3- 7.1
55-64 1,090 158 14.4 11.6-17.7 295 29.2 25.4-33.4 371 33.0 29.3-37.1 168 15.1 12.2-18.6 98 8.2 6.2-10.9
65+ 1,456 187 13.1 10.7-15.9 341 24.2 20.9-27.7 517 34.3 30.9-37.9 258 18.6 15.7-21.9 153 9.9 7.4-13.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 689 60 17.6 10.9-27.1 101 18.2 13.1-24.7 218 29.2 22.7-36.5 191 23.6 18.0-30.4 119 11.4 8.0-16.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,456 153 12.8 9.8-16.4 398 29.6 25.6-34.0 575 36.8 32.6-41.2 220 16.6 12.5-21.8 110 4.2 3.1- 5.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,167 176 22.5 17.6-28.4 375 32.7 28.3-37.5 409 29.9 25.9-34.3 132 10.9 7.9-14.9 75 3.9 2.9- 5.3
College Graduate 1,650 444 27.3 24.2-30.6 647 43.3 39.8-46.9 427 23.4 20.6-26.5 107 5.2 3.9- 6.8 25 0.8 0.4- 1.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 424 28 7.8 4.1-14.5 67 21.9 14.8-31.2 119 25.7 17.9-35.4 112 30.2 20.2-42.6 98 14.4 10.3-19.6
$15,000- 24,999 726 60 11.6 7.5-17.5 143 18.6 14.4-23.7 287 41.0 34.9-47.5 152 21.4 15.8-28.3 84 7.3 5.2-10.2
$25,000- 34,999 507 68 14.5 9.9-20.7 130 28.4 22.1-35.6 190 32.4 25.9-39.8 84 21.6 14.0-31.9 35 3.1 2.0- 4.8
$35,000- 49,999 646 88 16.3 11.8-22.1 194 32.4 27.2-38.1 259 35.6 30.3-41.3 72 10.3 7.4-14.2 33 5.4 2.7-10.7
$50,000- 74,999 721 120 18.9 14.6-24.1 261 36.6 31.1-42.4 264 36.4 30.8-42.3 59 7.0 4.8-10.2 17 1.1 0.6- 2.1
$75,000+ 1,340 384 31.2 26.8-36.0 571 45.0 40.8-49.3 312 19.1 16.5-22.1 66 4.2 2.9- 6.0 7 0.4 0.1- 1.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,642 110 10.5 7.1-15.3 262 16.6 13.9-19.7 537 33.0 29.2-37.1 432 26.5 22.7-30.6 301 13.4 11.0-16.2
No 2,997 661 24.1 21.4-27.0 1,157 39.5 36.5-42.5 984 28.4 25.8-31.1 178 7.5 5.4-10.4 17 0.5 0.3- 1.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,545 221 15.7 12.8-19.2 470 30.3 26.7-34.1 513 30.5 27.0-34.2 212 16.5 12.9-20.8 129 7.0 5.2- 9.5
Non-Veteran 3,022 537 21.5 18.7-24.7 922 33.5 30.7-36.4 996 29.4 26.9-32.2 394 12.2 9.9-14.8 173 3.4 2.6- 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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