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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
-WHITES 10,477 1,928 21.2 19.6-22.8 3,345 34.8 33.2-36.4 3,166 28.6 27.1-30.1 1,318 10.9 9.9-12.0 720 4.6 4.1- 5.2
GENDER
Male 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
Female 6,520 1,225 21.0 19.2-23.0 2,074 34.3 32.3-36.3 1,906 27.9 26.0-29.9 851 11.8 10.4-13.2 464 5.0 4.3- 5.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 130 29 25.0 13.7-41.0 47 32.0 21.4-44.9 36 28.2 17.6-41.8 12 13.3 5.1-30.3 6 1.6 0.7- 3.9
Non-Hispanic 10,330 1,898 21.1 19.6-22.7 3,296 34.8 33.3-36.4 3,123 28.6 27.1-30.1 1,304 10.9 9.9-12.0 709 4.6 4.1- 5.2
AGE
18-24 263 75 31.5 23.2-41.2 104 32.8 25.5-41.1 68 27.7 20.3-36.4 14 7.3 3.3-15.4 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8
25-34 855 216 25.1 20.9-29.8 361 42.2 37.5-47.0 213 24.3 20.5-28.7 48 6.1 4.2- 8.9 17 2.3 1.0- 5.1
35-44 1,486 386 25.5 22.3-28.9 589 39.2 35.6-42.8 370 25.2 22.2-28.5 105 8.4 6.3-11.2 36 1.8 1.2- 2.6
45-54 1,986 410 21.1 18.6-23.9 677 36.8 33.7-39.9 576 26.9 24.4-29.7 219 10.1 8.4-12.2 104 5.0 3.7- 6.9
55-64 2,234 378 16.3 14.3-18.5 705 32.4 29.7-35.3 679 31.2 28.5-34.1 290 12.5 10.5-14.7 182 7.6 6.2- 9.3
65+ 3,569 443 12.1 10.6-13.7 872 25.3 23.3-27.5 1,241 35.4 33.2-37.7 636 18.8 16.8-20.9 377 8.4 7.3- 9.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,156 62 8.7 5.2-14.4 169 18.2 13.8-23.6 355 33.8 28.1-40.1 312 21.5 17.6-26.0 258 17.7 14.0-22.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 3,046 369 12.8 10.8-15.1 838 31.3 28.4-34.4 1,108 35.0 32.2-38.0 479 15.5 12.9-18.5 252 5.3 4.4- 6.4
Some Post-H.S. 2,698 463 23.5 19.7-27.7 903 34.4 31.4-37.6 882 28.9 26.2-31.8 305 9.8 8.2-11.8 145 3.4 2.7- 4.3
College Graduate 3,565 1,034 29.5 27.2-31.8 1,433 42.5 40.0-45.1 815 21.6 19.4-24.1 219 5.1 4.2- 6.2 64 1.2 0.8- 1.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 927 59 6.6 4.0-10.8 124 17.2 13.0-22.3 266 33.6 28.1-39.6 264 26.4 21.4-32.2 214 16.2 13.2-19.7
$15,000- 24,999 1,499 145 12.3 8.8-17.0 355 23.4 19.5-27.8 543 38.1 33.1-43.4 280 16.9 14.0-20.3 176 9.2 7.3-11.5
$25,000- 34,999 1,058 139 12.8 9.4-17.2 323 31.2 26.5-36.3 367 32.9 27.8-38.4 163 18.7 13.6-25.2 66 4.4 3.2- 6.2
$35,000-49,999 1,406 256 20.7 16.2-26.0 485 38.1 33.7-42.7 482 29.8 26.1-33.7 131 7.7 5.9- 9.9 52 3.8 2.1- 6.6
$50,000- 74,999 1,512 318 20.8 17.7-24.2 564 39.3 35.4-43.3 478 30.9 27.4-34.6 112 7.1 5.4- 9.3 40 2.0 1.3- 3.0
$75,000+ 2,479 798 34.4 31.1-37.7 1,049 42.5 39.4-45.5 499 18.2 16.2-20.4 116 4.4 3.4- 5.7 17 0.6 0.3- 1.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,567 207 8.9 6.6-12.0 620 18.6 16.6-20.8 1,139 32.3 29.7-35.0 935 25.5 23.0-28.1 666 14.7 13.0-16.6
No 6,362 1,617 26.3 24.5-28.3 2,555 42.0 40.0-44.0 1,836 26.3 24.7-28.0 318 4.9 3.9- 6.1 36 0.5 0.3- 0.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,411 214 16.0 13.4-19.1 455 33.6 29.9-37.4 455 30.8 27.3-34.6 172 13.3 10.5-16.6 115 6.3 4.8- 8.2
Non-Veteran 8,188 1,529 21.9 20.1-23.8 2,627 34.8 33.0-36.7 2,460 28.5 26.8-30.2 1,031 10.5 9.3-11.8 541 4.3 3.7- 5.0

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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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