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2010 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,678 2,869 23.6 22.3-24.9 4,568 39.4 38.0-40.9 453 5.3 4.6- 6.1 3,010 25.7 24.4-27.1 778 6.0 5.4- 6.8
-AFRICAN AMERICANS 1,792 457 23.3 20.3-26.6 493 26.8 23.6-30.4 62 5.6 3.8- 8.2 668 37.9 34.2-41.7 112 6.3 4.6- 8.7
GENDER
Male 530 125 20.4 15.8-25.9 164 27.7 22.3-33.9 20 7.6 4.2-13.3 193 37.8 31.5-44.5 28 6.5 3.6-11.5
Female 1,262 332 25.7 22.0-29.8 329 26.1 22.4-30.2 42 4.0 2.6- 6.2 475 38.0 33.9-42.3 84 6.2 4.4- 8.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 18 3 12.4 2.8-41.4 5 25.3 9.3-52.6 1 9.6 1.3-45.4 7 40.3 16.4-69.9 2 12.4 1.9-50.4
Non-Hispanic 1,771 454 23.5 20.4-26.8 487 26.9 23.6-30.4 60 5.6 3.7- 8.2 660 37.8 34.1-41.6 110 6.3 4.5- 8.7
AGE
18-24 71 12 17.0 8.7-30.5 11 22.8 11.9-39.3 8 12.9 5.6-27.0 33 36.8 24.4-51.2 7 10.4 4.2-23.7
25-34 198 44 29.1 20.5-39.5 50 24.8 17.8-33.4 14 8.1 4.2-15.1 75 29.9 22.4-38.8 15 8.1 3.7-16.6
35-44 239 48 18.9 13.3-26.2 88 32.3 24.8-40.9 7 3.9 1.2-12.2 85 42.1 33.5-51.3 11 2.8 1.3- 5.8
45-54 401 105 23.0 17.9-29.1 110 28.1 22.3-34.8 12 3.7 1.5- 9.0 159 40.2 32.7-48.3 15 4.9 2.6- 9.0
55-64 426 107 24.9 19.7-30.9 131 28.6 23.2-34.6 11 2.7 1.3- 5.3 150 38.4 32.0-45.2 27 5.5 3.5- 8.6
65+ 435 138 28.4 22.7-34.8 94 23.1 17.9-29.2 10 2.5 1.1- 5.6 159 39.3 32.1-47.0 34 6.7 4.0-10.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 288 81 21.2 15.0-29.1 34 8.1 4.9-12.9 7 6.3 2.2-17.0 136 52.4 42.2-62.4 30 12.0 6.1-22.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 574 165 27.6 21.9-34.2 115 20.3 14.7-27.4 12 4.6 2.2- 9.3 247 42.7 36.0-49.8 35 4.7 2.7- 8.1
Some Post-H.S. 471 106 22.2 17.0-28.3 168 36.4 30.2-43.0 21 8.3 4.1-16.0 149 28.0 22.4-34.3 27 5.2 3.0- 8.9
College Graduate 455 105 19.8 14.7-26.1 175 39.9 33.1-47.1 22 3.9 2.3- 6.7 133 30.5 24.3-37.4 20 6.0 2.9-12.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 331 90 27.1 20.7-34.7 56 14.5 10.4-19.9 8 7.1 2.9-16.4 158 45.1 37.5-53.1 19 6.1 2.9-12.3
$15,000- 24,999 367 102 25.7 19.2-33.3 83 21.3 15.5-28.5 8 3.5 1.4- 8.6 150 45.5 36.9-54.4 24 4.0 2.4- 6.8
$25,000- 34,999 222 48 15.3 9.9-22.9 56 22.8 15.2-32.9 11 7.7 3.0-18.4 94 48.5 38.1-59.0 13 5.6 2.8-10.8
$35,000-49,999 217 54 24.6 17.2-34.0 72 29.3 21.5-38.5 7 8.9 2.8-25.0 69 33.0 24.1-43.4 15 4.2 2.2- 7.6
$50,000- 74,999 187 47 26.7 17.9-38.0 79 42.1 31.6-53.3 14 6.2 3.2-11.8 42 22.4 14.5-33.0 5 2.6 1.0- 6.5
$75,000+ 192 42 17.7 12.3-24.7 84 43.6 34.8-52.9 6 1.4 0.5- 3.5 54 35.0 26.1-45.0 6 2.3 0.9- 5.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 763 216 23.3 19.3-27.9 173 21.4 17.6-25.9 26 6.3 3.3-11.7 294 41.8 36.1-47.7 54 7.2 4.7-11.0
No 993 231 22.9 18.9-27.5 313 30.5 26.0-35.5 35 5.2 3.1- 8.6 359 35.4 30.7-40.3 55 6.0 3.7- 9.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 229 50 16.2 11.4-22.6 96 40.9 32.1-50.2 6 5.1 1.2-19.5 66 34.2 25.1-44.6 11 3.6 1.8- 7.3
Non-Veteran 1,562 407 24.5 21.1-28.2 396 24.6 21.1-28.4 56 5.7 3.8- 8.4 602 38.5 34.5-42.6 101 6.8 4.8- 9.5

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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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