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2010 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

General Preparedness-AFRICAN AMERICANS

If public authorities announced a mandatory evacuation from your community due to a large-scale disaster or emergency,
would you evacuate?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No Don't know/Not Sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,655 10,328 88.2 87.1-89.2 455 4.3 3.7- 5.0 872 7.5 6.6- 8.5
-AFRICAN AMERICANS 1,740 1,714 97.4 94.7-98.8 26 2.6 1.2- 5.3 0 0.0 . - .
GENDER
Male 507 495 95.9 89.4-98.5 12 4.1 1.5-10.6 0 0.0 . - .
Female 1,233 1,219 98.6 96.9-99.4 14 1.4 0.6- 3.1 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 17 17 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 1,720 1,694 97.4 94.6-98.7 26 2.6 1.3- 5.4 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 71 68 90.8 74.3-97.1 3 9.2 2.9-25.7 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 190 188 97.7 88.3-99.6 2 2.3 0.4-11.7 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 235 232 99.2 97.5-99.8 3 0.8 0.2- 2.5 0 0.0 . - .
45-54 388 387 99.9 99.2- 100 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 0 0.0 . - .
55-64 411 403 98.8 97.1-99.5 8 1.2 0.5- 2.9 0 0.0 . - .
65+ 423 414 97.4 94.0-98.9 9 2.6 1.1- 6.0 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 278 270 92.7 79.7-97.6 8 7.3 2.4-20.3 0 0.0 . - .
H.S. or G.E.D. 561 553 96.9 90.4-99.0 8 3.1 1.0- 9.6 0 0.0 . - .
Some Post-H.S. 458 451 99.1 97.9-99.6 7 0.9 0.4- 2.1 0 0.0 . - .
College Graduate 440 437 99.7 98.6-99.9 3 0.3 0.1- 1.4 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 324 320 99.0 97.0-99.6 4 1.0 0.4- 3.0 0 0.0 . - .
$15,000- 24,999 360 355 96.5 84.5-99.3 5 3.5 0.7-15.5 0 0.0 . - .
$25,000- 34,999 217 213 98.6 95.3-99.6 4 1.4 0.4- 4.7 0 0.0 . - .
$35,000-49,999 212 208 99.4 98.4-99.8 4 0.6 0.2- 1.6 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000- 74,999 181 180 100 99.6- 100 1 0.0 0.0- 0.4 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 184 182 99.4 96.3-99.9 2 0.6 0.1- 3.7 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 743 730 97.4 91.1-99.3 13 2.6 0.7- 8.9 0 0.0 . - .
No 969 957 97.4 93.6-98.9 12 2.6 1.1- 6.4 0 0.0 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 215 210 99.1 97.3-99.7 5 0.9 0.3- 2.7 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Veteran 1,524 1,503 97.1 94.0-98.7 21 2.9 1.3- 6.0 0 0.0 . - .

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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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