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2010 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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  Total
Respond.^		 None 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days 30 days
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,936 8,477 68.7 67.3-70.1 803 8.1 7.3- 9.0 973 9.2 8.3-10.1 915 8.1 7.3- 9.0 768 5.9 5.3- 6.6
-AFRICAN AMERICANS 1,854 1,293 69.7 66.3-72.9 108 7.0 5.4- 9.2 167 8.5 6.9-10.5 163 9.2 7.1-11.7 123 5.5 4.3- 7.1
GENDER
Male 551 408 75.0 69.2-80.0 32 6.4 3.9-10.3 36 6.0 4.0- 9.1 48 9.0 5.8-13.6 27 3.7 2.2- 6.1
Female 1,303 885 65.6 61.4-69.6 76 7.6 5.6-10.2 131 10.5 8.3-13.2 115 9.3 7.0-12.3 96 7.0 5.2- 9.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 18 13 64.0 34.3-85.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 28.8 9.6-60.6 2 7.2 1.3-31.4 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 1,833 1,279 69.9 66.4-73.1 108 7.1 5.4- 9.3 163 8.4 6.8-10.4 160 9.0 7.0-11.5 123 5.6 4.3- 7.2
AGE
18-24 78 48 74.2 61.7-83.6 9 8.1 3.6-17.4 12 7.8 3.9-15.2 6 7.7 2.8-19.3 3 2.2 0.5- 8.4
25-34 202 127 63.0 53.6-71.5 24 11.1 6.6-18.0 23 10.5 6.3-16.9 17 10.0 5.3-18.1 11 5.4 2.4-11.4
35-44 251 155 63.0 54.5-70.7 16 9.0 4.8-16.3 25 9.2 5.8-14.4 32 11.4 7.1-17.8 23 7.4 4.5-12.0
45-54 416 266 68.6 61.8-74.7 25 4.8 3.0- 7.7 44 9.2 6.1-13.6 50 10.0 6.5-15.0 31 7.4 4.5-11.9
55-64 438 317 71.0 64.7-76.5 16 5.4 3.0- 9.6 38 8.5 5.5-12.8 35 7.9 5.1-12.1 32 7.2 4.6-11.2
65+ 445 359 80.0 72.6-85.8 18 3.5 1.8- 6.6 25 5.8 3.4- 9.7 21 7.3 3.2-15.9 22 3.4 1.9- 5.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 299 201 65.6 55.5-74.4 13 5.6 2.4-12.5 31 11.7 7.2-18.3 30 11.7 5.7-22.3 24 5.5 3.0- 9.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 600 423 74.6 69.0-79.5 27 5.9 3.4-10.1 60 6.8 4.8- 9.5 53 8.1 5.5-11.8 37 4.6 2.9- 7.2
Some Post-H.S. 484 338 65.2 58.5-71.4 29 7.1 4.1-12.0 32 8.8 5.5-13.8 45 10.6 7.1-15.5 40 8.2 5.3-12.6
College Graduate 467 327 69.4 62.7-75.3 39 9.9 6.7-14.3 44 8.9 6.0-12.8 35 7.6 4.1-13.4 22 4.3 2.4- 7.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 342 204 61.0 53.3-68.2 19 7.9 4.3-13.8 31 10.4 6.5-16.5 48 11.2 7.5-16.3 40 9.5 6.2-14.1
$15,000- 24,999 377 245 59.7 51.0-67.8 22 7.5 4.0-13.7 35 9.5 5.9-14.9 44 15.6 9.8-23.9 31 7.7 4.5-13.1
$25,000- 34,999 229 158 66.0 55.9-74.8 19 10.3 5.5-18.6 24 10.1 5.8-17.1 13 8.6 4.3-16.6 15 4.9 2.4- 9.7
$35,000-49,999 222 168 76.1 67.3-83.1 7 1.1 0.5- 2.3 25 10.4 6.2-16.8 11 3.8 1.7- 8.3 11 8.7 4.4-16.6
$50,000- 74,999 194 140 74.5 64.1-82.7 14 7.8 4.2-14.1 16 7.5 4.2-13.2 18 8.6 3.3-20.3 6 1.6 0.6- 4.3
$75,000+ 198 153 74.0 65.1-81.2 17 10.0 5.7-16.7 12 5.9 2.8-12.1 14 8.6 4.5-15.8 2 1.5 0.4- 6.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 770 453 57.8 52.0-63.3 32 3.6 2.2- 5.8 85 12.4 9.3-16.4 110 16.5 12.1-22.0 90 9.8 7.3-13.0
No 988 768 76.3 72.0-80.1 68 7.9 5.7-11.0 77 6.8 5.0- 9.2 47 5.6 3.7- 8.4 28 3.4 2.0- 5.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 234 162 69.0 59.6-77.0 17 9.7 4.9-18.3 19 7.6 4.2-13.2 24 8.4 4.7-14.4 12 5.4 2.4-11.6
Non-Veteran 1,619 1,130 69.8 66.1-73.3 91 6.7 5.0- 8.9 148 8.7 7.0-10.8 139 9.3 7.1-12.1 111 5.6 4.3- 7.3

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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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