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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
-FEMALES 7,384 1,847 24.3 22.7-26.0 2,695 37.0 35.3-38.8 282 5.1 4.4- 6.0 2,000 26.5 24.9-28.1 560 7.0 6.2- 8.0
RACE
White 5,677 1,403 23.8 22.0-25.7 2,233 40.6 38.6-42.6 224 5.4 4.5- 6.4 1,370 23.3 21.5-25.1 447 7.0 6.1- 8.0
African American 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
Other Minorities 403 102 26.0 20.3-32.6 121 32.1 25.2-39.8 13 5.7 2.5-12.1 139 25.6 20.0-32.2 28 10.7 5.5-19.7
AGE
18-24 180 42 26.5 18.3-36.8 53 28.5 20.6-37.9 14 6.1 3.3-11.1 58 30.4 22.4-39.9 13 8.5 4.4-15.7
25-34 611 129 22.6 18.6-27.2 199 32.3 27.7-37.3 64 11.8 8.6-15.8 175 25.5 21.2-30.3 44 7.8 5.3-11.4
35-44 1,034 212 21.2 18.1-24.7 468 44.3 40.5-48.2 65 6.2 4.8- 8.1 235 23.3 20.2-26.8 54 4.9 3.6- 6.7
45-54 1,341 302 22.7 19.9-25.8 595 43.9 40.5-47.4 42 2.4 1.7- 3.4 325 25.6 22.5-28.9 77 5.4 4.1- 7.0
55-64 1,579 397 24.7 22.0-27.6 649 41.4 38.3-44.7 56 3.8 2.7- 5.2 362 23.5 20.8-26.4 115 6.6 5.2- 8.2
65+ 2,553 742 29.1 26.7-31.6 702 28.6 26.3-31.1 40 1.6 1.1- 2.5 821 31.2 28.6-33.9 248 9.5 8.0-11.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 904 258 27.9 23.1-33.2 155 16.4 13.1-20.5 9 1.3 0.6- 2.8 376 43.5 37.6-49.5 106 11.0 7.6-15.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,153 564 24.7 21.7-27.9 663 31.2 28.0-34.6 47 3.2 2.1- 4.8 686 32.2 29.0-35.6 193 8.7 6.8-11.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,973 470 23.6 20.4-27.0 801 42.5 39.1-46.1 65 5.0 3.5- 7.1 501 22.6 19.9-25.5 136 6.3 4.9- 8.0
College Graduate 2,342 553 23.4 21.0-26.1 1,073 44.9 42.0-47.8 161 8.3 6.7-10.2 431 18.5 16.3-20.9 124 4.9 3.9- 6.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 887 220 24.5 20.4-29.1 204 24.0 19.8-28.8 21 2.9 1.6- 5.2 342 39.0 34.3-43.9 100 9.5 7.0-12.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,217 317 24.5 21.0-28.5 367 30.9 26.7-35.4 24 3.1 1.7- 5.5 417 34.1 29.8-38.8 92 7.4 5.2-10.3
$25,000- 34,999 778 184 19.1 15.6-23.3 276 37.0 31.4-43.1 32 5.2 3.0- 8.8 228 30.0 25.0-35.6 58 8.6 5.6-13.1
$35,000- 49,999 914 237 24.6 20.7-28.9 375 39.1 34.6-43.9 29 3.9 2.4- 6.3 202 23.7 19.6-28.4 71 8.7 5.7-13.0
$50,000- 74,999 922 203 20.5 16.7-24.8 426 45.5 40.8-50.2 49 6.4 4.5- 8.9 200 21.9 18.2-26.1 44 5.8 4.0- 8.4
$75,000+ 1,304 299 23.8 20.6-27.4 640 46.0 42.3-49.8 96 8.5 6.5-11.1 207 17.7 14.9-20.8 62 4.0 2.9- 5.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,884 774 25.8 23.3-28.4 882 31.9 29.2-34.6 89 3.5 2.6- 4.7 871 30.2 27.4-33.2 268 8.7 7.2-10.4
No 4,398 1,044 23.3 21.3-25.4 1,779 39.8 37.5-42.0 191 6.1 5.0- 7.3 1,105 24.9 22.9-26.9 279 6.0 5.0- 7.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 171 37 19.6 12.7-29.0 69 40.1 30.7-50.3 7 3.2 1.4- 7.0 49 27.6 18.9-38.3 9 9.6 4.5-19.1
Non-Veteran 7,212 1,810 24.4 22.8-26.1 2,626 36.9 35.2-38.7 275 5.2 4.4- 6.1 1,950 26.5 24.8-28.1 551 7.0 6.1- 8.0

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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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