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2010 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status-FEMALES

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  Total
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 12,096 2,010 19.4 18.2-20.6 3,744 32.2 30.8-33.6 3,682 30.4 29.0-31.8 1,742 12.5 11.6-13.4 918 5.6 5.0- 6.2
-FEMALES 7,625 1,232 18.8 17.5-20.3 2,354 32.2 30.5-33.8 2,314 30.2 28.5-32.0 1,140 13.0 11.8-14.2 585 5.8 5.1- 6.6
RACE
White 5,834 1,028 20.8 19.2-22.5 1,898 35.3 33.4-37.3 1,682 27.2 25.3-29.1 790 11.3 10.1-12.6 436 5.4 4.6- 6.3
African American 1,325 138 13.2 10.4-16.6 338 24.7 21.4-28.4 478 38.0 33.7-42.5 255 16.5 13.8-19.8 116 7.6 5.8- 9.8
Other Minorities 421 61 16.7 11.3-23.9 106 22.3 16.8-29.1 133 36.4 29.4-43.9 90 20.3 14.6-27.4 31 4.4 2.6- 7.4
AGE
18-24 193 35 17.2 11.7-24.7 71 32.1 24.3-41.1 71 41.5 32.4-51.3 13 6.8 3.0-14.5 3 2.3 0.5-10.1
25-34 623 154 28.0 23.5-32.9 235 36.0 31.2-41.0 169 26.5 22.1-31.3 54 8.5 5.9-12.1 11 1.1 0.5- 2.5
35-44 1,068 252 23.2 20.1-26.6 400 35.9 32.4-39.6 280 26.9 23.6-30.4 100 10.5 8.1-13.4 36 3.5 2.4- 5.1
45-54 1,394 257 18.4 16.0-21.1 468 33.3 30.2-36.6 366 27.0 24.0-30.3 209 14.9 12.6-17.5 94 6.3 4.8- 8.3
55-64 1,623 248 16.5 14.3-19.1 494 30.6 27.8-33.7 474 29.4 26.5-32.4 257 15.1 12.9-17.5 150 8.4 6.8-10.2
65+ 2,629 272 10.1 8.7-11.7 655 24.8 22.6-27.1 916 33.5 31.1-36.0 499 19.9 17.6-22.4 287 11.7 9.9-13.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 942 31 4.8 2.6- 8.5 137 13.0 9.5-17.6 286 32.7 27.8-38.0 266 31.5 25.9-37.6 222 18.0 14.8-21.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,236 239 14.0 11.5-17.0 560 27.0 24.0-30.2 816 36.2 32.8-39.7 422 16.0 14.0-18.4 199 6.8 5.2- 8.7
Some Post-H.S. 2,033 307 16.2 13.9-18.7 679 34.6 31.4-37.9 655 33.6 30.1-37.3 273 10.7 9.0-12.7 119 5.0 3.9- 6.3
College Graduate 2,400 653 30.5 27.8-33.3 974 41.7 38.9-44.6 550 21.1 18.8-23.7 179 5.6 4.5- 6.8 44 1.1 0.8- 1.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 930 42 4.4 3.0- 6.4 134 17.8 14.1-22.3 270 31.2 26.7-36.1 275 27.1 23.2-31.4 209 19.5 16.1-23.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,247 94 8.5 6.3-11.3 281 19.9 16.8-23.3 461 38.1 33.8-42.7 253 21.7 18.0-26.0 158 11.8 8.9-15.6
$25,000- 34,999 812 104 16.7 12.2-22.3 239 28.0 23.6-32.8 296 37.7 32.1-43.5 128 13.7 10.7-17.4 45 3.9 2.7- 5.8
$35,000- 49,999 933 153 17.7 14.2-22.0 344 39.5 34.8-44.4 287 28.8 24.5-33.4 117 11.0 8.4-14.2 32 3.0 2.0- 4.6
$50,000- 74,999 948 201 22.7 19.1-26.8 404 42.6 38.0-47.4 256 26.9 23.0-31.2 69 6.4 4.7- 8.6 18 1.4 0.8- 2.4
$75,000+ 1,336 440 35.0 31.5-38.7 574 43.2 39.6-47.0 245 17.2 14.6-20.0 63 4.0 2.9- 5.5 14 0.6 0.3- 1.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,942 114 5.1 3.8- 6.6 511 19.4 17.1-21.9 955 30.5 28.0-33.1 812 28.1 25.4-30.9 550 17.0 14.9-19.2
No 4,397 1,060 25.5 23.5-27.5 1,763 39.1 36.9-41.3 1,256 29.7 27.4-32.0 287 5.3 4.4- 6.2 31 0.5 0.3- 0.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 175 34 21.1 13.1-32.3 61 35.0 26.0-45.3 44 28.7 19.7-39.6 25 11.3 6.7-18.4 11 3.9 1.7- 8.5
Non-Veteran 7,449 1,198 18.8 17.4-20.3 2,293 32.1 30.4-33.8 2,269 30.3 28.5-32.1 1,115 13.0 11.9-14.3 574 5.8 5.1- 6.6

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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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