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2010 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days-WHITES

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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
-WHITES 9,298 6,624 67.9 66.3-69.5 642 8.3 7.4- 9.4 744 9.5 8.5-10.6 702 8.1 7.2- 9.1 586 6.1 5.4- 7.0
GENDER
Male 3,558 2,766 74.0 71.7-76.3 198 7.1 5.7- 8.8 206 7.6 6.3- 9.3 213 6.3 5.2- 7.5 175 4.9 4.0- 6.0
Female 5,740 3,858 62.2 60.1-64.3 444 9.5 8.3-10.8 538 11.2 9.8-12.7 489 9.9 8.5-11.5 411 7.3 6.1- 8.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 175 123 73.7 63.7-81.7 11 6.8 3.1-14.4 16 9.8 4.8-18.9 13 5.2 2.5-10.6 12 4.4 2.1- 9.1
Non-Hispanic 9,119 6,498 67.7 66.1-69.3 630 8.4 7.5- 9.4 728 9.5 8.5-10.6 689 8.2 7.3- 9.3 574 6.2 5.4- 7.1
AGE
18-24 227 139 57.8 48.7-66.4 26 12.5 7.7-19.7 28 13.6 8.6-20.9 21 9.9 5.4-17.4 13 6.2 2.8-13.3
25-34 628 365 60.7 55.7-65.5 71 9.9 7.4-13.2 92 14.8 11.6-18.8 58 8.8 6.4-11.9 42 5.7 3.9- 8.3
35-44 1,257 765 63.5 60.1-66.8 130 10.5 8.5-12.9 146 10.8 8.9-13.0 125 9.0 7.3-11.1 91 6.2 4.8- 7.9
45-54 1,707 1,091 66.1 63.2-69.0 145 8.4 6.9-10.2 152 8.2 6.7-10.0 179 9.6 8.0-11.6 140 7.6 6.1- 9.4
55-64 2,098 1,477 70.4 67.6-73.1 118 5.9 4.6- 7.6 170 8.1 6.6- 9.9 184 8.8 7.3-10.7 149 6.7 5.4- 8.5
65+ 3,311 2,731 83.1 81.4-84.7 144 4.4 3.6- 5.4 156 4.5 3.7- 5.6 130 3.5 2.8- 4.3 150 4.5 3.6- 5.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,003 691 60.9 55.3-66.3 29 4.1 2.5- 6.5 56 7.4 5.1-10.6 96 10.8 8.1-14.4 131 16.8 12.2-22.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,616 1,890 70.1 67.0-72.9 130 6.5 4.9- 8.6 179 7.1 5.8- 8.6 228 10.0 8.1-12.2 189 6.4 5.2- 7.8
Some Post-H.S. 2,349 1,644 65.2 61.7-68.6 176 9.5 7.4-12.0 199 11.3 8.9-14.3 183 8.1 6.3-10.5 147 5.9 4.7- 7.3
College Graduate 3,318 2,388 69.9 67.6-72.2 307 10.1 8.8-11.7 310 10.7 9.2-12.3 194 6.0 4.9- 7.3 119 3.3 2.5- 4.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 822 481 52.8 47.2-58.4 35 8.9 5.0-15.5 58 5.9 4.1- 8.5 104 14.1 10.8-18.3 144 18.2 14.9-22.2
$15,000- 24,999 1,339 881 59.8 55.5-64.0 72 5.4 3.9- 7.4 116 10.4 8.0-13.5 144 13.8 10.7-17.6 126 10.6 8.4-13.4
$25,000- 34,999 958 678 68.2 63.1-72.9 69 7.5 5.4-10.3 69 7.0 5.1- 9.5 72 9.5 6.2-14.1 70 7.8 5.6-10.9
$35,000-49,999 1,185 856 70.5 66.4-74.3 86 9.5 6.9-12.9 102 9.0 6.8-11.8 89 7.6 5.7-10.1 52 3.4 2.4- 4.8
$50,000- 74,999 1,310 957 68.7 64.7-72.4 105 9.0 7.0-11.6 120 12.3 9.4-15.9 87 7.1 5.3- 9.5 41 2.9 1.9- 4.4
$75,000+ 2,220 1,653 72.3 69.3-75.0 196 9.9 8.0-12.3 194 9.8 8.1-11.8 112 5.6 4.4- 7.1 65 2.4 1.8- 3.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,390 2,075 56.7 53.9-59.5 183 5.9 4.8- 7.2 308 9.7 8.3-11.4 417 14.0 12.2-16.0 407 13.7 11.6-16.0
No 5,571 4,290 72.6 70.6-74.6 441 9.7 8.4-11.2 416 9.4 8.1-10.9 266 5.6 4.5- 6.8 158 2.7 2.2- 3.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,350 1,102 79.6 76.2-82.7 48 3.8 2.6- 5.8 64 5.4 3.8- 7.6 68 5.3 3.8- 7.5 68 5.8 4.2- 7.9
Non-Veteran 7,946 5,520 66.0 64.3-67.8 594 9.1 8.0-10.2 680 10.1 9.0-11.3 634 8.6 7.6- 9.7 518 6.2 5.4- 7.1

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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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