2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Social Context-AFRICAN AMERICANS

How often in the past 12 months would you say you were worried or stressed about having enough money to pay
your rent/mortgage? Would you say you were worried or stressed-
Always, Usually, Sometimes, Rarely or Never?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Always Usually Sometimes Rarely Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,280 992 12.5 11.4-13.7 427 5.5 4.8- 6.4 1,610 19.3 18.1-20.7 1,282 15.6 14.4-16.9 4,969 47.0 45.4-48.7
-AFRICAN AMERICANS 1,447 194 14.9 12.1-18.1 59 4.0 2.7- 5.9 350 24.7 21.5-28.2 187 14.4 11.6-17.8 657 42.0 37.9-46.1
GENDER
Male 439 47 12.8 8.5-18.8 18 3.3 1.7- 6.3 82 17.9 13.5-23.4 50 13.8 9.4-19.9 242 52.1 45.1-59.1
Female 1,008 147 16.4 13.1-20.3 41 4.5 2.7- 7.4 268 29.8 25.5-34.3 137 14.9 11.6-19.0 415 34.4 29.9-39.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 12 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 1,432 193 15.0 12.2-18.2 58 4.0 2.7- 6.0 348 25.0 21.7-28.5 184 14.3 11.5-17.6 649 41.7 37.7-45.9
AGE
18-34 213 28 13.8 9.0-20.5 *** *** *** 53 23.2 17.1-30.7 50 22.3 15.6-30.7 72 36.0 27.7-45.1
35-44 200 35 19.5 13.1-28.1 12 5.9 2.7-12.5 57 27.7 19.8-37.4 29 12.8 7.0-22.2 67 34.1 24.7-44.9
45-54 310 51 18.9 12.2-28.2 *** *** *** 79 21.3 15.9-28.0 47 11.7 7.9-17.0 123 44.9 36.8-53.2
55-64 338 46 12.4 8.1-18.7 16 3.4 1.9- 6.0 78 28.4 21.6-36.5 33 9.2 5.6-14.7 165 46.6 38.5-54.8
65-74 224 20 10.4 4.4-22.6 *** *** *** 53 20.1 13.9-28.0 17 10.5 5.2-20.2 131 58.7 48.0-68.6
75+ 145 12 7.5 3.6-15.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 229 40 15.9 9.9-24.4 *** *** *** 69 32.5 23.9-42.4 20 13.3 6.7-24.5 96 35.8 27.1-45.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 486 83 20.0 14.6-26.9 27 4.2 2.4- 7.4 129 25.4 20.1-31.5 46 9.1 6.0-13.6 201 41.2 34.3-48.5
Some Post-H.S. 369 46 12.0 8.1-17.3 17 4.8 2.5- 9.2 82 21.2 15.9-27.8 64 19.1 13.3-26.5 160 42.9 35.3-50.8
College Graduate 361 25 8.2 4.8-13.8 11 3.4 1.2- 9.2 69 22.0 16.5-28.7 57 18.3 13.3-24.5 199 48.2 41.0-55.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 280 76 27.2 20.0-35.9 11 4.7 1.7-11.8 83 30.2 22.7-39.0 24 10.7 5.7-19.2 86 27.3 20.0-36.0
$15,000- 24,999 336 61 23.4 16.6-31.9 25 3.5 1.9- 6.4 105 32.5 25.5-40.4 37 12.4 7.4-19.9 108 28.2 21.5-36.0
$25,000- 34,999 169 15 9.0 4.3-17.7 *** *** *** 43 21.0 13.9-30.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 191 11 6.2 2.7-13.8 *** *** *** 45 24.5 16.6-34.5 32 14.6 8.9-22.9 *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 122 *** *** *** *** *** *** 19 8.3 4.3-15.5 22 17.3 9.6-29.2 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 165 *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 6.4 3.3-12.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 435 77 19.2 13.5-26.7 22 7.6 4.1-13.9 114 32.0 25.2-39.7 31 5.4 3.4- 8.5 191 35.7 28.4-43.8
No 1,006 115 13.3 10.3-17.0 35 2.9 1.7- 4.8 235 22.5 18.9-26.4 156 17.3 13.8-21.5 465 44.0 39.3-48.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 166 13 7.6 3.5-15.7 *** *** *** 30 20.3 12.7-30.9 18 10.5 5.8-18.1 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,281 181 15.9 12.9-19.4 55 4.4 2.9- 6.6 320 25.3 21.9-29.1 169 15.0 11.9-18.7 556 39.4 35.2-43.8

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*Asked only of those who rent or own their home.

These questions have not been asked in previous years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2011 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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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