2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,343 1,816 39.3 37.2-41.4 3,527 60.7 58.6-62.8
-AFRICAN AMERICANS 820 300 38.8 34.0-43.9 520 61.2 56.1-66.0
GENDER
Male 251 99 38.5 30.6-47.0 152 61.5 53.0-69.4
Female 569 201 39.1 33.2-45.3 368 60.9 54.7-66.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 809 298 39.1 34.2-44.3 511 60.9 55.7-65.8
AGE
18-34 155 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 173 57 31.0 22.9-40.4 116 69.0 59.6-77.1
55-64 170 59 37.2 27.9-47.5 111 62.8 52.5-72.1
65-74 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 133 46 30.8 21.8-41.4 87 69.2 58.6-78.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 254 89 35.9 27.8-44.9 165 64.1 55.1-72.2
Some Post-H.S. 211 95 50.2 40.2-60.2 116 49.8 39.8-59.8
College Graduate 219 69 29.9 22.9-38.0 150 70.1 62.0-77.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 159 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 182 76 39.6 30.3-49.7 106 60.4 50.3-69.7
$25,000- 34,999 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 227 76 35.1 26.8-44.5 151 64.9 55.5-73.2
No 590 224 39.9 34.2-45.9 366 60.1 54.1-65.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 729 263 38.5 33.3-43.9 466 61.5 56.1-66.7

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2011 are NOT comparable to 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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