2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

(Ever told) you have kidney disease?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 11,500 349 2.2 1.8- 2.6 11,151 97.8 97.4-98.2
GENDER
Male 4,300 129 1.8 1.4- 2.3 4,171 98.2 97.7-98.6
Female 7,200 220 2.6 2.0- 3.3 6,980 97.4 96.7-98.0
RACE
White 8,786 275 2.6 2.2- 3.2 8,511 97.4 96.8-97.8
African American 1,811 58 1.4 0.9- 2.1 1,753 98.6 97.9-99.1
Native American 268 *** *** *** 258 98.3 96.1-99.2
Other Minorities 552 *** *** *** 547 99.6 98.4-99.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 522 *** *** *** 514 98.9 97.5-99.6
-English Speaking 231 *** *** *** 227 99.2 97.6-99.7
-Spanish Speaking 291 *** *** *** 287 98.8 96.4-99.6
Non-Hispanic 10,943 339 2.3 1.9- 2.7 10,604 97.7 97.3-98.1
AGE
18-34 1,426 12 1.0 0.4- 2.3 1,414 99.0 97.7-99.6
35-44 1,549 21 1.0 0.6- 1.7 1,528 99.0 98.3-99.4
45-54 2,089 56 2.2 1.6- 3.2 2,033 97.8 96.8-98.4
55-64 2,470 80 3.3 2.4- 4.6 2,390 96.7 95.4-97.6
65-74 2,118 84 3.5 2.6- 4.6 2,034 96.5 95.4-97.4
75+ 1,711 95 6.0 4.4- 8.2 1,616 94.0 91.8-95.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,448 68 3.3 2.3- 4.7 1,380 96.7 95.3-97.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 3,298 110 1.8 1.3- 2.4 3,188 98.2 97.6-98.7
Some Post-H.S. 2,895 94 2.6 1.8- 3.7 2,801 97.4 96.3-98.2
College Graduate 3,829 76 1.4 1.0- 2.0 3,753 98.6 98.0-99.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,372 73 3.4 2.4- 4.8 1,299 96.6 95.2-97.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,952 68 2.6 1.7- 4.0 1,884 97.4 96.0-98.3
$25,000- 34,999 1,117 33 1.9 1.2- 3.0 1,084 98.1 97.0-98.8
$35,000- 49,999 1,410 37 2.3 1.4- 3.7 1,373 97.7 96.3-98.6
$50,000-74,999 1,342 25 1.3 0.7- 2.4 1,317 98.7 97.6-99.3
$75,000+ 2,265 33 1.1 0.7- 1.7 2,232 98.9 98.3-99.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,400 204 4.9 3.8- 6.3 3,196 95.1 93.7-96.2
No 7,543 126 1.3 1.0- 1.7 7,417 98.7 98.3-99.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,591 64 2.5 1.8- 3.5 1,527 97.5 96.5-98.2
Non-Veteran 9,904 285 2.2 1.8- 2.6 9,619 97.8 97.4-98.2

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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).

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