2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Social Context-FEMALES

How often in the past 12 months would you say you were worried or stressed about having enough money to buy
nutritious meals? 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 10,397 596 6.4 5.7- 7.3 366 4.1 3.5- 4.7 1,425 16.1 14.9-17.4 1,176 13.7 12.6-14.9 6,834 59.7 58.1-61.2
-FEMALES 6,562 412 6.9 6.0- 8.0 250 4.3 3.6- 5.2 1,026 18.0 16.6-19.6 798 15.2 13.7-16.9 4,076 55.5 53.5-57.4
RACE
White 4,994 286 6.4 5.4- 7.7 172 4.0 3.2- 5.1 673 15.5 14.0-17.2 589 15.1 13.3-17.0 3,274 58.9 56.6-61.1
African American 1,091 83 8.1 6.0-10.9 45 4.5 2.9- 7.0 241 23.1 19.4-27.3 151 15.5 12.4-19.2 571 48.8 44.0-53.6
Other Minorities 433 41 8.4 5.2-13.4 32 7.3 4.5-11.5 99 26.0 20.0-33.1 54 16.0 10.6-23.4 207 42.3 35.4-49.6
AGE
18-34 710 46 6.3 4.3- 9.1 39 5.2 3.4- 7.9 156 19.7 16.3-23.7 129 18.4 14.9-22.6 340 50.3 45.2-55.4
35-44 870 64 8.1 5.9-11.0 48 4.9 3.2- 7.4 184 24.3 20.2-28.8 166 21.7 17.4-26.6 408 41.1 36.4-46.1
45-54 1,210 110 9.8 7.6-12.5 70 5.5 4.0- 7.5 211 18.0 15.1-21.3 167 16.3 13.3-19.9 652 50.4 46.3-54.5
55-64 1,425 98 7.2 5.3- 9.7 57 4.6 3.2- 6.6 207 15.4 12.9-18.3 163 12.3 9.8-15.4 900 60.4 56.6-64.2
65-74 1,217 60 4.4 3.0- 6.5 18 1.4 0.7- 2.7 147 11.4 9.2-14.0 92 6.8 5.2- 8.9 900 76.0 72.5-79.1
75+ 1,048 25 2.8 1.7- 4.5 16 1.5 0.8- 2.9 110 13.2 10.1-17.0 69 6.2 4.5- 8.5 828 76.4 72.2-80.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 787 90 10.4 7.7-13.8 38 4.2 2.7- 6.4 220 29.4 24.5-34.7 62 13.6 9.2-19.4 377 42.5 36.8-48.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,858 147 7.3 5.8- 9.3 86 5.3 3.9- 7.2 324 18.6 16.0-21.5 221 13.6 11.3-16.4 1,080 55.2 51.4-58.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,753 124 7.7 5.9-10.1 74 4.9 3.4- 6.8 278 17.4 14.8-20.3 248 18.7 15.7-22.1 1,029 51.3 47.6-55.0
College Graduate 2,155 50 3.3 2.3- 4.6 52 2.7 1.7- 4.1 203 11.6 9.7-13.9 266 13.3 11.3-15.6 1,584 69.1 66.1-72.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 844 157 15.7 12.3-19.7 77 10.5 7.5-14.6 228 30.8 25.7-36.4 95 14.1 10.3-19.0 287 28.9 24.3-34.0
$15,000- 24,999 1,143 115 12.2 9.4-15.9 65 6.9 4.8- 9.9 268 26.5 22.6-30.7 144 14.5 11.1-18.6 551 39.9 35.4-44.6
$25,000- 34,999 637 38 7.5 4.8-11.5 26 4.0 2.4- 6.7 118 19.6 15.4-24.7 90 18.5 13.9-24.0 365 50.4 44.2-56.5
$35,000- 49,999 763 23 5.3 3.0- 9.1 28 4.3 2.5- 7.3 105 14.7 11.3-18.8 123 18.3 14.2-23.3 484 57.4 51.5-63.0
$50,000- 74,999 709 12 2.7 1.3- 5.4 15 1.7 0.8- 3.5 74 16.1 11.8-21.7 92 14.3 10.5-19.2 516 65.1 59.1-70.7
$75,000+ 1,167 *** *** *** *** *** *** 50 6.8 4.8- 9.7 126 13.4 10.5-17.0 979 77.7 73.5-81.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,125 252 12.6 10.5-15.1 117 7.3 5.6- 9.5 425 22.7 19.9-25.8 244 14.2 11.6-17.2 1,087 43.3 39.9-46.7
No 4,414 160 4.8 3.9- 6.0 131 3.2 2.5- 4.2 597 16.3 14.6-18.1 552 15.6 13.8-17.6 2,974 60.1 57.7-62.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 134 *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 16.3 8.8-28.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 6,427 403 7.0 6.1- 8.1 245 4.3 3.6- 5.2 1,008 18.1 16.6-19.6 783 15.2 13.7-16.9 3,988 55.4 53.4-57.4

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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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