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 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
-FEMALES 5,831 696 13.9 12.6-15.4 282 6.3 5.2- 7.6 1,093 21.4 19.7-23.2 784 14.4 13.0-15.9 2,976 44.0 42.0-46.1
RACE
White 4,400 472 12.7 11.2-14.4 207 6.4 5.1- 7.9 729 18.2 16.4-20.2 592 14.3 12.7-16.0 2,400 48.4 46.1-50.8
African American 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
Other Minorities 388 72 18.6 13.5-25.0 31 10.8 6.2-18.1 87 25.6 19.5-32.9 49 13.8 8.6-21.4 149 31.3 25.2-38.1
AGE
18-34 618 86 13.6 10.4-17.6 43 8.9 6.0-13.0 138 21.5 17.6-25.9 126 19.9 16.1-24.4 225 36.0 30.8-41.6
35-44 833 128 17.1 13.7-21.1 57 8.3 5.7-11.8 190 22.6 18.5-27.3 130 14.6 11.3-18.6 328 37.5 32.7-42.5
45-54 1,141 188 17.3 14.4-20.6 75 6.1 4.4- 8.3 246 23.7 20.1-27.7 177 15.1 12.4-18.3 455 37.9 33.9-42.0
55-64 1,309 165 15.4 12.5-18.8 67 5.1 3.7- 6.9 234 19.8 16.7-23.3 172 11.8 9.6-14.4 671 48.0 44.1-51.9
65-74 1,027 83 8.2 5.9-11.1 21 2.3 1.2- 4.3 160 18.0 14.7-21.9 98 7.5 5.8- 9.7 665 64.0 59.5-68.2
75+ 844 39 4.5 3.1- 6.6 18 2.0 1.1- 3.5 116 19.2 14.6-24.9 68 8.3 6.0-11.5 603 65.9 60.5-71.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 689 149 21.2 17.0-26.0 38 8.4 4.9-14.1 172 27.5 22.2-33.4 52 11.4 7.4-17.1 278 31.6 26.6-37.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,620 230 15.7 13.0-18.8 76 4.9 3.5- 6.8 348 24.6 21.3-28.2 193 10.9 8.9-13.4 773 43.9 39.8-48.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,536 202 14.6 12.0-17.6 90 8.0 6.0-10.7 300 22.4 19.3-25.9 225 15.3 12.7-18.4 719 39.7 35.9-43.5
College Graduate 1,980 114 7.2 5.7- 9.1 78 4.3 3.1- 6.0 271 13.2 11.2-15.4 314 18.4 15.9-21.2 1,203 56.9 53.6-60.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 737 233 31.3 26.2-36.8 60 9.7 6.4-14.5 186 27.6 22.5-33.4 57 8.8 5.6-13.8 201 22.6 18.1-27.7
$15,000- 24,999 1,000 184 23.8 19.5-28.6 74 8.0 5.7-11.1 261 31.4 26.6-36.5 107 10.0 7.5-13.2 374 26.8 22.8-31.2
$25,000- 34,999 558 68 13.3 9.6-18.2 31 8.0 4.9-12.8 128 24.2 19.1-30.1 80 17.1 12.1-23.7 251 37.4 31.4-44.0
$35,000- 49,999 701 73 13.1 9.6-17.6 26 5.3 2.8- 9.6 135 22.0 17.4-27.5 120 19.2 14.9-24.4 347 40.4 35.0-46.0
$50,000- 74,999 669 27 6.7 4.1-10.6 29 5.2 3.2- 8.4 112 17.5 13.5-22.5 118 20.0 15.5-25.4 383 50.6 44.8-56.4
$75,000+ 1,119 26 3.0 1.9- 4.7 27 3.8 2.1- 6.8 116 11.4 9.1-14.3 197 18.5 15.4-22.0 753 63.3 59.0-67.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,827 361 22.7 19.7-25.9 117 8.9 6.7-11.6 361 21.9 18.9-25.2 184 9.6 7.6-11.9 804 37.0 33.5-40.6
No 3,983 331 10.7 9.2-12.4 162 5.3 4.1- 6.8 730 21.2 19.2-23.4 600 16.2 14.4-18.1 2,160 46.6 44.1-49.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 124 15 9.3 4.6-18.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 5,707 681 14.1 12.7-15.6 277 6.3 5.2- 7.6 1,079 21.5 19.8-23.3 760 14.2 12.8-15.7 2,910 44.0 42.0-46.1

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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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