2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status-FEMALES

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  Total
Respond.^		 Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,495 1,886 18.0 16.9-19.2 3,453 31.5 30.1-32.9 3,517 30.9 29.5-32.3 1,746 14.0 13.0-15.1 893 5.6 5.0- 6.1
-FEMALES 7,202 1,188 18.6 17.1-20.1 2,151 30.8 29.0-32.6 2,186 30.4 28.7-32.1 1,101 14.0 12.7-15.3 576 6.3 5.6- 7.2
RACE
White 5,433 996 20.5 18.7-22.3 1,743 33.4 31.4-35.6 1,523 27.5 25.6-29.5 740 12.1 10.8-13.6 431 6.5 5.6- 7.5
African American 1,230 128 14.7 11.5-18.7 287 24.9 21.1-29.1 477 37.7 33.6-42.0 243 16.8 13.8-20.1 95 5.9 4.2- 8.2
Other Minorities 487 57 11.3 8.0-15.7 105 23.2 17.6-29.9 165 35.3 28.9-42.3 114 24.0 18.6-30.4 46 6.2 4.1- 9.4
AGE
18-34 841 213 25.5 21.7-29.7 291 34.6 30.3-39.1 241 27.5 23.7-31.7 81 10.5 8.0-13.7 15 1.9 0.9- 3.8
35-44 958 238 23.0 19.6-26.9 319 32.2 27.8-36.9 269 31.0 26.7-35.6 97 11.2 8.5-14.6 35 2.6 1.7- 4.0
45-54 1,297 237 17.9 15.0-21.2 396 30.6 27.0-34.4 395 31.4 27.8-35.2 163 12.6 10.2-15.4 106 7.6 5.9- 9.8
55-64 1,529 223 13.1 11.1-15.5 455 28.6 25.5-32.0 463 31.7 28.4-35.3 244 16.5 13.8-19.6 144 10.0 7.9-12.7
65-74 1,319 166 12.1 9.7-14.9 383 27.7 24.4-31.3 402 31.6 28.1-35.3 244 19.2 16.2-22.6 124 9.4 7.4-11.9
75+ 1,155 93 6.8 5.3- 8.8 265 22.6 19.4-26.2 392 33.1 29.3-37.1 254 21.7 18.3-25.6 151 15.8 12.6-19.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 890 37 10.4 6.4-16.4 125 12.8 9.5-17.1 271 29.9 25.2-35.1 258 29.5 24.8-34.6 199 17.4 14.1-21.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,067 203 12.1 9.7-14.9 515 30.0 26.5-33.7 748 34.7 31.4-38.1 407 16.7 14.3-19.3 194 6.6 5.3- 8.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,906 288 18.4 15.8-21.4 629 33.1 29.9-36.6 596 32.7 29.4-36.1 268 11.1 9.1-13.3 125 4.7 3.6- 6.3
College Graduate 2,324 660 31.2 28.4-34.0 878 39.2 36.3-42.1 566 22.7 20.4-25.2 167 5.6 4.4- 7.0 53 1.4 1.0- 2.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 966 43 7.4 4.7-11.5 134 14.2 11.1-18.1 297 34.7 29.8-39.9 260 25.4 21.1-30.3 232 18.3 15.0-22.2
$15,000- 24,999 1,248 111 11.3 8.7-14.6 290 23.4 19.8-27.4 453 38.5 34.1-43.0 285 19.9 16.7-23.5 109 7.0 5.1- 9.5
$25,000- 34,999 681 96 13.8 9.9-18.8 195 31.9 26.3-38.1 238 34.3 28.8-40.3 110 15.1 11.5-19.5 42 4.9 3.3- 7.4
$35,000- 49,999 829 138 17.7 13.7-22.5 305 34.5 29.5-39.9 271 34.4 29.4-39.8 93 10.9 8.1-14.5 22 2.5 1.4- 4.6
$50,000- 74,999 759 173 25.4 20.7-30.8 309 41.1 35.8-46.6 216 26.9 22.3-32.0 44 4.7 3.1- 7.2 17 1.9 0.9- 3.9
$75,000+ 1,233 401 34.4 30.5-38.5 511 43.0 38.7-47.4 252 18.0 15.3-21.0 55 3.6 2.4- 5.3 14 1.1 0.5- 2.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,225 95 6.0 4.1- 8.5 343 15.1 12.7-17.7 670 29.9 27.0-32.9 645 28.5 25.5-31.7 472 20.6 18.0-23.4
No 4,640 1,051 23.8 21.8-25.8 1,715 36.5 34.2-38.8 1,407 30.2 28.1-32.4 401 8.4 7.2- 9.7 66 1.2 0.8- 1.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 146 24 18.9 11.1-30.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** 22 9.3 3.9-20.4 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 7,054 1,164 18.6 17.1-20.2 2,108 30.8 29.1-32.7 2,136 30.2 28.5-31.9 1,079 14.1 12.8-15.4 567 6.4 5.6- 7.2

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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).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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