2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status-MALES

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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
-MALES 4,293 698 17.4 15.7-19.2 1,302 32.3 30.1-34.5 1,331 31.5 29.3-33.7 645 14.1 12.6-15.8 317 4.7 4.0- 5.6
RACE
White 3,354 554 17.3 15.4-19.4 1,071 35.1 32.6-37.7 1,017 29.3 26.9-31.8 466 13.2 11.5-15.1 246 5.1 4.2- 6.1
African American 571 81 18.3 14.0-23.6 156 30.4 25.1-36.4 194 36.2 30.7-42.2 100 11.4 8.7-14.9 40 3.5 2.2- 5.7
Other Minorities 337 57 16.2 11.0-23.1 71 18.0 13.0-24.5 110 37.0 29.4-45.3 70 24.5 17.7-32.9 29 4.4 2.6- 7.2
AGE
18-34 588 147 23.9 20.0-28.4 215 34.8 30.2-39.6 175 32.4 27.8-37.4 46 8.2 5.7-11.5 *** *** ***
35-44 590 128 21.1 17.1-25.8 223 36.4 31.3-41.8 168 28.9 24.0-34.4 57 11.0 7.8-15.2 14 2.6 1.3- 5.1
45-54 788 128 13.0 10.3-16.2 250 34.2 29.4-39.3 231 30.3 25.8-35.2 121 17.3 13.5-21.9 58 5.3 3.7- 7.4
55-64 940 135 12.5 10.1-15.5 261 27.8 23.9-32.1 290 32.6 28.2-37.3 160 18.7 15.2-22.8 94 8.3 6.3-11.0
65-74 798 101 9.8 7.5-12.7 226 26.6 22.3-31.3 251 32.3 27.6-37.4 148 21.3 17.1-26.1 72 10.0 7.1-14.0
75+ 556 46 6.5 4.3- 9.7 119 21.3 16.4-27.1 211 35.4 29.6-41.6 108 23.4 17.5-30.6 72 13.5 9.5-18.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 562 32 10.2 6.6-15.4 81 16.5 12.3-21.7 173 32.4 26.7-38.5 169 30.1 24.6-36.2 107 10.8 8.2-14.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,227 132 15.5 12.5-18.9 312 28.3 24.6-32.4 443 36.8 32.6-41.1 241 14.7 12.1-17.7 99 4.8 3.5- 6.4
Some Post-H.S. 987 129 16.1 12.8-19.9 341 40.7 36.1-45.4 320 29.3 25.2-33.7 133 10.7 8.4-13.4 64 3.3 2.3- 4.5
College Graduate 1,501 401 27.2 24.1-30.6 566 39.8 36.3-43.4 390 26.7 23.5-30.2 101 4.8 3.6- 6.3 43 1.4 1.0- 2.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 408 26 11.5 6.9-18.4 56 20.8 15.0-28.3 117 25.7 19.8-32.5 119 28.8 22.5-35.9 90 13.2 9.6-17.9
$15,000- 24,999 700 67 12.0 8.7-16.5 155 24.1 19.5-29.5 223 32.4 27.1-38.3 171 24.5 19.7-30.1 84 6.9 4.9- 9.5
$25,000- 34,999 436 50 15.2 9.9-22.5 110 25.7 19.7-32.9 159 39.8 32.7-47.3 86 15.4 11.0-21.1 31 3.9 2.3- 6.5
$35,000- 49,999 580 77 17.7 13.1-23.3 191 31.9 26.6-37.7 204 34.9 29.4-40.8 76 12.0 8.5-16.6 32 3.5 2.2- 5.7
$50,000- 74,999 585 108 18.2 13.8-23.5 227 41.3 35.1-47.8 177 29.4 24.0-35.4 58 9.0 6.2-12.8 15 2.2 1.0- 4.6
$75,000+ 1,027 289 26.2 22.6-30.3 416 41.7 37.3-46.3 256 26.2 22.0-30.8 54 4.7 2.9- 7.5 12 1.1 0.5- 2.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,174 58 4.4 3.0- 6.4 176 15.6 12.4-19.3 356 32.9 28.5-37.6 332 29.6 25.6-33.9 252 17.6 14.7-20.9
No 2,903 609 21.6 19.4-24.0 1,059 36.3 33.7-39.0 922 31.6 29.0-34.3 272 9.5 8.0-11.4 41 1.0 0.6- 1.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,434 200 15.0 12.2-18.3 407 32.5 28.7-36.6 478 30.7 27.2-34.5 228 14.2 11.8-17.1 121 7.5 5.8- 9.6
Non-Veteran 2,856 498 18.1 16.1-20.3 894 32.2 29.7-34.9 853 31.7 29.1-34.4 415 14.1 12.2-16.1 196 3.9 3.1- 4.8

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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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