2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 10,188 4,571 38.5 37.0-40.0 5,617 61.5 60.0-63.0
-MALES 3,737 1,732 39.5 37.1-41.9 2,005 60.5 58.1-62.9
RACE
White 3,012 1,413 41.2 38.5-43.9 1,599 58.8 56.1-61.5
African American 474 215 35.0 29.3-41.3 259 65.0 58.7-70.7
Other Minorities 223 93 34.5 25.5-44.8 130 65.5 55.2-74.5
AGE
18-34 334 62 18.7 14.0-24.5 272 81.3 75.5-86.0
35-44 483 157 32.2 26.5-38.4 326 67.8 61.6-73.5
45-54 698 278 37.3 32.2-42.8 420 62.7 57.2-67.8
55-64 892 505 56.5 51.6-61.2 387 43.5 38.8-48.4
65-74 775 441 56.9 51.5-62.2 334 43.1 37.8-48.5
75+ 524 278 52.0 45.1-58.8 246 48.0 41.2-54.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 427 226 44.6 37.7-51.8 201 55.4 48.2-62.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,001 483 41.8 37.2-46.5 518 58.2 53.5-62.8
Some Post-H.S. 879 389 37.6 33.0-42.4 490 62.4 57.6-67.0
College Graduate 1,416 630 36.8 33.4-40.4 786 63.2 59.6-66.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 318 166 46.1 37.8-54.5 152 53.9 45.5-62.2
$15,000- 24,999 551 257 38.6 32.2-45.5 294 61.4 54.5-67.8
$25,000- 34,999 374 180 39.4 32.0-47.3 194 60.6 52.7-68.0
$35,000- 49,999 514 253 45.5 39.2-51.9 261 54.5 48.1-60.8
$50,000- 74,999 546 246 39.3 33.2-45.8 300 60.7 54.2-66.8
$75,000+ 974 413 37.1 32.7-41.7 561 62.9 58.3-67.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,070 613 54.0 49.2-58.7 457 46.0 41.3-50.8
No 2,482 1,045 35.2 32.5-38.1 1,437 64.8 61.9-67.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,347 697 47.9 43.8-52.0 650 52.1 48.0-56.2
Non-Veteran 2,388 1,034 36.5 33.6-39.4 1,354 63.5 60.6-66.4

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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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