2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Social Context-WHITES

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, Some times, 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
-WHITES 8,035 419 5.7 5.0- 6.6 256 3.9 3.3- 4.7 938 13.4 12.2-14.7 894 13.7 12.4-15.1 5,528 63.3 61.5-65.0
GENDER
Male 3,041 133 5.0 3.9- 6.3 84 3.8 2.8- 5.2 265 11.0 9.2-13.2 305 12.1 10.3-14.1 2,254 68.1 65.3-70.7
Female 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
HISPANIC
Hispanic 142 *** *** *** *** *** *** 19 14.5 7.4-26.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 7,882 407 5.6 4.8- 6.5 246 3.9 3.2- 4.7 919 13.4 12.1-14.7 876 13.6 12.4-15.0 5,434 63.5 61.7-65.3
AGE
18-34 745 38 4.6 3.0- 6.8 39 5.6 3.8- 8.3 129 14.3 11.5-17.7 134 18.4 15.0-22.5 405 57.1 52.3-61.7
35-44 994 72 7.9 5.8-10.6 51 4.4 3.0- 6.4 153 17.4 14.0-21.3 181 19.4 15.9-23.4 537 51.0 46.5-55.5
45-54 1,433 113 8.8 6.9-11.1 62 4.0 2.8- 5.7 208 15.5 12.7-18.8 202 14.1 11.7-16.8 848 57.7 53.8-61.5
55-64 1,819 105 5.3 4.0- 7.2 63 4.0 2.8- 5.6 210 11.9 9.8-14.3 180 10.0 8.0-12.4 1,261 68.7 65.4-71.9
65-74 1,645 58 3.0 2.0- 4.4 24 1.6 0.9- 2.6 132 7.9 6.3- 9.9 108 6.2 4.8- 8.1 1,323 81.3 78.6-83.8
75+ 1,327 25 2.1 1.3- 3.4 15 1.5 0.7- 3.3 101 8.4 6.4-11.1 77 5.4 4.0- 7.2 1,109 82.6 79.3-85.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 798 98 14.0 10.6-18.2 40 5.4 3.3- 8.8 168 21.5 17.2-26.6 53 9.1 5.9-13.7 439 50.1 44.3-55.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,206 138 4.9 3.8- 6.2 78 3.9 2.9- 5.2 314 15.4 13.0-18.2 251 13.9 11.6-16.5 1,425 61.9 58.5-65.2
Some Post-H.S. 2,092 128 5.8 4.5- 7.6 76 4.6 3.3- 6.3 255 13.2 11.1-15.7 282 17.3 14.7-20.2 1,351 59.1 55.7-62.4
College Graduate 2,922 52 2.3 1.6- 3.3 62 2.6 1.8- 3.7 201 7.7 6.3- 9.4 307 11.4 9.8-13.3 2,300 76.0 73.5-78.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 754 161 18.7 14.9-23.2 70 12.8 8.8-18.2 171 24.3 19.7-29.5 72 11.8 8.3-16.4 280 32.5 27.3-38.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,216 117 11.4 8.7-14.7 64 7.1 4.9-10.2 238 22.5 18.9-26.6 145 16.4 12.6-21.0 652 42.6 38.1-47.3
$25,000- 34,999 781 39 6.9 4.6-10.2 31 5.3 3.2- 8.6 113 14.8 11.5-18.8 99 17.6 13.5-22.7 499 55.3 49.8-60.8
$35,000- 49,999 1,009 21 3.6 2.0- 6.4 30 3.0 1.9- 4.8 115 12.2 9.4-15.7 140 13.7 10.9-17.2 703 67.4 62.8-71.7
$50,000- 74,999 1,071 16 2.2 1.2- 3.9 21 1.8 0.9- 3.3 99 13.7 10.2-18.2 125 11.9 9.2-15.2 810 70.4 65.6-74.8
$75,000+ 1,828 *** *** *** *** *** *** 54 4.2 3.0- 5.9 171 11.1 8.9-13.8 1,586 82.9 79.8-85.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,558 273 12.0 10.1-14.2 129 6.7 5.1- 8.7 417 19.2 16.8-21.9 272 13.0 10.9-15.5 1,467 49.1 46.0-52.3
No 5,447 143 3.5 2.8- 4.4 127 3.0 2.3- 3.8 518 11.3 9.9-12.8 619 13.9 12.4-15.6 4,040 68.4 66.3-70.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,192 36 2.5 1.6- 3.8 23 3.1 1.7- 5.4 72 7.0 5.2- 9.4 89 8.8 6.5-11.8 972 78.6 74.8-82.0
Non-Veteran 6,842 383 6.2 5.4- 7.2 233 4.1 3.3- 4.9 866 14.3 13.0-15.8 805 14.4 13.0-16.0 4,555 60.9 59.0-62.9

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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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