2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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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
-WHITES 8,787 1,550 19.0 17.7-20.3 2,814 34.2 32.6-35.9 2,540 28.4 26.8-29.9 1,206 12.7 11.6-13.8 677 5.8 5.2- 6.5
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
HISPANIC
Hispanic 158 34 22.0 13.5-33.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** 26 17.9 10.6-28.6 17 6.0 3.1-11.4
Non-Hispanic 8,617 1,516 18.9 17.6-20.3 2,772 34.5 32.8-36.1 2,492 28.3 26.8-29.9 1,178 12.5 11.4-13.7 659 5.8 5.2- 6.5
AGE
18-34 879 248 26.7 23.1-30.6 346 39.5 35.3-43.8 224 26.1 22.4-30.2 49 6.5 4.6- 9.1 12 1.2 0.5- 2.6
35-44 1,087 264 21.6 18.4-25.1 422 38.6 34.5-42.9 286 28.8 25.0-32.9 82 8.2 6.1-10.9 33 2.8 1.7- 4.6
45-54 1,539 318 18.3 15.7-21.1 510 33.6 30.2-37.2 418 27.3 24.1-30.8 176 14.1 11.4-17.4 117 6.7 5.2- 8.6
55-64 1,952 324 15.1 13.1-17.3 612 31.1 28.2-34.2 555 29.8 26.9-33.0 290 15.5 13.2-18.1 171 8.5 6.9-10.4
65-74 1,766 246 12.7 10.6-15.0 545 29.0 26.1-32.0 528 30.1 27.1-33.3 296 19.3 16.5-22.4 151 9.0 7.0-11.5
75+ 1,481 130 7.5 6.0- 9.4 350 23.8 20.7-27.2 511 32.1 28.9-35.5 300 22.1 18.6-26.0 190 14.5 12.0-17.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 914 36 8.8 5.4-13.9 146 16.9 13.2-21.4 263 29.2 24.4-34.4 252 28.3 23.7-33.5 217 16.8 13.8-20.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,442 255 13.7 11.5-16.3 659 32.1 29.0-35.5 865 33.6 30.6-36.8 443 14.5 12.5-16.7 220 6.0 4.9- 7.4
Some Post-H.S. 2,263 336 17.1 14.8-19.7 804 38.6 35.5-41.9 671 28.6 25.7-31.6 296 11.0 9.2-13.0 156 4.7 3.7- 5.9
College Graduate 3,147 920 31.3 29.0-33.8 1,200 39.6 37.1-42.2 735 22.5 20.3-24.7 214 5.2 4.2- 6.3 78 1.4 1.1- 1.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 853 44 7.8 5.2-11.7 123 18.6 14.4-23.7 232 28.2 23.3-33.6 223 24.5 20.1-29.6 231 20.9 17.3-25.0
$15,000- 24,999 1,320 119 11.0 8.4-14.3 332 26.7 22.9-30.8 422 31.3 27.1-35.8 296 21.8 18.3-25.8 151 9.3 7.1-12.0
$25,000- 34,999 840 109 11.9 8.9-15.9 234 29.2 24.5-34.4 295 38.1 32.8-43.6 144 15.9 12.5-20.0 58 4.9 3.5- 6.9
$35,000- 49,999 1,101 175 18.3 14.8-22.5 398 34.5 30.2-39.1 359 32.6 28.5-37.0 126 11.3 8.7-14.5 43 3.3 2.1- 5.0
$50,000- 74,999 1,151 247 21.6 18.0-25.6 466 42.1 37.5-46.7 320 26.6 22.8-30.8 87 7.3 5.3- 9.9 31 2.5 1.4- 4.2
$75,000+ 1,946 610 31.0 28.1-34.2 801 42.8 39.5-46.2 422 20.8 18.2-23.7 93 4.3 2.9- 6.2 20 1.1 0.5- 2.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,686 133 5.3 4.1- 6.8 441 16.5 14.3-19.0 811 31.5 28.6-34.5 736 27.0 24.4-29.8 565 19.7 17.5-22.1
No 5,716 1,363 24.2 22.5-26.1 2,265 40.1 38.0-42.2 1,614 27.3 25.5-29.2 405 7.5 6.4- 8.8 69 0.9 0.6- 1.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,302 188 15.8 12.8-19.3 373 32.3 28.3-36.4 426 29.9 26.3-33.8 207 14.2 11.6-17.3 108 7.9 6.1-10.2
Non-Veteran 7,484 1,362 19.4 18.0-21.0 2,440 34.5 32.7-36.3 2,114 28.1 26.5-29.8 999 12.4 11.2-13.7 569 5.5 4.8- 6.2

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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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