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
-WHITES 7,948 3,616 40.0 38.3-41.7 4,332 60.0 58.3-61.7
GENDER
Male 3,012 1,413 41.2 38.5-43.9 1,599 58.8 56.1-61.5
Female 4,936 2,203 39.0 36.9-41.1 2,733 61.0 58.9-63.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 122 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 7,814 3,565 40.0 38.4-41.7 4,249 60.0 58.3-61.6
AGE
18-34 542 85 18.9 14.7-24.0 457 81.1 76.0-85.3
35-44 947 266 29.3 25.3-33.7 681 70.7 66.3-74.7
45-54 1,427 535 36.8 33.1-40.7 892 63.2 59.3-66.9
55-64 1,867 998 53.8 50.5-57.2 869 46.2 42.8-49.5
65-74 1,707 989 60.1 56.6-63.4 718 39.9 36.6-43.4
75+ 1,380 718 50.1 46.1-54.1 662 49.9 45.9-53.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 775 431 49.9 44.2-55.7 344 50.1 44.3-55.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,159 1,111 45.2 41.8-48.6 1,048 54.8 51.4-58.2
Some Post-H.S. 2,058 944 39.7 36.5-43.0 1,114 60.3 57.0-63.5
College Graduate 2,937 1,124 32.1 29.8-34.5 1,813 67.9 65.5-70.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 717 413 50.6 44.7-56.6 304 49.4 43.4-55.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,162 597 45.8 41.0-50.6 565 54.2 49.4-59.0
$25,000- 34,999 749 373 44.7 39.1-50.4 376 55.3 49.6-60.9
$35,000- 49,999 1,006 488 41.8 37.2-46.5 518 58.2 53.5-62.8
$50,000- 74,999 1,074 452 36.6 32.2-41.3 622 63.4 58.7-67.8
$75,000+ 1,847 660 32.7 29.6-35.9 1,187 67.3 64.1-70.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,493 1,414 55.3 52.2-58.4 1,079 44.7 41.6-47.8
No 5,111 2,068 34.7 32.7-36.8 3,043 65.3 63.2-67.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,222 623 47.6 43.4-51.9 599 52.4 48.1-56.6
Non-Veteran 6,725 2,993 38.7 36.9-40.6 3,732 61.3 59.4-63.1

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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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