2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,814 2,080 15.3 14.5-16.1 9,734 84.7 83.9-85.5
-AFRICAN AMERICANS 2,187 434 17.3 15.4-19.3 1,753 82.7 80.7-84.6
GENDER
Male 739 116 14.3 11.6-17.4 623 85.7 82.6-88.4
Female 1,448 318 19.8 17.4-22.4 1,130 80.2 77.6-82.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 2,127 425 17.4 15.6-19.5 1,702 82.6 80.5-84.4
AGE
18-34 468 51 11.6 8.7-15.2 417 88.4 84.8-91.3
35-44 324 38 12.0 8.4-17.0 286 88.0 83.0-91.6
45-54 418 102 21.2 17.0-26.0 316 78.8 74.0-83.0
55-64 452 126 27.4 22.6-32.8 326 72.6 67.2-77.4
65-74 314 64 19.1 14.1-25.3 250 80.9 74.7-85.9
75+ 179 48 27.5 19.8-36.7 131 72.5 63.3-80.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 345 105 25.0 19.8-31.0 240 75.0 69.0-80.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 689 133 16.3 13.3-19.9 556 83.7 80.1-86.7
Some Post-H.S. 640 126 17.2 14.1-20.8 514 82.8 79.2-85.9
College Graduate 503 69 11.3 8.5-14.9 434 88.7 85.1-91.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 411 117 24.9 20.0-30.6 294 75.1 69.4-80.0
$15,000- 24,999 496 127 22.0 18.0-26.7 369 78.0 73.3-82.0
$25,000- 34,999 281 39 12.8 8.8-18.4 242 87.2 81.6-91.2
$35,000- 49,999 233 37 14.3 10.0-20.0 196 85.7 80.0-90.0
$50,000- 74,999 213 20 7.1 4.2-11.6 193 92.9 88.4-95.8
$75,000+ 190 21 9.3 5.5-15.5 169 90.7 84.5-94.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 566 216 34.4 29.6-39.7 350 65.6 60.3-70.4
No 1,594 213 12.7 10.9-14.8 1,381 87.3 85.2-89.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 264 45 14.8 10.6-20.3 219 85.2 79.7-89.4
Non-Veteran 1,922 389 17.6 15.6-19.8 1,533 82.4 80.2-84.4

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2012 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2012 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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