2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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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 11,844 1,998 18.7 17.7-19.7 3,554 31.4 30.3-32.5 3,658 30.6 29.5-31.7 1,806 14.1 13.3-14.9 828 5.2 4.8- 5.7
-AFRICAN AMERICANS 2,204 282 16.2 14.1-18.4 559 27.9 25.4-30.5 792 34.0 31.5-36.5 425 17.0 15.1-19.1 146 5.0 3.9- 6.3
GENDER
Male 751 107 17.9 14.5-21.9 194 28.9 24.9-33.3 257 31.3 27.4-35.5 141 16.5 13.6-19.8 52 5.4 3.7- 7.8
Female 1,453 175 14.7 12.5-17.4 365 27.0 24.1-30.2 535 36.2 33.1-39.4 284 17.4 15.0-20.2 94 4.6 3.4- 6.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 55 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 2,144 277 16.5 14.4-18.8 547 28.0 25.5-30.6 767 33.7 31.2-36.3 410 16.7 14.8-18.8 143 5.1 4.0- 6.4
AGE
18-34 470 106 24.3 20.0-29.3 156 32.6 27.8-37.7 160 33.4 28.7-38.5 41 8.1 5.8-11.2 *** *** ***
35-44 327 52 14.8 10.8-20.0 104 33.4 27.3-40.0 111 32.2 26.5-38.5 52 16.6 12.2-22.2 *** *** ***
45-54 421 50 13.9 9.8-19.2 125 30.1 24.8-36.1 136 30.4 25.2-36.0 83 19.6 15.0-25.3 27 6.0 3.8- 9.3
55-64 459 42 10.9 7.4-15.7 85 17.1 13.3-21.6 175 38.5 33.0-44.3 106 22.3 17.9-27.4 51 11.3 7.5-16.6
65-74 316 *** *** *** 58 21.2 15.2-28.7 134 38.4 31.4-45.8 82 27.9 21.4-35.4 24 5.5 3.3- 9.0
75+ 180 *** *** *** 24 9.7 5.5-16.5 60 34.3 25.5-44.4 56 36.9 27.7-47.2 29 13.4 8.4-20.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 351 31 12.6 8.4-18.5 41 16.3 10.8-23.9 115 30.1 24.3-36.5 110 28.1 22.3-34.7 54 13.0 8.8-18.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 696 68 14.0 10.7-18.2 164 27.4 23.3-32.0 259 35.5 31.2-40.1 154 18.5 15.2-22.3 51 4.5 3.1- 6.5
Some Post-H.S. 645 92 17.8 14.2-22.1 173 30.8 26.4-35.5 240 34.2 29.9-38.9 107 14.1 11.2-17.5 33 3.1 2.1- 4.7
College Graduate 502 90 20.8 16.2-26.3 180 35.3 30.2-40.7 171 34.3 28.9-40.0 54 8.8 6.2-12.2 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 418 28 9.3 5.7-14.8 60 18.2 13.6-24.0 143 33.7 28.0-39.9 125 26.0 20.9-31.8 62 12.8 9.2-17.4
$15,000- 24,999 500 56 16.7 12.7-21.8 108 23.1 18.2-28.9 190 34.1 29.1-39.5 117 22.2 17.9-27.2 29 3.8 2.5- 5.9
$25,000- 34,999 282 39 15.8 11.3-21.7 80 31.1 24.4-38.7 111 38.8 31.9-46.3 41 12.4 8.5-17.8 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 232 38 18.8 12.6-27.0 83 38.2 30.7-46.3 75 27.8 21.5-35.1 33 13.3 8.8-19.8 *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 213 40 18.3 12.8-25.4 74 39.5 31.3-48.3 79 31.3 24.2-39.3 18 9.8 5.5-17.0 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 190 37 22.4 15.5-31.2 79 40.1 31.9-48.9 54 29.7 22.4-38.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 571 23 5.2 3.0- 8.7 63 11.7 8.8-15.2 161 27.8 23.2-32.9 206 37.4 32.1-43.0 118 18.0 14.0-22.8
No 1,604 257 19.2 16.7-21.9 491 32.5 29.6-35.6 620 35.6 32.7-38.6 211 11.3 9.6-13.3 25 1.4 0.9- 2.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 267 38 18.1 12.7-25.1 71 30.0 23.4-37.5 93 32.5 26.0-39.7 47 15.0 10.7-20.7 18 4.4 2.6- 7.5
Non-Veteran 1,936 244 15.9 13.7-18.3 488 27.6 25.0-30.4 699 34.2 31.5-36.9 378 17.3 15.2-19.5 127 5.0 3.9- 6.5

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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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