2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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  Total
Respond.^		 None 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days 30 days
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,682 8,178 67.9 66.8-69.0 785 7.1 6.5- 7.8 1,005 9.4 8.7-10.1 938 9.1 8.4- 9.9 776 6.5 5.9- 7.1
-AFRICAN AMERICANS 2,168 1,478 67.1 64.5-69.7 143 7.4 5.9- 9.1 195 9.1 7.7-10.7 199 9.8 8.2-11.7 153 6.5 5.4- 7.9
GENDER
Male 738 539 73.2 69.0-77.0 41 6.8 4.5-10.1 50 6.5 4.8- 8.8 55 7.4 5.4-10.0 53 6.0 4.4- 8.3
Female 1,430 939 62.1 58.7-65.4 102 7.8 6.2- 9.9 145 11.3 9.3-13.6 144 11.8 9.6-14.5 100 7.0 5.5- 8.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 55 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 2,110 1,439 67.2 64.5-69.8 139 7.4 5.9- 9.2 189 9.1 7.7-10.7 193 9.7 8.1-11.5 150 6.6 5.5- 8.0
AGE
18-34 466 302 65.2 60.0-70.1 38 9.0 6.0-13.3 50 10.3 7.6-13.7 44 8.5 6.2-11.6 32 6.9 4.8- 9.9
35-44 324 198 61.9 55.4-68.1 29 9.0 5.8-13.6 39 11.1 7.9-15.3 31 11.6 7.7-17.2 27 6.4 4.1- 9.8
45-54 415 262 65.5 59.4-71.2 27 6.8 4.5-10.3 40 9.1 6.2-13.2 51 12.3 8.3-17.9 35 6.2 4.1- 9.2
55-64 445 295 66.8 61.1-72.1 33 7.2 4.7-10.7 39 7.5 5.0-11.1 45 11.6 8.3-16.0 33 6.9 4.6-10.3
65-74 311 254 82.3 75.7-87.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 6.4 3.6-10.9
75+ 176 140 79.1 70.8-85.5 *** *** *** 15 7.8 4.3-13.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 338 224 63.5 56.1-70.4 *** *** *** 28 6.7 4.3-10.3 37 13.6 9.1-19.7 30 7.3 4.6-11.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 685 460 66.0 61.3-70.3 50 8.1 5.7-11.4 56 9.4 6.9-12.6 60 8.1 5.9-11.0 59 8.5 6.2-11.4
Some Post-H.S. 636 432 67.8 63.2-72.2 36 5.7 3.9- 8.4 64 9.3 7.0-12.2 65 11.2 8.4-14.9 39 5.9 4.1- 8.4
College Graduate 500 353 71.0 65.7-75.8 38 7.9 5.3-11.6 47 10.9 7.7-15.4 37 6.4 4.4- 9.3 25 3.7 2.4- 5.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 412 233 52.5 46.0-58.9 25 6.9 4.4-10.7 40 11.9 8.3-16.8 62 16.6 12.3-22.0 52 12.1 8.7-16.8
$15,000- 24,999 492 316 62.7 56.8-68.3 37 7.6 4.5-12.5 46 9.9 7.1-13.6 53 12.4 8.7-17.3 40 7.4 5.2-10.5
$25,000- 34,999 279 194 67.5 60.0-74.2 23 9.5 5.9-14.9 26 8.8 5.5-13.8 23 9.7 5.6-16.1 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 231 164 70.0 62.1-76.8 *** *** *** 23 8.6 5.3-13.6 19 10.4 6.2-17.1 *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 212 152 70.4 62.2-77.5 21 9.5 5.7-15.3 21 10.0 6.0-16.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 186 149 83.2 76.1-88.6 *** *** *** 16 6.4 3.7-10.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 553 305 50.4 44.7-56.1 26 5.8 3.4- 9.6 49 11.3 8.1-15.7 94 19.7 15.3-25.1 79 12.8 9.8-16.4
No 1,587 1,157 71.7 68.8-74.5 116 7.8 6.2- 9.9 144 8.5 7.0-10.3 99 7.1 5.6- 8.9 71 4.9 3.7- 6.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 261 191 74.9 68.2-80.6 *** *** *** 18 6.4 3.8-10.6 18 7.3 4.3-12.0 21 6.1 3.7- 9.8
Non-Veteran 1,907 1,287 66.1 63.2-68.9 130 7.6 6.1- 9.6 177 9.5 8.0-11.2 181 10.2 8.5-12.2 132 6.6 5.4- 8.1

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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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