2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 10,371 4,379 48.1 46.8-49.4 5,992 51.9 50.6-53.2
-AFRICAN AMERICANS 1,852 827 50.0 47.0-53.0 1,025 50.0 47.0-53.0
GENDER
Male 623 285 50.6 45.7-55.4 338 49.4 44.6-54.3
Female 1,229 542 49.5 45.8-53.2 687 50.5 46.8-54.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 1,812 815 50.7 47.6-53.7 997 49.3 46.3-52.4
AGE
18-34 377 229 63.2 57.4-68.6 148 36.8 31.4-42.6
35-44 268 133 49.8 42.5-57.1 135 50.2 42.9-57.5
45-54 365 161 46.2 39.7-52.8 204 53.8 47.2-60.3
55-64 400 169 43.5 37.2-50.0 231 56.5 50.0-62.8
65-74 275 90 34.5 27.2-42.7 185 65.5 57.3-72.8
75+ 146 41 25.9 17.1-37.2 105 74.1 62.8-82.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 284 120 50.4 42.5-58.3 164 49.6 41.7-57.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 574 264 50.8 45.6-56.1 310 49.2 43.9-54.4
Some Post-H.S. 551 264 53.7 48.5-58.9 287 46.3 41.1-51.5
College Graduate 436 179 41.5 35.8-47.3 257 58.5 52.7-64.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 346 168 60.0 53.1-66.5 178 40.0 33.5-46.9
$15,000- 24,999 422 201 51.0 44.6-57.3 221 49.0 42.7-55.4
$25,000- 34,999 243 114 48.1 40.2-56.1 129 51.9 43.9-59.8
$35,000- 49,999 203 84 50.6 42.0-59.2 119 49.4 40.8-58.0
$50,000- 74,999 186 90 49.8 40.7-58.9 96 50.2 41.1-59.3
$75,000+ 165 56 36.8 28.0-46.5 109 63.2 53.5-72.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 483 201 49.5 43.4-55.7 282 50.5 44.3-56.6
No 1,359 625 50.2 46.8-53.7 734 49.8 46.3-53.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 226 94 42.9 35.1-51.1 132 57.1 48.9-64.9
Non-Veteran 1,626 733 51.0 47.8-54.2 893 49.0 45.8-52.2

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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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