2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 11,863 1,361 11.7 11.0-12.6 10,502 88.3 87.4-89.0
GENDER
Male 4,630 389 9.6 8.5-10.9 4,241 90.4 89.1-91.5
Female 7,233 972 13.7 12.6-14.8 6,261 86.3 85.2-87.4
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 8,177 903 11.8 10.9-12.8 7,274 88.2 87.2-89.1
Non-Hispanic Black 2,150 285 12.7 11.0-14.6 1,865 87.3 85.4-89.0
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 454 77 19.5 14.0-26.4 377 80.5 73.6-86.0
Non-Hispanic Other 301 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 692 54 7.7 5.7-10.4 638 92.3 89.6-94.3
AGE
18-34 2,032 262 13.7 11.9-15.8 1,770 86.3 84.2-88.1
35-44 1,625 178 11.5 9.7-13.6 1,447 88.5 86.4-90.3
45-54 2,049 241 11.9 10.2-13.9 1,808 88.1 86.1-89.8
55-64 2,363 296 10.8 9.4-12.3 2,067 89.2 87.7-90.6
65-74 2,111 219 9.0 7.6-10.6 1,892 91.0 89.4-92.4
75+ 1,555 155 10.3 8.5-12.3 1,400 89.7 87.7-91.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,497 238 15.8 13.4-18.6 1,259 84.2 81.4-86.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 3,439 387 11.2 9.7-12.9 3,052 88.8 87.1-90.3
Some Post-H.S. 3,200 392 12.3 10.9-13.8 2,808 87.7 86.2-89.1
College Graduate 3,686 338 8.9 7.8-10.1 3,348 91.1 89.9-92.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,452 278 17.9 15.5-20.6 1,174 82.1 79.4-84.5
$15,000- 24,999 2,046 260 12.8 11.1-14.8 1,786 87.2 85.2-88.9
$25,000- 34,999 1,273 148 12.5 9.9-15.5 1,125 87.5 84.5-90.1
$35,000- 49,999 1,436 145 11.3 9.0-14.1 1,291 88.7 85.9-91.0
$50,000-74,999 1,386 107 7.7 6.1- 9.7 1,279 92.3 90.3-93.9
$75,000+ 2,196 179 8.1 6.8- 9.6 2,017 91.9 90.4-93.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,171 596 18.3 16.6-20.1 2,575 81.7 79.9-83.4
No 8,557 751 9.9 9.1-10.9 7,806 90.1 89.1-90.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,546 106 6.7 5.3- 8.5 1,440 93.3 91.5-94.7
Non-Veteran 10,312 1,254 12.4 11.6-13.4 9,058 87.6 86.6-88.4

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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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