2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes, mild Yes, moderate Yes, severe No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 10,736 527 4.4 3.9- 4.9 736 5.8 5.3- 6.4 778 6.0 5.5- 6.6 8,695 83.8 82.9-84.7
GENDER
Male 4,145 232 4.9 4.2- 5.9 264 5.4 4.6- 6.2 329 6.2 5.5- 7.1 3,320 83.5 82.1-84.8
Female 6,591 295 3.9 3.4- 4.6 472 6.2 5.5- 7.0 449 5.7 5.1- 6.5 5,375 84.1 83.0-85.2
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 7,493 332 4.1 3.5- 4.7 521 5.9 5.3- 6.6 508 5.9 5.3- 6.6 6,132 84.1 83.1-85.1
Non-Hispanic Black 1,878 140 6.6 5.4- 8.1 142 6.6 5.3- 8.2 172 7.7 6.3- 9.5 1,424 79.0 76.6-81.3
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 414 32 5.4 3.3- 8.7 38 12.9 8.6-19.0 64 18.1 12.1-26.0 280 63.7 55.7-71.0
Non-Hispanic Other 259 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 217 87.6 80.4-92.4
Hispanic 619 12 1.8 1.0- 3.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** 582 95.9 94.1-97.2
AGE
18-34 1,707 56 3.4 2.5- 4.8 55 3.3 2.4- 4.4 29 1.9 1.3- 2.9 1,567 91.4 89.6-92.9
35-44 1,477 50 3.3 2.4- 4.6 71 4.3 3.3- 5.6 83 5.0 3.9- 6.3 1,273 87.4 85.4-89.2
45-54 1,864 80 4.4 3.3- 5.8 131 6.4 5.2- 7.8 191 9.3 7.7-11.2 1,462 79.9 77.5-82.1
55-64 2,225 124 5.7 4.6- 7.0 204 8.9 7.5-10.6 262 10.7 9.2-12.4 1,635 74.7 72.4-77.0
65-74 1,968 118 5.1 4.1- 6.4 163 7.7 6.3- 9.3 125 5.2 4.1- 6.4 1,562 82.0 79.9-84.0
75+ 1,402 99 6.9 5.4- 8.7 105 7.7 6.1- 9.7 85 6.1 4.8- 7.9 1,113 79.3 76.5-81.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,315 114 7.5 5.8- 9.6 132 8.8 7.0-11.0 186 12.1 10.0-14.6 883 71.6 68.3-74.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 3,077 151 4.0 3.2- 4.9 230 6.4 5.4- 7.5 285 7.1 6.1- 8.2 2,411 82.6 80.9-84.1
Some Post-H.S. 2,934 134 4.2 3.4- 5.2 219 5.5 4.6- 6.4 217 5.3 4.5- 6.3 2,364 85.0 83.4-86.5
College Graduate 3,379 125 3.1 2.5- 3.8 155 3.6 3.0- 4.4 88 1.6 1.2- 2.0 3,011 91.7 90.6-92.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,278 110 8.4 6.5-10.7 173 11.4 9.4-13.8 281 18.8 16.2-21.7 714 61.4 57.8-64.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,846 110 4.6 3.6- 5.9 174 7.8 6.5- 9.4 183 8.8 7.2-10.6 1,379 78.8 76.4-81.0
$25,000- 34,999 1,161 56 4.0 2.9- 5.5 79 6.2 4.8- 8.1 68 4.6 3.4- 6.1 958 85.2 82.6-87.4
$35,000- 49,999 1,326 50 3.2 2.3- 4.6 84 5.7 4.4- 7.3 58 3.6 2.6- 4.8 1,134 87.5 85.3-89.4
$50,000-74,999 1,285 39 2.8 2.0- 4.1 47 3.2 2.2- 4.4 27 1.9 1.2- 3.0 1,172 92.1 90.2-93.6
$75,000+ 2,046 54 2.5 1.8- 3.6 47 1.8 1.3- 2.6 27 1.2 0.7- 2.0 1,918 94.4 93.1-95.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,385 95 6.3 5.0- 7.9 118 8.5 6.9-10.5 121 7.8 6.2- 9.7 1,051 77.5 74.7-80.0
Non-Veteran 9,349 432 4.2 3.6- 4.7 618 5.4 4.9- 6.0 657 5.7 5.2- 6.3 7,642 84.7 83.7-85.6

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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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