2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Social Context-FEMALES

How often in the past 12 months would you say you were worried or stressed about having enough money to buy
nutritious meals? Would you say you were worried or stressed-
Always, Usually, Sometimes, Rarely or Never?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Always Usually Sometimes Rarely Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,152 656 5.9 5.4- 6.6 363 3.5 3.1- 4.0 1,553 15.3 14.5-16.3 1,285 13.2 12.3-14.1 7,295 62.0 60.8-63.2
-FEMALES 6,827 433 6.4 5.7- 7.3 236 3.8 3.3- 4.4 1,057 17.3 16.1-18.5 828 14.3 13.1-15.5 4,273 58.2 56.7-59.8
RACE
White 4,783 266 6.0 5.2- 6.9 162 3.8 3.1- 4.6 611 14.6 13.3-16.0 547 13.6 12.3-15.0 3,197 62.1 60.2-63.9
African American 1,350 110 7.9 6.0-10.2 47 3.0 2.1- 4.3 286 23.0 20.2-26.1 187 15.8 13.4-18.7 720 50.2 46.8-53.7
Other Minorities 633 53 6.5 4.6- 9.2 24 5.6 3.6- 8.8 152 25.4 21.0-30.3 83 15.3 11.6-19.9 321 47.2 41.7-52.8
AGE
18-34 1,020 57 5.4 4.0- 7.2 56 5.3 4.0- 7.1 227 21.4 18.6-24.5 195 19.4 16.7-22.5 485 48.4 44.7-52.1
35-44 892 71 7.2 5.6- 9.3 40 3.9 2.8- 5.5 185 22.1 19.0-25.7 154 18.8 15.9-22.2 442 47.9 44.0-51.8
45-54 1,185 110 9.4 7.3-12.1 61 5.2 3.9- 6.9 218 17.7 15.1-20.6 155 13.4 11.0-16.2 641 54.4 50.7-58.0
55-64 1,372 105 7.8 6.2- 9.8 41 2.6 1.8- 3.8 201 14.7 12.6-17.1 141 10.6 8.7-12.9 884 64.3 61.1-67.3
65-74 1,274 64 4.3 3.2- 5.9 23 1.4 0.9- 2.3 138 10.7 8.8-12.9 109 8.4 6.8-10.4 940 75.2 72.2-77.9
75+ 1,002 *** *** *** *** *** *** 75 8.1 6.1-10.5 69 6.5 4.9- 8.6 823 81.5 78.2-84.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 825 92 10.8 8.1-14.2 43 4.9 3.4- 6.9 210 27.9 24.0-32.2 76 10.2 7.7-13.5 404 46.2 41.7-50.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,970 147 7.5 6.1- 9.2 55 3.1 2.2- 4.3 338 18.9 16.7-21.3 254 14.8 12.9-17.0 1,176 55.7 52.9-58.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,947 142 6.8 5.6- 8.3 91 4.9 3.8- 6.2 314 16.7 14.7-19.0 266 16.3 14.1-18.8 1,134 55.2 52.3-58.0
College Graduate 2,064 51 2.2 1.6- 3.1 47 2.4 1.7- 3.4 191 9.9 8.3-11.6 228 13.1 11.2-15.2 1,547 72.4 69.8-74.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 895 170 18.6 15.4-22.3 65 7.8 5.7-10.5 236 27.8 24.0-32.0 115 14.6 11.7-18.0 309 31.2 27.2-35.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,217 112 10.4 8.2-13.3 82 7.4 5.7- 9.4 275 24.1 21.1-27.4 164 16.3 13.5-19.5 584 41.8 38.2-45.4
$25,000- 34,999 722 44 5.8 4.1- 8.2 22 3.4 2.1- 5.5 126 20.1 16.4-24.3 105 18.6 14.8-23.0 425 52.1 47.3-56.9
$35,000- 49,999 799 35 4.7 3.2- 6.8 20 2.9 1.7- 5.1 110 15.6 12.6-19.2 114 16.8 13.5-20.8 520 59.9 55.4-64.3
$50,000- 74,999 768 *** *** *** *** *** *** 66 10.5 7.9-13.9 109 17.0 13.8-20.7 568 68.6 64.2-72.8
$75,000+ 1,072 *** *** *** *** *** *** 38 4.4 3.0- 6.5 92 10.1 7.9-12.8 928 83.7 80.4-86.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,910 255 15.3 13.1-17.8 103 6.4 5.0- 8.0 365 20.8 18.4-23.4 238 14.4 12.3-16.7 949 43.2 40.3-46.1
No 4,889 177 3.8 3.2- 4.6 131 3.0 2.4- 3.7 685 16.2 14.8-17.6 587 14.3 12.9-15.7 3,309 62.8 61.0-64.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 139 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 6,686 428 6.5 5.8- 7.4 230 3.8 3.2- 4.4 1,046 17.4 16.2-18.7 814 14.3 13.2-15.6 4,168 57.9 56.3-59.5

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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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