2013 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status-African Americans

General Health Indicator for Healthy North Carolina 2020

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  Total
Respond.^		 Excellent/Vg/Good Fair/Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 8,831 6,842 80.8 79.7-81.9 1,989 19.2 18.1-20.3
-African Americans 1,703 1,248 76.4 73.5-79.0 455 23.6 21.0-26.5
GENDER
Male 598 437 76.7 72.3-80.5 161 23.3 19.5-27.7
Female 1,105 811 76.1 72.3-79.6 294 23.9 20.4-27.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 1,680 1,233 76.6 73.8-79.3 447 23.4 20.7-26.2
AGE
18-34 309 274 90.4 85.6-93.7 35 9.6 6.3-14.4
35-44 239 195 76.8 68.9-83.2 44 23.2 16.8-31.1
45-54 317 230 73.7 67.0-79.5 87 26.3 20.5-33.0
55-64 377 248 66.6 60.0-72.6 129 33.4 27.4-40.0
65-74 273 182 60.5 51.4-69.0 91 39.5 31.0-48.6
75+ 167 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 262 151 59.4 50.8-67.5 111 40.6 32.5-49.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 548 381 76.6 71.9-80.7 167 23.4 19.3-28.1
Some Post-H.S. 490 359 77.7 72.6-82.2 131 22.3 17.8-27.4
College Graduate 402 356 91.7 88.3-94.2 46 8.3 5.8-11.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 337 198 65.4 58.0-72.1 139 34.6 27.9-42.0
$15,000- 24,999 386 266 74.4 68.6-79.5 120 25.6 20.5-31.4
$25,000- 34,999 206 164 76.2 67.1-83.4 42 23.8 16.6-32.9
$35,000- 49,999 196 166 86.7 79.2-91.7 30 13.3 8.3-20.8
$50,000- 74,999 122 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 162 144 84.7 73.8-91.6 18 15.3 8.4-26.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 506 231 42.7 36.7-48.8 275 57.3 51.2-63.3
No 1,162 992 87.0 84.3-89.3 170 13.0 10.7-15.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 201 144 73.4 65.4-80.1 57 26.6 19.9-34.6
Non-Veteran 1,502 1,104 76.8 73.7-79.6 398 23.2 20.4-26.3
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 813 565 73.3 68.9-77.2 248 26.7 22.8-31.1
No 890 683 79.2 75.3-82.6 207 20.8 17.4-24.7

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2013 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2013 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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