2013 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 Very satisfied Somewhat satisfied Not at all satisfied
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 8,440 5,532 62.9 61.5-64.4 2,414 29.7 28.3-31.0 494 7.4 6.6- 8.3
GENDER
Male 3,246 2,109 61.3 59.1-63.6 897 29.8 27.7-32.0 240 8.8 7.6-10.2
Female 5,194 3,423 64.4 62.5-66.2 1,517 29.5 27.8-31.3 254 6.1 5.2- 7.3
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 5,684 3,881 66.0 64.3-67.7 1,500 27.6 26.0-29.2 303 6.4 5.6- 7.4
Non-Hispanic Black 1,611 945 55.0 51.6-58.4 572 36.3 33.1-39.7 94 8.6 6.7-11.1
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 390 *** *** *** *** *** *** 25 7.4 2.9-17.4
Non-Hispanic Other 240 133 54.4 45.4-63.0 85 34.7 26.9-43.5 22 10.9 6.7-17.3
Hispanic 434 291 63.9 58.2-69.2 99 25.4 20.6-30.9 44 10.7 7.6-14.8
AGE
18-34 1,177 658 56.6 53.1-60.0 399 32.9 29.8-36.3 120 10.5 8.6-12.7
35-44 1,104 651 59.2 55.5-62.7 365 31.2 27.9-34.6 88 9.6 7.5-12.3
45-54 1,423 869 60.9 57.5-64.3 436 30.6 27.5-33.9 118 8.5 6.7-10.6
55-64 1,767 1,127 63.7 60.7-66.6 551 31.0 28.2-33.9 89 5.3 4.0- 7.0
65-74 1,601 1,202 76.0 72.9-78.8 356 21.9 19.2-24.9 43 2.1 1.4- 3.1
75+ 1,284 978 78.6 75.5-81.5 278 19.9 17.1-23.0 28 1.5 0.9- 2.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,167 730 59.1 55.2-63.0 329 29.0 25.5-32.8 108 11.9 9.5-14.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,387 1,528 60.5 57.7-63.2 697 30.2 27.7-32.9 162 9.3 7.7-11.2
Some Post-H.S. 2,294 1,466 62.7 59.9-65.4 705 31.3 28.7-34.0 123 6.0 4.8- 7.6
College Graduate 2,580 1,802 69.2 66.8-71.5 678 27.0 24.8-29.3 100 3.8 2.9- 4.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,054 594 52.9 48.6-57.2 349 33.0 29.1-37.2 111 14.1 11.2-17.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,501 882 55.9 52.5-59.3 484 32.8 29.7-36.1 135 11.2 9.1-13.8
$25,000- 34,999 815 504 59.7 54.9-64.2 259 32.7 28.4-37.2 52 7.7 5.4-10.8
$35,000- 49,999 977 669 62.5 58.2-66.6 262 30.8 27.0-34.9 46 6.7 4.5-10.0
$50,000-74,999 882 614 66.8 62.3-71.0 245 30.5 26.4-34.9 23 2.7 1.6- 4.6
$75,000+ 1,528 1,143 74.1 71.1-77.0 348 23.1 20.4-26.0 37 2.8 1.8- 4.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,461 1,476 57.1 54.3-59.9 822 33.5 30.9-36.2 163 9.4 7.7-11.4
No 5,863 3,992 65.0 63.2-66.6 1,551 28.3 26.7-30.0 320 6.7 5.8- 7.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,076 796 72.7 69.0-76.1 237 22.9 19.8-26.4 43 4.4 3.0- 6.3
Non-Veteran 7,360 4,735 61.7 60.1-63.2 2,174 30.5 29.0-32.0 451 7.8 6.9- 8.8
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 4,401 2,836 61.7 59.6-63.7 1,296 30.7 28.8-32.7 269 7.6 6.5- 8.8
No 4,039 2,696 64.2 62.1-66.3 1,118 28.5 26.6-30.5 225 7.3 6.1- 8.6

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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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