2013 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 8,443 2,130 27.1 25.8-28.5 6,313 72.9 71.5-74.2
GENDER
Male 3,247 682 23.9 22.0-26.0 2,565 76.1 74.0-78.0
Female 5,196 1,448 30.0 28.3-31.8 3,748 70.0 68.2-71.7
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 5,689 1,238 24.9 23.3-26.5 4,451 75.1 73.5-76.7
Non-Hispanic Black 1,607 568 35.0 31.9-38.3 1,039 65.0 61.7-68.1
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 392 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 237 59 24.6 17.7-33.0 178 75.4 67.0-82.3
Hispanic 434 122 25.8 21.4-30.7 312 74.2 69.3-78.6
AGE
18-34 1,172 349 27.7 24.8-30.8 823 72.3 69.2-75.2
35-44 1,103 366 34.2 30.8-37.8 737 65.8 62.2-69.2
45-54 1,418 444 30.7 27.6-34.0 974 69.3 66.0-72.4
55-64 1,770 518 30.0 27.2-32.9 1,252 70.0 67.1-72.8
65-74 1,608 301 17.1 14.8-19.7 1,307 82.9 80.3-85.2
75+ 1,287 135 11.2 8.9-14.1 1,152 88.8 85.9-91.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,164 333 27.9 24.5-31.6 831 72.1 68.4-75.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,391 633 28.3 25.8-30.9 1,758 71.7 69.1-74.2
Some Post-H.S. 2,291 682 31.5 29.0-34.1 1,609 68.5 65.9-71.0
College Graduate 2,585 482 19.3 17.3-21.4 2,103 80.7 78.6-82.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,060 352 35.2 31.2-39.5 708 64.8 60.5-68.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,504 530 36.5 33.3-39.9 974 63.5 60.1-66.7
$25,000- 34,999 818 224 28.2 24.2-32.5 594 71.8 67.5-75.8
$35,000- 49,999 981 254 28.9 25.2-33.0 727 71.1 67.0-74.8
$50,000-74,999 881 211 27.8 23.9-32.1 670 72.2 67.9-76.1
$75,000+ 1,522 244 18.1 15.6-20.9 1,278 81.9 79.1-84.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,464 833 38.5 35.8-41.3 1,631 61.5 58.7-64.2
No 5,866 1,265 23.4 21.9-24.9 4,601 76.6 75.1-78.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,082 158 17.9 15.0-21.2 924 82.1 78.8-85.0
Non-Veteran 7,357 1,971 28.4 27.0-29.8 5,386 71.6 70.2-73.0
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 4,413 1,231 29.5 27.6-31.4 3,182 70.5 68.6-72.4
No 4,030 899 24.6 22.8-26.5 3,131 75.4 73.5-77.2

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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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