2013 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status

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%)
TOTAL 8,831 6,842 80.8 79.7-81.9 1,989 19.2 18.1-20.3
GENDER
Male 3,445 2,697 81.1 79.4-82.6 748 18.9 17.4-20.6
Female 5,386 4,145 80.6 79.1-82.0 1,241 19.4 18.0-20.9
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 5,955 4,760 83.1 81.8-84.2 1,195 16.9 15.8-18.2
Non-Hispanic Black 1,661 1,221 76.7 73.9-79.4 440 23.3 20.6-26.1
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 392 261 78.9 68.9-86.3 131 21.1 13.7-31.1
Non-Hispanic Other 270 215 87.9 82.9-91.5 55 12.1 8.5-17.1
Hispanic 458 309 69.0 63.9-73.7 149 31.0 26.3-36.1
AGE
18-34 1,378 1,236 90.4 88.5-92.1 142 9.6 7.9-11.5
35-44 1,167 978 82.4 79.3-85.0 189 17.6 15.0-20.7
45-54 1,472 1,137 79.5 76.7-82.0 335 20.5 18.0-23.3
55-64 1,809 1,326 74.1 71.3-76.6 483 25.9 23.4-28.7
65-74 1,623 1,210 74.9 71.8-77.7 413 25.1 22.3-28.2
75+ 1,292 884 66.1 62.3-69.7 408 33.9 30.3-37.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,185 634 58.5 54.7-62.3 551 41.5 37.7-45.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,484 1,806 79.1 77.0-81.0 678 20.9 19.0-23.0
Some Post-H.S. 2,393 1,894 84.3 82.4-86.0 499 15.7 14.0-17.6
College Graduate 2,757 2,498 93.1 92.0-94.2 259 6.9 5.8- 8.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,087 572 57.3 53.2-61.4 515 42.7 38.6-46.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,562 1,019 68.8 65.7-71.7 543 31.2 28.3-34.3
$25,000- 34,999 860 670 79.0 75.2-82.4 190 21.0 17.6-24.8
$35,000- 49,999 1,037 891 87.5 84.7-89.9 146 12.5 10.1-15.3
$50,000-74,999 928 844 92.5 90.3-94.3 84 7.5 5.7- 9.7
$75,000+ 1,625 1,524 94.0 92.3-95.3 101 6.0 4.7- 7.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,520 1,242 51.3 48.6-54.1 1,278 48.7 45.9-51.4
No 6,190 5,510 89.8 88.8-90.7 680 10.2 9.3-11.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,158 900 80.3 77.2-83.0 258 19.7 17.0-22.8
Non-Veteran 7,669 5,940 80.9 79.7-82.0 1,729 19.1 18.0-20.3
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 4,549 3,384 78.0 76.3-79.6 1,165 22.0 20.4-23.7
No 4,282 3,458 83.7 82.3-85.1 824 16.3 14.9-17.7

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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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