2013 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions-FEMALES

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 8,842 1,102 13.1 12.1-14.1 7,740 86.9 85.9-87.9
-FEMALES 5,393 771 15.3 13.9-16.7 4,622 84.7 83.3-86.1
RACE
White 3,732 515 15.4 13.8-17.1 3,217 84.6 82.9-86.2
African American 1,111 169 17.0 13.9-20.7 942 83.0 79.3-86.1
Other Minorities 476 83 11.7 8.2-16.5 393 88.3 83.5-91.8
AGE
18-34 761 125 17.5 14.4-21.2 636 82.5 78.8-85.6
35-44 654 91 14.1 11.0-17.9 563 85.9 82.1-89.0
45-54 900 149 16.1 13.1-19.6 751 83.9 80.4-86.9
55-64 1,100 162 15.7 13.0-18.9 938 84.3 81.1-87.0
65-74 1,024 141 14.1 11.5-17.2 883 85.9 82.8-88.5
75+ 891 95 9.8 7.5-12.6 796 90.2 87.4-92.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 687 123 18.4 14.6-23.0 564 81.6 77.0-85.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,497 223 15.5 13.1-18.4 1,274 84.5 81.6-86.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,549 224 15.8 13.4-18.6 1,325 84.2 81.4-86.6
College Graduate 1,655 201 12.4 10.4-14.7 1,454 87.6 85.3-89.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 731 173 26.1 21.7-31.1 558 73.9 68.9-78.3
$15,000- 24,999 968 146 15.2 12.2-18.9 822 84.8 81.1-87.8
$25,000- 34,999 537 90 19.5 15.2-24.8 447 80.5 75.2-84.8
$35,000- 49,999 624 80 14.2 10.6-18.7 544 85.8 81.3-89.4
$50,000- 74,999 538 73 15.4 11.2-20.7 465 84.6 79.3-88.8
$75,000+ 845 75 10.1 7.6-13.2 770 89.9 86.8-92.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,599 376 25.4 22.3-28.8 1,223 74.6 71.2-77.7
No 3,721 388 12.1 10.6-13.7 3,333 87.9 86.3-89.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 125 16 15.1 8.1-26.2 109 84.9 73.8-91.9
Non-Veteran 5,268 755 15.3 13.9-16.8 4,513 84.7 83.2-86.1
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 2,838 415 16.4 14.4-18.6 2,423 83.6 81.4-85.6
No 2,555 356 14.1 12.3-16.1 2,199 85.9 83.9-87.7

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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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