2013 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions-MALES

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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
-MALES 3,449 331 10.7 9.4-12.2 3,118 89.3 87.8-90.6
RACE
White 2,407 220 10.3 8.7-12.1 2,187 89.7 87.9-91.3
African American 597 76 13.2 10.1-17.0 521 86.8 83.0-89.9
Other Minorities 391 29 8.4 4.9-14.0 362 91.6 86.0-95.1
AGE
18-34 617 79 13.8 10.9-17.5 538 86.2 82.5-89.1
35-44 512 50 9.5 6.8-13.1 462 90.5 86.9-93.2
45-54 573 48 9.0 6.4-12.5 525 91.0 87.5-93.6
55-64 712 72 11.6 8.8-15.1 640 88.4 84.9-91.2
65-74 601 43 7.3 4.7-11.2 558 92.7 88.8-95.3
75+ 407 37 7.8 5.2-11.5 370 92.2 88.5-94.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 506 66 13.8 10.3-18.2 440 86.2 81.8-89.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 989 96 10.6 8.3-13.5 893 89.4 86.5-91.7
Some Post-H.S. 842 85 11.2 8.5-14.6 757 88.8 85.4-91.5
College Graduate 1,105 84 8.0 6.2-10.2 1,021 92.0 89.8-93.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 357 46 12.9 8.9-18.2 311 87.1 81.8-91.1
$15,000- 24,999 602 83 13.3 10.3-17.0 519 86.7 83.0-89.7
$25,000- 34,999 324 37 16.0 11.3-22.1 287 84.0 77.9-88.7
$35,000- 49,999 411 32 8.8 6.0-12.8 379 91.2 87.2-94.0
$50,000- 74,999 389 24 7.6 4.5-12.4 365 92.4 87.6-95.5
$75,000+ 784 48 8.2 5.6-12.0 736 91.8 88.0-94.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 927 144 16.8 13.7-20.4 783 83.2 79.6-86.3
No 2,474 183 9.0 7.5-10.7 2,291 91.0 89.3-92.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,036 76 6.4 4.8- 8.6 960 93.6 91.4-95.2
Non-Veteran 2,409 255 12.1 10.4-14.0 2,154 87.9 86.0-89.6
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,717 153 9.3 7.6-11.4 1,564 90.7 88.6-92.4
No 1,732 178 12.1 10.1-14.5 1,554 87.9 85.5-89.9

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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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