2013 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status-MALES

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  Total
Respond.^		 Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 8,831 1,455 18.3 17.2-19.4 2,642 31.6 30.2-32.9 2,745 31.0 29.7-32.3 1,342 13.8 12.9-14.8 647 5.4 4.8- 6.0
-MALES 3,445 587 18.5 16.9-20.3 1,024 31.2 29.2-33.3 1,086 31.3 29.3-33.4 516 13.6 12.3-15.1 232 5.3 4.5- 6.3
RACE
White 2,404 414 18.5 16.6-20.7 789 34.5 32.1-37.0 746 30.5 28.1-33.0 301 11.4 9.9-13.0 154 5.1 4.1- 6.2
African American 598 100 17.4 13.9-21.7 128 24.1 19.8-29.0 209 35.1 30.4-40.1 114 15.7 12.5-19.4 47 7.7 5.4-10.8
Other Minorities 389 52 17.7 12.7-24.1 100 25.7 19.8-32.7 116 30.0 24.0-36.9 92 24.4 18.9-30.9 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 617 169 26.6 22.8-30.8 227 37.1 32.8-41.7 164 27.4 23.5-31.8 53 8.3 6.3-11.0 *** *** ***
35-44 511 111 19.5 15.9-23.7 158 30.3 25.7-35.2 156 32.4 27.7-37.5 71 14.0 10.7-18.1 15 3.8 2.1- 6.7
45-54 572 94 16.4 13.1-20.3 165 28.4 24.0-33.3 188 36.0 31.0-41.3 91 13.0 10.2-16.4 34 6.3 4.1- 9.3
55-64 714 82 11.4 8.8-14.7 200 28.3 24.4-32.6 248 33.2 29.0-37.6 112 17.1 13.9-21.0 72 10.0 7.4-13.3
65-74 600 88 13.5 10.5-17.3 165 27.7 23.3-32.6 189 30.0 25.5-34.9 106 20.3 16.1-25.4 52 8.4 5.9-11.8
75+ 403 37 7.2 4.8-10.7 101 25.5 20.5-31.3 133 31.9 26.2-38.3 81 21.7 16.3-28.2 51 13.7 9.6-19.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 503 40 8.5 5.7-12.3 58 13.4 9.8-18.1 176 36.5 31.3-42.1 144 27.1 22.5-32.2 85 14.6 11.2-18.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 990 115 14.8 12.0-18.1 281 33.7 29.9-37.8 347 33.1 29.4-37.0 172 13.7 11.4-16.3 75 4.7 3.5- 6.3
Some Post-H.S. 842 140 19.1 15.8-22.9 252 32.5 28.5-36.7 277 33.4 29.3-37.7 124 11.7 9.4-14.5 49 3.4 2.3- 4.9
College Graduate 1,103 291 30.2 26.9-33.8 431 40.3 36.8-44.0 284 22.6 19.8-25.6 74 5.6 4.2- 7.5 23 1.3 0.7- 2.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 359 35 11.8 7.9-17.2 46 15.9 11.4-21.6 118 31.4 25.6-37.7 96 27.3 21.6-33.7 64 13.8 10.1-18.4
$15,000- 24,999 597 70 13.4 10.1-17.5 110 19.9 16.1-24.3 195 34.9 30.2-40.0 145 20.9 17.2-25.1 77 10.9 8.1-14.4
$25,000- 34,999 324 49 16.4 11.9-22.1 82 24.2 18.7-30.8 117 36.0 29.7-42.9 55 18.4 13.7-24.4 21 4.9 3.0- 8.0
$35,000- 49,999 411 55 14.3 10.5-19.1 144 36.4 30.7-42.6 145 33.5 28.0-39.5 53 11.8 8.5-16.0 *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 389 73 19.9 15.3-25.5 153 42.0 35.7-48.6 125 30.5 24.9-36.8 32 6.5 4.1-10.0 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 782 204 27.9 24.0-32.2 319 40.0 35.7-44.4 210 26.3 22.6-30.4 42 5.1 3.5- 7.4 *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 925 43 5.1 3.5- 7.2 131 15.5 12.6-18.9 294 31.5 27.7-35.6 259 28.1 24.4-32.0 198 19.9 16.7-23.4
No 2,472 533 22.4 20.3-24.6 881 36.0 33.5-38.4 776 31.2 28.8-33.6 250 9.4 8.1-10.9 32 1.1 0.7- 1.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,033 167 19.4 16.3-23.0 316 30.7 27.2-34.5 316 29.8 26.4-33.5 151 13.6 11.2-16.5 83 6.4 4.7- 8.6
Non-Veteran 2,408 420 18.2 16.3-20.3 708 31.4 29.1-33.9 768 31.8 29.4-34.3 364 13.6 12.0-15.4 148 5.0 4.0- 6.1
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,718 248 15.7 13.6-18.1 503 29.9 27.1-32.9 546 32.7 29.8-35.8 289 15.7 13.6-18.1 132 5.9 4.6- 7.4
No 1,727 339 21.3 18.9-24.0 521 32.6 29.7-35.5 540 29.9 27.2-32.7 227 11.5 9.9-13.4 100 4.7 3.7- 6.1

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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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