2013 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions-Whites

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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
-Whites 6,139 735 12.9 11.8-14.2 5,404 87.1 85.8-88.2
GENDER
Male 2,407 220 10.3 8.7-12.1 2,187 89.7 87.9-91.3
Female 3,732 515 15.4 13.8-17.1 3,217 84.6 82.9-86.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 142 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 5,982 721 13.0 11.9-14.3 5,261 87.0 85.7-88.1
AGE
18-34 816 130 17.1 14.2-20.4 686 82.9 79.6-85.8
35-44 719 81 11.8 9.1-15.1 638 88.2 84.9-90.9
45-54 1,015 124 10.9 8.7-13.6 891 89.1 86.4-91.3
55-64 1,273 160 13.6 11.3-16.4 1,113 86.4 83.6-88.7
65-74 1,230 132 10.6 8.7-12.9 1,098 89.4 87.1-91.3
75+ 1,041 103 9.5 7.5-12.0 938 90.5 88.0-92.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 617 113 19.4 15.5-24.1 504 80.6 75.9-84.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,682 202 12.4 10.4-14.6 1,480 87.6 85.4-89.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,708 207 13.5 11.4-15.9 1,501 86.5 84.1-88.6
College Graduate 2,125 213 9.9 8.4-11.7 1,912 90.1 88.3-91.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 584 129 24.3 19.6-29.7 455 75.7 70.3-80.4
$15,000- 24,999 923 144 17.5 14.2-21.4 779 82.5 78.6-85.8
$25,000- 34,999 551 77 17.4 13.4-22.3 474 82.6 77.7-86.6
$35,000- 49,999 760 75 10.8 8.1-14.4 685 89.2 85.6-91.9
$50,000- 74,999 727 74 10.4 7.9-13.6 653 89.6 86.4-92.1
$75,000+ 1,359 104 8.9 6.8-11.4 1,255 91.1 88.6-93.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,793 352 21.1 18.5-24.0 1,441 78.9 76.0-81.5
No 4,275 377 10.2 9.0-11.6 3,898 89.8 88.4-91.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 875 65 6.5 4.8- 8.9 810 93.5 91.1-95.2
Non-Veteran 5,263 670 13.9 12.7-15.3 4,593 86.1 84.7-87.3
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 3,114 376 13.3 11.7-15.0 2,738 86.7 85.0-88.3
No 3,025 359 12.6 10.9-14.4 2,666 87.4 85.6-89.1

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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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