2014 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status-African Americans

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%)
North Carolina 7,256 5,721 81.0 80.0-82.1 1,535 19.0 17.9-20.0
-African Americans 1,431 1,096 80.5 78.1-82.7 335 19.5 17.3-21.9
GENDER
Male 527 394 79.4 75.4-82.9 133 20.6 17.1-24.6
Female 904 702 81.4 78.3-84.1 202 18.6 15.9-21.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 1,395 1,070 80.6 78.2-82.9 325 19.4 17.1-21.8
AGE
18-34 292 268 91.2 86.6-94.4 24 8.8 5.6-13.4
35-44 207 177 85.5 79.5-90.0 30 14.5 10.0-20.5
45-54 263 190 73.6 67.3-79.0 73 26.4 21.0-32.7
55-64 307 213 72.2 66.2-77.6 94 27.8 22.4-33.8
65-74 217 150 67.9 60.1-74.9 67 32.1 25.1-39.9
75+ 126 80 66.8 56.6-75.7 46 33.2 24.3-43.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 212 125 63.6 55.6-70.8 87 36.4 29.2-44.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 476 341 77.5 73.1-81.4 135 22.5 18.6-26.9
Some Post-H.S. 393 322 86.8 83.0-89.8 71 13.2 10.2-17.0
College Graduate 348 306 91.3 87.9-93.8 42 8.7 6.2-12.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 284 180 71.0 64.6-76.6 104 29.0 23.4-35.4
$15,000- 24,999 310 217 73.4 67.5-78.5 93 26.6 21.5-32.5
$25,000- 34,999 148 123 86.8 79.9-91.6 25 13.2 8.4-20.1
$35,000- 49,999 169 143 87.6 81.2-92.1 26 12.4 7.9-18.8
$50,000- 74,999 115 100 91.7 85.9-95.2 15 8.3 4.8-14.1
$75,000+ 147 *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 382 176 48.7 42.6-54.8 206 51.3 45.2-57.4
No 979 862 89.2 86.7-91.3 117 10.8 8.7-13.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 168 133 81.0 73.9-86.5 35 19.0 13.5-26.1
Non-Veteran 1,258 958 80.4 77.7-82.7 300 19.6 17.3-22.3
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 773 575 78.3 74.7-81.4 198 21.7 18.6-25.3
No 658 521 82.9 79.5-85.8 137 17.1 14.2-20.5

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 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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