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2014 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes, only one Yes, more than one No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 7,270 4,774 62.2 60.8-63.6 1,172 14.0 13.1-15.0 1,324 23.7 22.5-25.0
GENDER
Male 3,103 1,899 58.0 55.9-60.1 443 12.1 10.8-13.4 761 29.9 27.9-32.0
Female 4,167 2,875 66.1 64.3-67.9 729 15.8 14.6-17.2 563 18.0 16.6-19.6
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 4,937 3,432 66.6 64.9-68.2 848 15.4 14.3-16.6 657 18.0 16.6-19.5
Non-Hispanic Black 1,382 890 59.8 56.6-62.9 234 14.3 12.4-16.5 258 25.9 23.0-29.0
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 115 *** *** *** 13 10.1 5.3-18.3 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 252 149 58.9 50.6-66.7 33 9.1 5.5-14.5 70 32.0 24.9-40.2
Hispanic 500 167 30.3 26.0-35.1 34 5.1 3.5- 7.2 299 64.6 59.8-69.2
AGE
18-34 1,266 575 45.0 41.9-48.2 118 9.4 7.8-11.4 573 45.5 42.4-48.7
35-44 953 568 60.1 56.6-63.6 100 10.9 8.9-13.4 285 29.0 25.9-32.3
45-54 1,100 755 70.4 67.4-73.3 168 14.4 12.3-16.8 177 15.2 13.0-17.7
55-64 1,519 1,084 72.6 70.0-75.0 270 16.9 14.9-19.0 165 10.6 9.0-12.4
65-74 1,370 1,026 75.0 72.3-77.6 271 19.5 17.2-22.0 73 5.5 4.2- 7.1
75+ 955 692 72.2 68.8-75.4 232 24.2 21.2-27.5 31 3.6 2.4- 5.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 917 493 50.8 46.9-54.7 140 13.5 11.2-16.1 284 35.7 32.0-39.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,000 1,275 60.8 58.1-63.4 317 13.1 11.6-14.9 408 26.1 23.7-28.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,918 1,284 64.0 61.3-66.5 313 14.2 12.5-16.0 321 21.9 19.6-24.3
College Graduate 2,403 1,698 68.8 66.6-71.0 400 15.3 13.7-17.0 305 15.9 14.1-17.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 851 476 52.4 48.3-56.5 149 15.6 13.0-18.6 226 32.0 28.2-36.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,191 696 53.9 50.4-57.4 172 12.4 10.4-14.7 323 33.7 30.4-37.2
$25,000- 34,999 702 448 59.1 54.6-63.5 113 15.1 12.2-18.6 141 25.7 21.8-30.0
$35,000- 49,999 840 579 63.5 59.3-67.5 128 13.0 10.6-15.9 133 23.5 19.8-27.6
$50,000-74,999 790 591 72.7 68.7-76.4 108 12.0 9.7-14.8 91 15.3 12.2-18.9
$75,000+ 1,456 1,069 72.2 69.3-74.9 224 14.5 12.5-16.8 163 13.3 11.1-15.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,941 1,280 65.1 62.4-67.6 486 23.3 21.1-25.6 175 11.7 9.9-13.7
No 5,069 3,337 61.8 60.1-63.4 650 11.2 10.2-12.2 1,082 27.0 25.5-28.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 997 638 61.6 57.9-65.2 215 18.9 16.3-21.9 144 19.5 16.4-22.9
Non-Veteran 6,259 4,126 62.3 60.8-63.8 955 13.3 12.4-14.3 1,178 24.4 23.0-25.8
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 4,238 2,762 61.9 60.1-63.7 698 14.4 13.2-15.7 778 23.7 22.0-25.4
No 3,032 2,012 62.7 60.5-64.8 474 13.5 12.2-14.9 546 23.8 21.9-25.9

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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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