2014 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status-FEMALES

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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 7,256 1,262 19.0 17.8-20.1 2,221 31.7 30.4-33.1 2,238 30.4 29.1-31.7 1,060 13.5 12.6-14.4 475 5.5 4.9- 6.1
-FEMALES 4,156 696 18.2 16.7-19.7 1,282 31.6 29.9-33.4 1,279 30.6 28.9-32.3 603 13.4 12.2-14.6 296 6.3 5.5- 7.2
RACE
White 2,931 527 19.3 17.6-21.2 976 34.2 32.1-36.3 837 27.8 25.8-29.8 383 12.3 10.9-13.8 208 6.4 5.5- 7.5
African American 904 121 15.7 12.9-18.9 237 27.4 24.0-31.2 344 38.3 34.5-42.2 139 12.6 10.4-15.3 63 6.0 4.5- 7.9
Other Minorities 268 39 14.5 10.3-20.0 56 21.5 16.2-28.0 82 32.7 26.2-40.0 67 24.2 18.8-30.5 24 7.2 4.4-11.4
AGE
18-34 668 160 22.7 19.3-26.3 246 36.0 32.0-40.2 195 30.8 27.0-35.0 58 9.1 7.0-11.9 *** *** ***
35-44 525 128 23.1 19.4-27.3 167 30.2 26.1-34.7 145 28.1 24.0-32.7 65 13.6 10.4-17.5 20 5.0 3.1- 7.9
45-54 619 114 19.6 16.2-23.5 195 31.3 27.3-35.5 160 25.0 21.2-29.3 92 14.3 11.5-17.6 58 9.8 7.4-12.9
55-64 827 109 12.6 10.3-15.3 241 29.3 25.9-33.0 264 34.5 30.9-38.3 146 16.9 14.2-19.9 67 6.7 5.2- 8.6
65-74 824 125 14.9 12.4-17.9 241 27.6 24.4-31.1 267 33.2 29.6-37.0 114 13.4 11.0-16.3 77 10.8 8.5-13.8
75+ 628 49 6.6 4.9- 8.8 167 28.2 24.3-32.5 227 35.1 31.0-39.5 122 19.1 15.8-22.9 63 11.0 8.5-14.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 472 16 4.2 2.4- 7.4 68 13.8 10.3-18.2 147 33.7 28.6-39.2 143 29.9 25.2-35.0 98 18.4 14.7-22.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,147 134 14.9 12.4-17.9 287 27.5 24.4-30.9 411 34.4 31.2-37.9 212 15.6 13.3-18.2 103 7.5 6.0- 9.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,155 176 17.9 15.3-20.8 373 34.5 31.2-37.9 392 32.5 29.3-35.8 153 11.3 9.5-13.5 61 3.9 2.9- 5.1
College Graduate 1,363 366 29.7 26.9-32.7 547 41.7 38.6-44.8 324 22.4 19.9-25.0 93 4.6 3.6- 5.8 33 1.6 1.1- 2.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 524 36 8.6 5.9-12.3 94 19.8 15.9-24.3 151 29.6 25.0-34.5 149 25.7 21.5-30.5 94 16.4 12.9-20.5
$15,000- 24,999 709 66 10.4 7.8-13.8 185 27.2 23.4-31.4 250 33.6 29.5-37.9 142 20.4 17.0-24.2 66 8.4 6.4-11.0
$25,000- 34,999 415 54 15.5 11.5-20.5 118 29.3 24.0-35.1 158 34.9 29.6-40.7 65 16.7 12.6-21.9 20 3.6 2.2- 5.8
$35,000- 49,999 468 82 17.7 13.9-22.3 151 30.7 25.7-36.2 168 40.3 34.5-46.2 50 8.8 6.3-12.2 17 2.5 1.4- 4.4
$50,000- 74,999 407 101 26.9 21.9-32.6 153 36.5 30.9-42.5 113 28.1 23.2-33.6 28 5.6 3.6- 8.7 12 2.8 1.4- 5.4
$75,000+ 707 228 32.1 28.2-36.3 303 42.8 38.6-47.1 137 20.3 16.9-24.2 28 3.1 2.0- 4.7 11 1.7 0.9- 3.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,179 41 3.4 2.4- 4.8 168 14.5 12.1-17.3 374 31.9 28.7-35.4 349 29.2 26.1-32.4 247 21.0 18.3-24.0
No 2,855 643 23.2 21.4-25.2 1,075 37.1 35.0-39.3 869 30.2 28.2-32.3 226 7.9 6.8- 9.2 42 1.5 1.1- 2.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 110 29 26.9 18.7-37.2 29 25.4 17.1-35.9 *** *** *** 12 9.9 5.2-18.2 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 4,039 667 18.0 16.5-19.5 1,250 31.8 30.1-33.6 1,242 30.5 28.7-32.2 591 13.5 12.3-14.8 289 6.3 5.5- 7.2
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 2,425 373 16.2 14.5-18.1 733 31.3 29.0-33.6 751 31.6 29.3-34.0 373 14.1 12.6-15.9 195 6.8 5.7- 8.0
No 1,731 323 20.7 18.4-23.1 549 32.1 29.5-34.9 528 29.2 26.7-31.8 230 12.3 10.6-14.3 101 5.6 4.5- 7.0

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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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