2014 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions-Whites

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

(Ever told) you have kidney disease?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 7,258 232 2.6 2.2- 3.1 7,026 97.4 96.9-97.8
-Whites 5,163 163 2.4 2.0- 2.9 5,000 97.6 97.1-98.0
GENDER
Male 2,232 58 1.9 1.4- 2.6 2,174 98.1 97.4-98.6
Female 2,931 105 2.9 2.3- 3.7 2,826 97.1 96.3-97.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 182 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 4,969 160 2.5 2.0- 3.0 4,809 97.5 97.0-98.0
AGE
18-34 755 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 589 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 743 19 2.8 1.7- 4.6 724 97.2 95.4-98.3
55-64 1,116 35 3.1 2.1- 4.5 1,081 96.9 95.5-97.9
65-74 1,106 50 4.1 3.0- 5.5 1,056 95.9 94.5-97.0
75+ 798 48 6.3 4.6- 8.8 750 93.7 91.2-95.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 515 27 4.1 2.6- 6.3 488 95.9 93.7-97.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,359 41 2.3 1.7- 3.3 1,318 97.7 96.7-98.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,381 42 2.1 1.5- 3.1 1,339 97.9 96.9-98.5
College Graduate 1,893 53 2.1 1.5- 2.9 1,840 97.9 97.1-98.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 464 24 4.7 2.8- 7.8 440 95.3 92.2-97.2
$15,000- 24,999 724 32 3.7 2.5- 5.4 692 96.3 94.6-97.5
$25,000- 34,999 475 21 2.7 1.6- 4.5 454 97.3 95.5-98.4
$35,000- 49,999 624 20 2.2 1.3- 3.6 604 97.8 96.4-98.7
$50,000- 74,999 624 18 2.1 1.3- 3.5 606 97.9 96.5-98.7
$75,000+ 1,232 24 1.7 1.0- 2.7 1,208 98.3 97.3-99.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,434 85 5.4 4.3- 6.9 1,349 94.6 93.1-95.7
No 3,581 72 1.4 1.0- 1.8 3,509 98.6 98.2-99.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 780 28 2.5 1.7- 3.8 752 97.5 96.2-98.3
Non-Veteran 4,379 135 2.4 2.0- 3.0 4,244 97.6 97.0-98.0
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 3,088 104 2.7 2.2- 3.4 2,984 97.3 96.6-97.8
No 2,075 59 2.0 1.5- 2.7 2,016 98.0 97.3-98.5

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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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