2014 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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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
-Whites 5,159 951 19.8 18.5-21.2 1,700 34.2 32.7-35.9 1,500 28.2 26.7-29.7 671 12.3 11.2-13.4 337 5.5 4.9- 6.2
GENDER
Male 2,228 424 20.3 18.3-22.5 724 34.3 31.9-36.8 663 28.7 26.4-31.0 288 12.2 10.7-13.9 129 4.5 3.7- 5.5
Female 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
HISPANIC
Hispanic 181 26 13.9 9.1-20.7 38 21.6 14.9-30.2 70 38.5 30.7-46.9 41 22.5 16.3-30.3 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 4,966 924 20.1 18.7-21.5 1,660 34.8 33.1-36.4 1,426 27.8 26.3-29.4 627 11.8 10.8-12.9 329 5.6 4.9- 6.3
AGE
18-34 752 203 26.1 22.8-29.8 292 39.2 35.3-43.2 195 26.0 22.6-29.7 51 7.3 5.4- 9.6 *** *** ***
35-44 587 142 22.5 19.0-26.5 225 36.9 32.6-41.3 150 26.3 22.5-30.6 53 10.5 7.8-13.8 17 3.8 2.3- 6.3
45-54 740 156 21.0 17.9-24.6 254 34.1 30.4-38.0 190 25.8 22.4-29.6 86 12.2 9.8-15.2 54 6.8 5.1- 9.0
55-64 1,115 178 14.9 12.8-17.3 348 30.3 27.4-33.4 323 31.1 28.1-34.3 174 16.0 13.7-18.7 92 7.7 6.2- 9.6
65-74 1,106 180 15.9 13.6-18.4 345 29.9 27.0-33.0 345 30.6 27.6-33.7 144 14.7 12.2-17.5 92 8.9 7.1-11.2
75+ 800 79 8.9 7.0-11.2 212 27.7 24.2-31.5 280 34.5 30.8-38.4 158 19.8 16.9-23.1 71 9.1 7.1-11.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 504 21 4.9 3.0- 8.0 80 17.1 13.2-21.9 159 33.4 28.4-38.8 142 27.9 23.4-32.8 102 16.7 13.4-20.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,358 171 16.8 14.3-19.6 358 28.7 25.9-31.8 475 32.9 30.0-35.9 231 14.6 12.6-16.8 123 7.0 5.7- 8.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,384 226 19.1 16.6-21.8 488 38.5 35.5-41.7 427 28.2 25.5-31.0 177 10.8 9.2-12.8 66 3.4 2.6- 4.5
College Graduate 1,898 530 30.3 27.9-32.8 771 42.2 39.6-44.8 434 21.4 19.4-23.6 118 4.6 3.7- 5.6 45 1.5 1.1- 2.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 460 33 8.7 5.8-12.7 73 17.3 13.3-22.2 128 25.5 21.2-30.5 129 29.5 24.5-35.0 97 19.0 15.1-23.6
$15,000- 24,999 724 60 10.7 7.9-14.1 179 25.7 22.0-29.9 246 32.6 28.4-37.0 151 20.8 17.4-24.7 88 10.3 8.1-12.9
$25,000- 34,999 472 63 15.6 11.9-20.3 141 30.9 26.0-36.3 162 30.6 26.0-35.7 81 18.7 14.8-23.5 25 4.1 2.7- 6.2
$35,000- 49,999 624 108 16.9 13.7-20.7 219 35.2 30.7-40.1 210 36.6 32.0-41.6 70 9.5 7.2-12.6 17 1.6 0.9- 2.9
$50,000- 74,999 623 143 23.6 19.8-28.0 252 40.4 35.7-45.2 168 27.1 23.2-31.5 41 6.1 4.2- 8.7 19 2.8 1.7- 4.7
$75,000+ 1,233 379 31.4 28.4-34.7 508 41.9 38.6-45.2 266 21.0 18.3-23.9 64 4.5 3.4- 6.1 16 1.2 0.7- 2.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,431 60 4.5 3.3- 6.0 251 18.5 16.0-21.2 438 29.0 26.2-32.0 402 29.6 26.8-32.7 280 18.4 16.2-20.9
No 3,580 876 25.1 23.4-26.9 1,407 39.6 37.7-41.6 1,019 28.0 26.3-29.9 237 6.2 5.3- 7.2 41 1.1 0.7- 1.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 779 148 21.3 17.9-25.1 235 32.2 28.3-36.4 255 30.9 27.1-34.9 103 12.0 9.7-14.8 38 3.6 2.5- 5.2
Non-Veteran 4,376 803 19.6 18.1-21.1 1,464 34.6 32.9-36.3 1,245 27.8 26.2-29.5 568 12.3 11.2-13.5 296 5.8 5.0- 6.6
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 3,085 518 17.7 16.0-19.4 971 32.5 30.5-34.6 913 29.8 27.8-31.9 453 13.8 12.4-15.3 230 6.2 5.4- 7.3
No 2,074 433 22.9 20.7-25.2 729 36.7 34.2-39.3 587 25.9 23.8-28.2 218 10.1 8.6-11.8 107 4.4 3.6- 5.5

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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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