2014 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability-Whites

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes, mild Yes, moderate Yes, severe No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,365 295 4.2 3.6- 4.8 485 6.7 6.0- 7.4 480 6.7 6.0- 7.4 5,105 82.5 81.4-83.5
-Whites 4,573 192 4.0 3.4- 4.8 352 6.8 6.0- 7.6 313 6.2 5.4- 7.0 3,716 83.1 81.8-84.3
GENDER
Male 1,939 85 4.0 3.1- 5.1 148 6.8 5.6- 8.2 135 5.8 4.8- 7.0 1,571 83.4 81.5-85.2
Female 2,634 107 4.0 3.2- 5.1 204 6.7 5.7- 7.9 178 6.5 5.5- 7.7 2,145 82.7 80.9-84.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 153 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 4,413 191 4.1 3.5- 4.9 351 7.0 6.2- 7.9 308 6.3 5.5- 7.2 3,563 82.6 81.2-83.8
AGE
18-34 564 16 3.3 2.0- 5.5 17 2.7 1.6- 4.5 15 2.4 1.4- 4.2 516 91.5 88.7-93.7
35-44 506 *** *** *** 24 4.6 2.9- 7.1 20 4.9 3.0- 7.7 451 88.3 84.7-91.2
45-54 672 29 3.7 2.5- 5.5 39 6.3 4.4- 8.8 61 8.6 6.6-11.1 543 81.5 78.0-84.5
55-64 1,015 40 4.3 2.9- 6.4 127 12.1 10.1-14.5 104 9.7 7.9-11.8 744 73.8 70.7-76.8
65-74 1,016 49 6.1 4.5- 8.2 90 10.4 8.2-13.0 62 6.5 4.9- 8.5 815 77.1 73.8-80.1
75+ 754 47 5.9 4.3- 8.2 54 7.0 5.1- 9.4 51 6.7 5.0- 8.9 602 80.4 77.0-83.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 458 38 8.9 6.2-12.6 58 12.7 9.5-16.9 77 14.9 11.6-19.1 285 63.5 58.0-68.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,218 55 4.1 3.0- 5.7 105 7.0 5.7- 8.7 110 7.8 6.3- 9.6 948 81.0 78.4-83.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,241 57 3.5 2.6- 4.8 113 7.1 5.8- 8.8 78 4.8 3.7- 6.1 993 84.6 82.4-86.6
College Graduate 1,645 41 2.0 1.4- 2.9 76 3.2 2.5- 4.2 48 2.1 1.5- 2.9 1,480 92.7 91.3-93.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 371 31 8.0 5.3-11.8 57 13.6 10.2-17.9 105 29.4 24.0-35.4 178 49.0 42.9-55.3
$15,000- 24,999 666 33 5.2 3.4- 7.9 89 12.2 9.6-15.5 74 10.0 7.7-12.8 470 72.6 68.3-76.4
$25,000- 34,999 429 *** *** *** 35 7.4 5.2-10.5 31 7.1 4.8-10.2 348 81.7 77.0-85.7
$35,000- 49,999 556 25 3.9 2.4- 6.2 40 7.8 5.3-11.2 21 3.0 1.8- 5.0 470 85.4 81.4-88.6
$50,000- 74,999 541 *** *** *** 26 4.2 2.6- 6.5 15 2.1 1.2- 3.6 488 91.9 89.1-94.1
$75,000+ 1,079 24 2.0 1.2- 3.3 29 2.1 1.4- 3.2 19 1.4 0.8- 2.4 1,007 94.5 92.7-95.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 674 47 6.1 4.4- 8.4 66 9.7 7.4-12.5 47 5.8 4.1- 8.1 514 78.4 74.7-81.8
Non-Veteran 3,897 145 3.7 3.0- 4.5 286 6.3 5.5- 7.3 265 6.2 5.4- 7.1 3,201 83.8 82.4-85.1
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 2,566 112 4.4 3.5- 5.5 210 7.6 6.5- 8.9 214 7.9 6.7- 9.2 2,030 80.1 78.2-81.9
No 2,007 80 3.5 2.7- 4.6 142 5.7 4.7- 6.9 99 4.1 3.2- 5.1 1,686 86.7 85.0-88.3

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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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