2015 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days-Non-Hispanic Black

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  Total
Respond.^		 None 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days 30 days
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,608 4,638 68.6 67.2-70.0 445 7.4 6.6- 8.2 574 9.1 8.2-10.0 555 9.0 8.2- 9.9 396 6.0 5.3- 6.7
-Non-Hispanic Black 1,292 882 65.7 62.4-68.9 94 8.6 6.8-10.8 144 11.6 9.6-14.0 94 8.1 6.4-10.2 78 6.0 4.6- 7.7
GENDER
Male 485 347 69.1 63.8-73.9 27 6.3 4.0- 9.8 55 12.7 9.4-16.8 23 5.6 3.5- 8.8 33 6.4 4.2- 9.4
Female 807 535 62.9 58.7-67.0 67 10.5 8.0-13.6 89 10.7 8.4-13.6 71 10.1 7.7-13.2 45 5.7 4.1- 7.9
AGE
18-34 250 154 61.1 54.0-67.7 28 12.2 8.1-18.0 40 15.2 11.0-20.6 19 8.0 4.8-13.0 *** *** ***
35-44 215 133 62.5 54.6-69.8 21 9.2 5.9-14.1 32 14.8 9.6-22.1 19 9.4 5.9-14.8 *** *** ***
45-54 253 156 62.8 55.9-69.3 22 8.0 5.0-12.3 22 7.2 4.6-11.3 24 9.4 6.1-14.1 29 12.6 8.4-18.5
55-64 279 195 67.2 59.8-73.7 *** *** *** 30 9.9 6.7-14.6 20 7.1 4.2-11.8 20 7.9 4.7-13.0
65-74 181 152 81.3 72.3-87.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 99 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 157 95 55.7 45.7-65.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** 23 14.3 8.8-22.3 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 475 336 69.4 64.1-74.2 28 6.7 4.3-10.3 51 11.6 8.6-15.6 32 7.4 4.9-11.0 28 4.9 3.3- 7.3
Some Post-H.S. 350 229 65.6 59.5-71.3 28 7.8 5.2-11.6 42 11.5 8.1-16.1 23 7.1 4.4-11.3 28 7.9 5.2-11.9
College Graduate 309 221 66.8 60.3-72.7 26 10.2 6.8-15.0 37 14.2 10.0-19.8 16 5.9 3.5- 9.8 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 195 119 54.2 44.9-63.3 16 14.7 8.1-25.1 21 8.8 5.0-15.0 22 12.0 7.5-18.5 17 10.3 5.9-17.5
$15,000- 24,999 297 186 61.2 54.1-67.9 24 7.9 5.0-12.3 37 14.7 10.0-21.0 28 9.1 5.7-14.1 22 7.1 4.4-11.2
$25,000- 34,999 128 95 75.2 66.1-82.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 142 98 66.5 56.7-75.0 15 9.4 5.4-16.0 15 15.1 9.0-24.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 128 98 76.3 66.6-83.8 *** *** *** 17 11.4 6.5-19.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 138 99 66.5 56.3-75.4 13 11.3 6.6-18.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 350 183 51.4 45.0-57.8 22 6.7 4.0-10.9 44 11.5 8.1-16.1 51 16.0 11.7-21.4 50 14.5 10.6-19.4
No 901 670 70.2 66.3-73.8 71 9.3 7.1-12.2 92 11.4 9.0-14.3 42 5.8 4.0- 8.2 26 3.3 2.1- 5.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 163 114 71.7 63.4-78.7 *** *** *** 22 13.8 8.8-20.9 *** *** *** 16 9.0 5.3-14.9
Non-Veteran 1,127 766 64.9 61.3-68.3 87 9.3 7.3-11.8 122 11.4 9.2-13.9 90 8.9 7.0-11.2 62 5.6 4.2- 7.5
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 487 324 64.9 59.8-69.8 48 9.8 7.1-13.3 53 10.6 7.9-14.2 37 8.8 6.2-12.5 25 5.8 3.7- 9.0
Regional City or Suburban 218 142 62.8 54.8-70.1 *** *** *** 26 12.8 8.2-19.4 18 8.8 5.1-14.7 20 8.8 5.5-13.9
Rural 587 416 67.9 62.7-72.8 34 8.0 5.2-12.1 65 12.2 9.0-16.3 39 6.9 4.7-10.1 33 5.0 3.4- 7.3

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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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