2015 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Radon Testing-Non-Hispanic Black

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,444 2,931 49.9 48.3-51.5 2,513 50.1 48.5-51.7
-Non-Hispanic Black 1,075 288 25.1 22.2-28.3 787 74.9 71.7-77.8
GENDER
Male 383 118 25.8 21.2-31.1 265 74.2 68.9-78.8
Female 692 170 24.6 21.0-28.6 522 75.4 71.4-79.0
AGE
18-34 183 31 15.6 10.7-22.2 152 84.4 77.8-89.3
35-44 172 59 32.5 25.0-41.1 113 67.5 58.9-75.0
45-54 216 61 30.0 23.5-37.4 155 70.0 62.6-76.5
55-64 249 75 28.7 22.5-35.9 174 71.3 64.1-77.5
65-74 154 37 21.2 14.9-29.2 117 78.8 70.8-85.1
75+ 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 388 65 17.3 13.1-22.6 323 82.7 77.4-86.9
Some Post-H.S. 295 95 31.7 26.0-38.1 200 68.3 61.9-74.0
College Graduate 264 118 42.8 36.2-49.7 146 57.2 50.3-63.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 150 19 9.9 5.9-16.3 131 90.1 83.7-94.1
$15,000- 24,999 264 59 22.9 17.2-29.7 205 77.1 70.3-82.8
$25,000- 34,999 102 28 28.1 19.0-39.3 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 124 38 29.2 20.6-39.5 86 70.8 60.5-79.4
$50,000- 74,999 112 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 315 80 25.2 20.0-31.3 235 74.8 68.7-80.0
No 756 207 25.0 21.5-28.7 549 75.0 71.3-78.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 141 66 43.9 34.6-53.7 75 56.1 46.3-65.4
Non-Veteran 933 222 22.5 19.5-25.8 711 77.5 74.2-80.5
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 399 141 32.4 27.4-37.8 258 67.6 62.2-72.6
Regional City or Suburban 183 39 20.0 14.1-27.6 144 80.0 72.4-85.9
Rural 493 108 19.6 15.8-24.1 385 80.4 75.9-84.2

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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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