2015 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions-Females

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,684 859 13.4 12.4-14.5 5,825 86.6 85.5-87.6
-FEMALES 3,816 575 15.5 14.1-17.1 3,241 84.5 82.9-85.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 2,549 376 15.6 13.9-17.6 2,173 84.4 82.4-86.1
Non-Hispanic Black 816 145 17.8 14.8-21.3 671 82.2 78.7-85.2
Other 409 51 11.7 8.4-16.1 358 88.3 83.9-91.6
AGE
18-34 654 98 16.9 13.7-20.8 556 83.1 79.2-86.3
35-44 522 88 16.3 13.0-20.3 434 83.7 79.7-87.0
45-54 645 98 15.7 12.5-19.5 547 84.3 80.5-87.5
55-64 738 112 15.1 12.2-18.6 626 84.9 81.4-87.8
65-74 694 98 13.8 11.0-17.1 596 86.2 82.9-89.0
75+ 502 75 13.6 10.6-17.4 427 86.4 82.6-89.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 393 86 21.5 16.6-27.3 307 78.5 72.7-83.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,027 167 16.2 13.6-19.3 860 83.8 80.7-86.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,120 171 15.8 13.4-18.6 949 84.2 81.4-86.6
College Graduate 1,266 151 11.3 9.4-13.4 1,115 88.7 86.6-90.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 423 97 22.8 18.0-28.4 326 77.2 71.6-82.0
$15,000- 24,999 638 96 17.0 13.2-21.6 542 83.0 78.4-86.8
$25,000- 34,999 331 52 16.6 12.2-22.2 279 83.4 77.8-87.8
$35,000- 49,999 403 55 12.9 9.4-17.4 348 87.1 82.6-90.6
$50,000- 74,999 408 61 15.1 11.3-20.0 347 84.9 80.0-88.7
$75,000+ 721 80 11.6 9.1-14.8 641 88.4 85.2-90.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,070 293 29.1 25.7-32.7 777 70.9 67.3-74.3
No 2,672 276 11.0 9.5-12.7 2,396 89.0 87.3-90.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 126 13 11.1 6.2-19.0 113 88.9 81.0-93.8
Non-Veteran 3,682 561 15.7 14.2-17.2 3,121 84.3 82.8-85.8
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 1,118 152 13.5 11.3-16.0 966 86.5 84.0-88.7
Regional City or Suburban 806 96 13.0 10.3-16.2 710 87.0 83.8-89.7
Rural 1,892 327 18.5 16.2-21.0 1,565 81.5 79.0-83.8

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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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