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 6,678 213 2.8 2.4- 3.3 6,465 97.2 96.7-97.6
-FEMALES 3,809 126 3.0 2.4- 3.7 3,683 97.0 96.3-97.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 2,547 89 3.3 2.5- 4.2 2,458 96.7 95.8-97.5
Non-Hispanic Black 812 24 2.4 1.5- 4.0 788 97.6 96.0-98.5
Other 409 11 2.4 1.0- 5.3 398 97.6 94.7-99.0
AGE
18-34 656 *** *** *** 647 98.7 97.3-99.4
35-44 520 *** *** *** 510 97.5 94.9-98.8
45-54 646 17 2.2 1.3- 3.8 629 97.8 96.2-98.7
55-64 737 31 4.2 2.8- 6.4 706 95.8 93.6-97.2
65-74 692 27 4.0 2.5- 6.3 665 96.0 93.7-97.5
75+ 497 30 7.0 4.6-10.7 467 93.0 89.3-95.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 389 28 7.3 4.8-10.9 361 92.7 89.1-95.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,029 31 2.8 1.8- 4.3 998 97.2 95.7-98.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,115 36 2.3 1.6- 3.3 1,079 97.7 96.7-98.4
College Graduate 1,268 31 1.7 1.1- 2.7 1,237 98.3 97.3-98.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 422 23 4.7 2.7- 8.1 399 95.3 91.9-97.3
$15,000- 24,999 639 28 4.5 2.9- 7.0 611 95.5 93.0-97.1
$25,000- 34,999 329 *** *** *** 320 98.3 96.4-99.2
$35,000- 49,999 401 12 2.8 1.4- 5.4 389 97.2 94.6-98.6
$50,000- 74,999 408 14 3.0 1.6- 5.6 394 97.0 94.4-98.4
$75,000+ 722 11 1.0 0.5- 1.9 711 99.0 98.1-99.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,064 84 8.3 6.4-10.7 980 91.7 89.3-93.6
No 2,672 41 1.2 0.8- 1.7 2,631 98.8 98.3-99.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 127 *** *** *** 125 98.7 94.5-99.7
Non-Veteran 3,674 124 3.0 2.4- 3.8 3,550 97.0 96.2-97.6
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 1,119 28 2.4 1.6- 3.8 1,091 97.6 96.2-98.4
Regional City or Suburban 805 30 3.6 2.4- 5.5 775 96.4 94.5-97.6
Rural 1,885 68 3.0 2.2- 4.1 1,817 97.0 95.9-97.8

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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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