2015 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status-Females

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  Total
Respond.^		 Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,677 1,188 18.8 17.6-20.0 2,035 31.2 29.8-32.6 2,066 30.8 29.5-32.2 975 13.4 12.4-14.4 413 5.8 5.2- 6.6
-FEMALES 3,812 678 18.3 16.9-19.8 1,098 29.4 27.6-31.2 1,189 31.3 29.5-33.2 599 14.3 13.1-15.7 248 6.7 5.7- 7.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 2,548 490 19.1 17.3-21.0 825 32.9 30.7-35.2 723 28.8 26.6-31.1 338 12.2 10.8-13.8 172 6.9 5.8- 8.3
Non-Hispanic Black 813 110 16.6 13.6-20.0 182 24.3 20.7-28.2 299 34.8 31.0-38.9 169 17.4 14.6-20.6 53 7.0 5.0- 9.7
Other 410 66 15.3 11.6-19.9 87 21.4 17.0-26.6 155 39.0 33.3-45.1 82 19.6 15.5-24.5 20 4.7 2.7- 8.1
AGE
18-34 657 162 23.9 20.4-27.8 219 33.6 29.5-38.1 203 31.3 27.3-35.7 65 9.4 7.2-12.2 *** *** ***
35-44 519 111 21.1 17.5-25.3 153 30.1 25.7-34.9 160 31.5 26.9-36.5 75 13.1 10.3-16.6 20 4.2 2.5- 6.8
45-54 646 124 17.9 14.9-21.4 201 30.7 26.7-35.0 175 28.5 24.6-32.8 96 14.4 11.5-18.1 50 8.4 6.2-11.3
55-64 735 115 14.2 11.6-17.2 198 25.8 22.3-29.7 229 31.5 27.5-35.7 128 18.0 14.9-21.6 65 10.5 7.7-14.0
65-74 694 108 14.0 11.3-17.2 186 26.8 23.0-30.9 230 32.2 28.1-36.5 118 16.5 13.5-20.1 52 10.5 7.6-14.4
75+ 501 46 8.2 5.9-11.3 124 22.6 18.7-27.0 174 35.9 31.1-40.9 107 21.5 17.6-26.0 50 11.8 8.6-16.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 390 18 5.0 2.9- 8.3 36 10.6 7.1-15.6 131 36.9 30.8-43.4 115 25.4 20.7-30.7 90 22.1 17.5-27.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,025 118 14.5 11.9-17.5 243 26.0 22.7-29.6 369 36.0 32.6-39.7 223 17.8 15.3-20.5 72 5.7 4.3- 7.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,118 178 17.7 15.2-20.5 337 32.6 29.3-36.1 367 31.2 28.1-34.5 170 13.4 11.3-15.8 66 5.0 3.8- 6.6
College Graduate 1,269 363 30.6 27.6-33.7 480 39.0 35.9-42.2 317 23.3 20.8-26.1 89 5.8 4.5- 7.4 20 1.3 0.8- 2.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 422 36 9.8 6.7-14.1 56 13.8 10.0-18.9 146 32.7 27.4-38.5 118 25.0 20.3-30.3 66 18.6 14.1-24.3
$15,000- 24,999 638 63 10.4 7.9-13.7 130 22.8 18.8-27.3 217 32.3 27.9-37.0 161 23.9 20.1-28.1 67 10.6 8.0-14.0
$25,000- 34,999 330 40 12.7 9.0-17.7 88 23.7 18.8-29.5 127 40.7 34.1-47.5 53 15.5 11.6-20.5 22 7.4 4.6-11.6
$35,000- 49,999 403 66 18.0 13.8-23.1 149 35.9 30.3-41.8 130 34.6 29.1-40.5 50 10.2 7.2-14.3 *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 408 100 24.9 20.1-30.4 154 39.1 33.5-45.1 116 27.6 22.3-33.7 28 6.4 4.1- 9.9 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 720 246 32.8 28.9-36.8 290 40.4 36.3-44.7 145 21.3 17.9-25.1 30 4.3 2.9- 6.2 *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,068 43 3.8 2.6- 5.4 146 12.1 10.0-14.5 332 31.6 28.2-35.1 333 29.8 26.6-33.3 214 22.7 19.6-26.2
No 2,670 621 23.1 21.3-25.1 930 35.4 33.2-37.7 834 31.3 29.1-33.5 254 9.0 7.8-10.3 31 1.2 0.8- 1.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 127 36 31.9 23.1-42.2 41 30.7 22.3-40.7 29 21.9 14.8-31.0 14 9.1 5.0-16.0 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 3,677 642 17.9 16.5-19.5 1,054 29.3 27.5-31.2 1,156 31.6 29.7-33.5 584 14.5 13.2-15.9 241 6.7 5.8- 7.8
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 1,119 252 22.9 20.2-25.9 351 32.1 28.9-35.4 334 29.3 26.3-32.5 136 11.2 9.3-13.5 46 4.5 3.2- 6.3
Regional City or Suburban 804 152 19.3 16.3-22.7 234 29.1 25.5-33.1 254 31.3 27.6-35.2 113 13.3 10.9-16.2 51 7.0 5.1- 9.6
Rural 1,889 274 14.2 12.3-16.3 513 27.4 24.8-30.1 601 32.9 30.2-35.8 350 17.3 15.3-19.5 151 8.2 6.7- 9.9

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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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