2015 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions-Males

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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
-MALES 2,868 284 11.1 9.7-12.7 2,584 88.9 87.3-90.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,937 200 11.6 9.8-13.5 1,737 88.4 86.5-90.2
Non-Hispanic Black 490 51 11.7 8.6-15.7 439 88.3 84.3-91.4
Other 390 27 7.8 5.2-11.6 363 92.2 88.4-94.8
AGE
18-34 601 83 14.7 11.7-18.2 518 85.3 81.8-88.3
35-44 416 35 7.9 5.4-11.3 381 92.1 88.7-94.6
45-54 519 47 10.7 7.8-14.6 472 89.3 85.4-92.2
55-64 598 52 8.6 6.3-11.7 546 91.4 88.3-93.7
65-74 447 45 10.7 7.4-15.4 402 89.3 84.6-92.6
75+ 255 20 11.2 6.4-18.9 235 88.8 81.1-93.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 324 31 11.7 7.8-17.2 293 88.3 82.8-92.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 835 85 11.4 9.0-14.4 750 88.6 85.6-91.0
Some Post-H.S. 726 89 12.5 9.9-15.6 637 87.5 84.4-90.1
College Graduate 962 77 8.8 6.9-11.1 885 91.2 88.9-93.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 234 36 16.3 11.0-23.6 198 83.7 76.4-89.0
$15,000- 24,999 462 54 14.4 10.7-19.0 408 85.6 81.0-89.3
$25,000- 34,999 256 24 9.8 5.7-16.2 232 90.2 83.8-94.3
$35,000- 49,999 342 32 11.8 7.8-17.4 310 88.2 82.6-92.2
$50,000- 74,999 408 26 6.1 4.0- 9.1 382 93.9 90.9-96.0
$75,000+ 704 69 11.1 8.5-14.3 635 88.9 85.7-91.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 687 95 14.2 11.1-18.0 592 85.8 82.0-88.9
No 2,113 180 10.1 8.6-11.9 1,933 89.9 88.1-91.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 777 72 10.1 7.7-13.1 705 89.9 86.9-92.3
Non-Veteran 2,079 211 11.4 9.8-13.3 1,868 88.6 86.7-90.2
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 852 86 11.5 9.1-14.4 766 88.5 85.6-90.9
Regional City or Suburban 637 63 10.0 7.6-13.2 574 90.0 86.8-92.4
Rural 1,379 135 11.4 9.3-13.8 1,244 88.6 86.2-90.7

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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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