2015 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability-Males

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,564 352 5.0 4.4- 5.6 6,212 95.0 94.4-95.6
-MALES 2,811 141 4.7 3.9- 5.7 2,670 95.3 94.3-96.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,905 83 4.2 3.3- 5.5 1,822 95.8 94.5-96.7
Non-Hispanic Black 476 40 6.9 4.9- 9.8 436 93.1 90.2-95.1
Other 384 16 3.4 1.9- 5.9 368 96.6 94.1-98.1
AGE
18-34 588 13 2.1 1.1- 4.0 575 97.9 96.0-98.9
35-44 408 12 2.6 1.4- 4.8 396 97.4 95.2-98.6
45-54 507 26 5.2 3.3- 8.1 481 94.8 91.9-96.7
55-64 590 44 7.9 5.6-11.1 546 92.1 88.9-94.4
65-74 440 27 7.8 5.2-11.6 413 92.2 88.4-94.8
75+ 249 19 7.9 4.7-13.1 230 92.1 86.9-95.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 321 33 9.0 6.1-13.0 288 91.0 87.0-93.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 814 58 6.4 4.7- 8.6 756 93.6 91.4-95.3
Some Post-H.S. 708 32 3.3 2.2- 4.8 676 96.7 95.2-97.8
College Graduate 947 17 1.5 0.9- 2.5 930 98.5 97.5-99.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 210 28 13.1 8.7-19.4 182 86.9 80.6-91.3
$15,000- 24,999 451 43 9.1 6.4-12.8 408 90.9 87.2-93.6
$25,000- 34,999 252 14 4.7 2.6- 8.3 238 95.3 91.7-97.4
$35,000- 49,999 338 12 4.4 2.3- 8.2 326 95.6 91.8-97.7
$50,000- 74,999 406 *** *** *** 399 99.0 97.7-99.6
$75,000+ 702 13 1.2 0.7- 2.2 689 98.8 97.8-99.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 690 98 13.9 11.1-17.3 592 86.1 82.7-88.9
No 2,109 42 2.0 1.4- 2.9 2,067 98.0 97.1-98.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 760 38 4.4 3.1- 6.2 722 95.6 93.8-96.9
Non-Veteran 2,039 102 4.8 3.8- 6.0 1,937 95.2 94.0-96.2
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 833 25 2.9 1.9- 4.4 808 97.1 95.6-98.1
Regional City or Suburban 631 44 6.6 4.7- 9.1 587 93.4 90.9-95.3
Rural 1,347 72 5.0 3.8- 6.6 1,275 95.0 93.4-96.2

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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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