2015 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status-Males

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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
-MALES 2,865 510 19.3 17.6-21.1 937 33.2 31.1-35.3 877 30.2 28.3-32.3 376 12.3 11.0-13.9 165 4.9 4.1- 5.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,937 367 20.2 18.1-22.5 698 36.0 33.5-38.6 548 28.1 25.8-30.6 223 10.9 9.3-12.8 101 4.8 3.7- 6.1
Non-Hispanic Black 487 71 17.5 13.6-22.3 126 28.6 23.8-33.8 180 34.9 30.1-40.0 73 13.6 10.4-17.4 37 5.5 3.7- 8.0
Other 390 60 16.6 12.6-21.5 95 25.5 20.7-31.1 135 34.7 29.0-40.8 76 18.0 14.0-22.9 24 5.2 3.3- 8.0
AGE
18-34 603 158 27.0 23.0-31.3 237 38.3 34.0-42.7 167 27.5 23.5-31.8 36 6.1 4.2- 8.9 *** *** ***
35-44 415 88 20.1 16.1-24.8 144 37.6 32.2-43.2 127 29.0 24.3-34.3 42 11.1 8.0-15.3 14 2.1 1.2- 3.8
45-54 517 77 15.6 12.3-19.5 173 30.8 26.5-35.5 154 31.1 26.7-35.9 79 15.7 12.3-19.8 34 6.8 4.7- 9.9
55-64 598 81 14.3 11.3-17.9 181 30.2 26.0-34.8 185 32.0 27.8-36.6 88 13.6 10.8-17.1 63 9.8 7.4-12.9
65-74 446 59 11.7 8.8-15.4 131 27.2 22.8-32.2 158 36.7 31.4-42.3 68 17.0 12.8-22.3 30 7.4 5.0-10.8
75+ 255 36 13.4 9.2-19.1 63 20.9 15.9-27.0 76 29.6 23.4-36.5 61 26.3 20.0-33.8 19 9.8 5.3-17.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 323 32 10.8 7.0-16.1 43 15.3 10.9-21.1 112 34.9 29.0-41.4 93 27.9 22.6-34.0 43 11.0 7.7-15.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 835 122 17.6 14.6-21.1 222 28.3 24.8-32.1 293 34.3 30.6-38.1 135 14.4 11.9-17.4 63 5.4 4.1- 7.1
Some Post-H.S. 723 127 20.3 17.0-24.1 249 38.2 34.1-42.5 221 28.4 24.7-32.4 87 8.9 7.0-11.3 39 4.1 2.8- 6.1
College Graduate 964 226 25.4 22.3-28.7 417 44.7 41.2-48.3 243 24.5 21.6-27.7 60 4.0 3.0- 5.3 18 1.4 0.8- 2.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 233 18 9.0 5.5-14.5 40 16.5 11.4-23.3 73 32.7 25.7-40.6 56 23.5 17.5-30.8 46 18.3 13.1-24.9
$15,000- 24,999 461 64 15.0 11.4-19.4 99 23.0 18.5-28.2 141 30.0 25.3-35.1 110 22.4 18.3-27.2 47 9.6 6.8-13.4
$25,000- 34,999 255 33 14.7 10.1-20.9 79 32.4 25.7-40.0 92 34.6 27.5-42.4 39 13.7 9.1-20.2 12 4.6 2.4- 8.6
$35,000- 49,999 341 60 20.3 15.4-26.4 111 32.4 26.7-38.7 118 33.4 27.6-39.7 36 10.5 7.2-15.0 16 3.4 1.8- 6.1
$50,000- 74,999 408 74 20.4 15.6-26.2 167 40.7 35.1-46.6 129 31.9 26.6-37.6 33 6.6 4.4- 9.9 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 706 183 26.6 23.0-30.6 295 44.0 39.8-48.3 179 24.3 20.9-28.1 40 4.1 2.7- 6.1 *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 689 41 6.0 4.2- 8.6 105 15.7 12.6-19.5 203 29.8 25.8-34.1 209 30.4 26.4-34.8 131 18.0 14.8-21.8
No 2,108 456 22.9 20.8-25.2 812 38.2 35.8-40.7 648 30.2 27.9-32.6 162 7.4 6.1- 8.9 30 1.2 0.8- 1.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 777 141 20.2 16.9-23.8 252 32.4 28.6-36.4 227 30.6 26.9-34.7 100 10.0 7.9-12.5 57 6.8 4.9- 9.4
Non-Veteran 2,076 368 19.1 17.1-21.2 682 33.4 31.0-35.9 646 30.1 27.8-32.5 274 13.0 11.4-14.9 106 4.4 3.5- 5.5
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 849 182 22.3 19.1-25.8 319 37.4 33.7-41.2 238 26.8 23.5-30.3 79 10.0 7.9-12.7 31 3.5 2.3- 5.4
Regional City or Suburban 639 131 20.9 17.5-24.9 195 32.1 27.9-36.5 183 27.7 23.8-32.0 83 12.8 10.1-16.2 47 6.5 4.6- 9.1
Rural 1,377 197 16.0 13.6-18.7 423 30.5 27.5-33.6 456 34.4 31.3-37.6 214 13.9 11.8-16.4 87 5.2 4.0- 6.6

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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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