2015 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions-Non-Hispanic White

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,673 1,283 18.8 17.7-19.9 5,390 81.2 80.1-82.3
-Non-Hispanic White 4,477 939 20.7 19.3-22.2 3,538 79.3 77.8-80.7
GENDER
Male 1,933 295 14.9 13.1-16.9 1,638 85.1 83.1-86.9
Female 2,544 644 26.1 24.0-28.3 1,900 73.9 71.7-76.0
AGE
18-34 693 136 19.3 16.2-22.8 557 80.7 77.2-83.8
35-44 509 127 22.6 18.7-26.9 382 77.4 73.1-81.3
45-54 753 171 22.7 19.3-26.4 582 77.3 73.6-80.7
55-64 938 250 26.6 23.3-30.1 688 73.4 69.9-76.7
65-74 910 172 18.2 15.4-21.4 738 81.8 78.6-84.6
75+ 629 79 12.4 9.7-15.8 550 87.6 84.2-90.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 318 96 28.3 22.7-34.6 222 71.7 65.4-77.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,138 254 21.2 18.6-24.2 884 78.8 75.8-81.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,305 298 21.7 19.3-24.4 1,007 78.3 75.6-80.7
College Graduate 1,699 289 16.0 14.1-18.1 1,410 84.0 81.9-85.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 328 122 38.5 32.2-45.2 206 61.5 54.8-67.8
$15,000- 24,999 576 181 31.1 26.6-36.0 395 68.9 64.0-73.4
$25,000- 34,999 363 95 25.1 20.1-30.9 268 74.9 69.1-79.9
$35,000- 49,999 525 103 17.8 14.2-22.1 422 82.2 77.9-85.8
$50,000- 74,999 622 112 17.2 14.0-20.9 510 82.8 79.1-86.0
$75,000+ 1,171 168 14.7 12.4-17.3 1,003 85.3 82.7-87.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,241 493 41.8 38.4-45.2 748 58.2 54.8-61.6
No 3,157 428 13.4 12.0-14.9 2,729 86.6 85.1-88.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 669 104 14.6 11.8-18.0 565 85.4 82.0-88.2
Non-Veteran 3,802 835 21.7 20.2-23.4 2,967 78.3 76.6-79.8
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 1,118 217 19.0 16.5-21.7 901 81.0 78.3-83.5
Regional City or Suburban 1,056 234 23.0 20.1-26.1 822 77.0 73.9-79.9
Rural 2,303 488 20.5 18.5-22.7 1,815 79.5 77.3-81.5

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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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