2015 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Disability-Non-Hispanic White

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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
-Non-Hispanic White 4,426 200 4.4 3.7- 5.2 4,226 95.6 94.8-96.3
GENDER
Male 1,905 83 4.2 3.3- 5.5 1,822 95.8 94.5-96.7
Female 2,521 117 4.5 3.7- 5.6 2,404 95.5 94.4-96.3
AGE
18-34 678 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 509 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 746 36 5.3 3.7- 7.7 710 94.7 92.3-96.3
55-64 928 46 5.8 4.1- 8.2 882 94.2 91.8-95.9
65-74 907 47 6.5 4.6- 9.2 860 93.5 90.8-95.4
75+ 617 43 7.7 5.6-10.5 574 92.3 89.5-94.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 314 35 10.8 7.5-15.3 279 89.2 84.7-92.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,116 68 5.8 4.4- 7.7 1,048 94.2 92.3-95.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,288 62 3.5 2.6- 4.6 1,226 96.5 95.4-97.4
College Graduate 1,690 33 1.6 1.1- 2.3 1,657 98.4 97.7-98.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 306 36 11.4 7.9-16.4 270 88.6 83.6-92.1
$15,000- 24,999 570 51 9.7 7.1-13.2 519 90.3 86.8-92.9
$25,000- 34,999 361 16 4.3 2.5- 7.4 345 95.7 92.6-97.5
$35,000- 49,999 522 21 4.2 2.5- 7.1 501 95.8 92.9-97.5
$50,000- 74,999 621 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 1,167 19 1.2 0.7- 1.9 1,148 98.8 98.1-99.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,243 143 12.2 10.1-14.7 1,100 87.8 85.3-89.9
No 3,164 57 1.7 1.2- 2.3 3,107 98.3 97.7-98.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 658 25 3.5 2.3- 5.4 633 96.5 94.6-97.7
Non-Veteran 3,763 174 4.5 3.8- 5.4 3,589 95.5 94.6-96.2
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 1,103 38 3.4 2.4- 4.8 1,065 96.6 95.2-97.6
Regional City or Suburban 1,047 54 5.2 3.8- 7.0 993 94.8 93.0-96.2
Rural 2,276 108 4.6 3.6- 5.8 2,168 95.4 94.2-96.4

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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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