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 6,687 582 7.2 6.6- 8.0 6,105 92.8 92.0-93.4
-Non-Hispanic White 4,487 451 8.3 7.4- 9.2 4,036 91.7 90.8-92.6
GENDER
Male 1,938 150 5.6 4.7- 6.8 1,788 94.4 93.2-95.3
Female 2,549 301 10.7 9.3-12.2 2,248 89.3 87.8-90.7
AGE
18-34 694 14 2.6 1.5- 4.5 680 97.4 95.5-98.5
35-44 512 17 3.1 1.8- 5.2 495 96.9 94.8-98.2
45-54 756 49 7.1 5.1- 9.7 707 92.9 90.3-94.9
55-64 939 93 9.9 7.9-12.3 846 90.1 87.7-92.1
65-74 912 157 16.5 13.8-19.5 755 83.5 80.5-86.2
75+ 629 118 18.3 14.9-22.2 511 81.7 77.8-85.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 318 45 12.7 9.2-17.4 273 87.3 82.6-90.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,138 127 8.7 7.1-10.7 1,011 91.3 89.3-92.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,309 131 7.9 6.5- 9.6 1,178 92.1 90.4-93.5
College Graduate 1,704 147 6.5 5.4- 7.8 1,557 93.5 92.2-94.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 328 51 13.6 9.7-18.6 277 86.4 81.4-90.3
$15,000- 24,999 576 70 9.9 7.5-12.9 506 90.1 87.1-92.5
$25,000- 34,999 364 44 11.6 8.2-16.1 320 88.4 83.9-91.8
$35,000- 49,999 527 57 8.5 6.2-11.6 470 91.5 88.4-93.8
$50,000- 74,999 621 38 5.0 3.3- 7.4 583 95.0 92.6-96.7
$75,000+ 1,175 85 6.0 4.6- 7.7 1,090 94.0 92.3-95.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,242 201 14.7 12.5-17.1 1,041 85.3 82.9-87.5
No 3,165 242 6.0 5.2- 7.0 2,923 94.0 93.0-94.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 670 90 9.9 7.7-12.6 580 90.1 87.4-92.3
Non-Veteran 3,811 361 8.0 7.1- 9.1 3,450 92.0 90.9-92.9
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 1,121 91 6.5 5.2- 8.2 1,030 93.5 91.8-94.8
Regional City or Suburban 1,060 103 7.9 6.3- 9.8 957 92.1 90.2-93.7
Rural 2,306 257 9.6 8.2-11.1 2,049 90.4 88.9-91.8

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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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