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 6,677 619 7.1 6.5- 7.8 6,058 92.9 92.2-93.5
-Non-Hispanic White 4,475 592 10.2 9.3-11.2 3,883 89.8 88.8-90.7
GENDER
Male 1,933 270 10.7 9.3-12.3 1,663 89.3 87.7-90.7
Female 2,542 322 9.8 8.6-11.1 2,220 90.2 88.9-91.4
AGE
18-34 694 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 512 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 751 51 6.8 5.1- 9.2 700 93.2 90.8-94.9
55-64 939 119 12.3 10.0-14.9 820 87.7 85.1-90.0
65-74 909 196 22.0 18.8-25.7 713 78.0 74.3-81.2
75+ 626 198 30.8 26.7-35.2 428 69.2 64.8-73.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 317 59 15.6 11.7-20.7 258 84.4 79.3-88.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,132 156 10.1 8.4-12.1 976 89.9 87.9-91.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,305 162 9.3 7.8-11.1 1,143 90.7 88.9-92.2
College Graduate 1,703 211 9.3 8.0-10.8 1,492 90.7 89.2-92.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 327 43 10.2 7.3-14.1 284 89.8 85.9-92.7
$15,000- 24,999 576 80 11.2 8.5-14.6 496 88.8 85.4-91.5
$25,000- 34,999 363 44 12.3 8.5-17.4 319 87.7 82.6-91.5
$35,000- 49,999 527 82 12.0 9.2-15.5 445 88.0 84.5-90.8
$50,000- 74,999 621 78 8.4 6.4-11.0 543 91.6 89.0-93.6
$75,000+ 1,174 126 8.4 6.9-10.1 1,048 91.6 89.9-93.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,234 242 17.1 14.7-19.8 992 82.9 80.2-85.3
No 3,162 341 7.8 6.9- 8.8 2,821 92.2 91.2-93.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 669 129 15.8 13.0-19.1 540 84.2 80.9-87.0
Non-Veteran 3,800 463 9.3 8.4-10.4 3,337 90.7 89.6-91.6
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 1,119 123 8.8 7.2-10.7 996 91.2 89.3-92.8
Regional City or Suburban 1,057 125 9.1 7.5-10.9 932 90.9 89.1-92.5
Rural 2,299 344 11.8 10.4-13.5 1,955 88.2 86.5-89.6

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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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