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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 11,356 | 10,279 | 81.4 | 80.0-82.8 | 1,077 | 18.6 | 17.2-20.0 |
| -Piedmont NC | 6,339 | 5,770 | 82.4 | 80.6-84.1 | 569 | 17.6 | 15.9-19.4 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 2,429 | 2,172 | 80.1 | 77.2-82.8 | 257 | 19.9 | 17.2-22.8 |
| Female | 3,910 | 3,598 | 84.5 | 82.1-86.7 | 312 | 15.5 | 13.3-17.9 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 4,830 | 4,497 | 85.3 | 83.2-87.3 | 333 | 14.7 | 12.7-16.8 |
| African American | 1,067 | 948 | 81.8 | 77.6-85.3 | 119 | 18.2 | 14.7-22.4 |
| Other minorities | 393 | 281 | 61.8 | 54.3-68.8 | 112 | 38.2 | 31.2-45.7 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 308 | 197 | 52.2 | 43.9-60.3 | 111 | 47.8 | 39.7-56.1 |
| Non-Hispanic | 6,013 | 5,556 | 85.1 | 83.2-86.7 | 457 | 14.9 | 13.3-16.8 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-34 | 762 | 515 | 61.0 | 56.4-65.4 | 247 | 39.0 | 34.6-43.6 |
| 35-54 | 2,120 | 1,920 | 87.1 | 84.6-89.3 | 200 | 12.9 | 10.7-15.4 |
| 55-64 | 1,310 | 1,255 | 95.5 | 93.7-96.9 | 55 | 4.5 | 3.1- 6.3 |
| 65-74 | 1,152 | 1,122 | 97.7 | 96.1-98.6 | 30 | 2.3 | 1.4- 3.9 |
| 75+ | 912 | 878 | 96.8 | 95.2-97.9 | 34 | 3.2 | 2.1- 4.8 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 720 | 583 | 66.4 | 60.0-72.2 | 137 | 33.6 | 27.8-40.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,714 | 1,529 | 79.0 | 75.2-82.4 | 185 | 21.0 | 17.6-24.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,521 | 1,408 | 84.9 | 81.4-87.8 | 113 | 15.1 | 12.2-18.6 |
| College Graduate | 2,362 | 2,229 | 91.8 | 89.9-93.4 | 133 | 8.2 | 6.6-10.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 636 | 541 | 71.6 | 64.9-77.4 | 95 | 28.4 | 22.6-35.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 1,044 | 898 | 72.1 | 66.9-76.7 | 146 | 27.9 | 23.3-33.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 574 | 522 | 81.7 | 75.0-86.9 | 52 | 18.3 | 13.1-25.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 743 | 687 | 86.8 | 81.9-90.6 | 56 | 13.2 | 9.4-18.1 |
| $50,000+ | 2,234 | 2,132 | 91.5 | 89.0-93.5 | 102 | 8.5 | 6.5-11.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 1,731 | 1,634 | 88.8 | 85.2-91.5 | 97 | 11.2 | 8.5-14.8 |
| No | 4,293 | 3,857 | 81.0 | 78.7-83.0 | 436 | 19.0 | 17.0-21.3 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 803 | 771 | 92.7 | 88.3-95.6 | 32 | 7.3 | 4.4-11.7 |
| Non-Veteran | 5,534 | 4,997 | 81.2 | 79.2-83.0 | 537 | 18.8 | 17.0-20.8 |
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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2011 are NOT comparable to previous years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2011 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).
Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick,
Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow,
Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
**Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham,
Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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