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| Total Respond.^ |
Past 12 months | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | 5+ years | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 7,572 | 6,324 | 79.4 | 78.1-80.6 | 644 | 10.2 | 9.3-11.2 | 401 | 7.1 | 6.3- 8.0 | 203 | 3.3 | 2.8- 3.9 |
| -Piedmont NC | 4,418 | 3,675 | 79.1 | 77.4-80.7 | 387 | 10.7 | 9.5-12.0 | 241 | 7.1 | 6.1- 8.3 | 115 | 3.1 | 2.5- 3.9 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 1,681 | 1,388 | 78.5 | 75.8-81.0 | 146 | 10.9 | 9.1-13.0 | 100 | 7.6 | 6.0- 9.4 | 47 | 3.0 | 2.1- 4.3 |
| Female | 2,737 | 2,287 | 79.5 | 77.3-81.6 | 241 | 10.5 | 9.0-12.2 | 141 | 6.8 | 5.5- 8.3 | 68 | 3.2 | 2.3- 4.3 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 3,283 | 2,721 | 78.6 | 76.6-80.5 | 293 | 11.1 | 9.7-12.7 | 172 | 6.6 | 5.5- 8.0 | 97 | 3.7 | 2.9- 4.8 |
| African American | 839 | 738 | 84.0 | 80.1-87.4 | 61 | 8.8 | 6.4-12.1 | 30 | 5.5 | 3.6- 8.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| Other minorities | 240 | 176 | 71.4 | 63.9-77.8 | 25 | 11.6 | 7.5-17.5 | 33 | 15.7 | 10.9-22.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 198 | 137 | 69.4 | 61.8-76.0 | 28 | 13.9 | 9.4-20.1 | 25 | 13.8 | 9.2-20.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 4,198 | 3,518 | 79.6 | 77.9-81.3 | 358 | 10.5 | 9.3-11.9 | 215 | 6.7 | 5.7- 7.9 | 107 | 3.1 | 2.5- 4.0 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 479 | 332 | 70.5 | 65.7-74.9 | 70 | 13.2 | 10.3-16.9 | 59 | 12.7 | 9.6-16.6 | 18 | 3.5 | 2.2- 5.7 |
| 35-54 | 1,413 | 1,053 | 72.9 | 69.8-75.8 | 185 | 13.7 | 11.6-16.1 | 125 | 8.9 | 7.2-11.0 | 50 | 4.5 | 3.2- 6.3 |
| 55-64 | 959 | 826 | 85.3 | 82.2-88.0 | 69 | 8.5 | 6.3-11.2 | 33 | 4.0 | 2.7- 5.9 | 31 | 2.2 | 1.5- 3.3 |
| 65-74 | 850 | 785 | 93.2 | 90.8-95.0 | 40 | 5.0 | 3.4- 7.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 677 | 646 | 95.4 | 93.1-96.9 | 18 | 3.0 | 1.8- 5.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 504 | 433 | 82.6 | 77.8-86.5 | 33 | 8.1 | 5.5-11.9 | 22 | 6.2 | 3.9- 9.6 | 16 | 3.1 | 1.8- 5.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,146 | 1,001 | 81.7 | 78.1-84.7 | 75 | 9.4 | 7.2-12.2 | 50 | 6.7 | 4.7- 9.4 | 20 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,169 | 961 | 78.4 | 75.0-81.5 | 93 | 9.1 | 7.2-11.6 | 75 | 8.2 | 6.3-10.7 | 40 | 4.2 | 2.8- 6.3 |
| College Graduate | 1,596 | 1,277 | 76.2 | 73.2-78.9 | 186 | 14.4 | 12.2-16.9 | 94 | 6.8 | 5.3- 8.6 | 39 | 2.7 | 1.8- 3.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 448 | 376 | 79.8 | 73.7-84.8 | 30 | 7.8 | 4.8-12.4 | 22 | 7.9 | 4.6-13.2 | 20 | 4.5 | 2.6- 7.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 718 | 578 | 74.7 | 70.2-78.7 | 58 | 11.2 | 8.4-14.8 | 55 | 9.5 | 7.0-12.8 | 27 | 4.6 | 2.9- 7.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 402 | 349 | 81.8 | 75.7-86.7 | 23 | 6.3 | 4.0-10.0 | 17 | 5.8 | 3.4- 9.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 536 | 447 | 78.9 | 73.7-83.3 | 50 | 12.0 | 8.7-16.5 | 27 | 6.0 | 3.7- 9.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 1,475 | 1,195 | 78.9 | 76.0-81.5 | 163 | 12.1 | 10.1-14.5 | 87 | 6.9 | 5.4- 8.9 | 30 | 2.1 | 1.3- 3.4 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,199 | 1,084 | 87.9 | 85.0-90.3 | 54 | 5.5 | 3.9- 7.8 | 41 | 4.6 | 3.2- 6.6 | 20 | 2.0 | 1.2- 3.3 |
| No | 3,165 | 2,544 | 76.2 | 74.1-78.2 | 329 | 12.3 | 10.9-14.0 | 197 | 8.0 | 6.7- 9.4 | 95 | 3.5 | 2.7- 4.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 533 | 483 | 87.7 | 83.3-91.1 | 24 | 5.7 | 3.6- 8.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 3,882 | 3,189 | 78.0 | 76.1-79.7 | 363 | 11.3 | 10.0-12.8 | 225 | 7.5 | 6.4- 8.8 | 105 | 3.2 | 2.5- 4.0 |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,640 | 1,388 | 80.2 | 77.3-82.9 | 129 | 9.6 | 7.8-11.8 | 80 | 6.9 | 5.2- 9.1 | 43 | 3.3 | 2.2- 4.9 |
| No | 2,778 | 2,287 | 78.6 | 76.5-80.6 | 258 | 11.1 | 9.6-12.8 | 161 | 7.2 | 6.0- 8.7 | 72 | 3.0 | 2.3- 4.0 |
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*Asked of those who have ever had their blood cholesterol checked.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2013
are NOT comparable to 2010 and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2013 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.
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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