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| Total Respond.^ |
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 2,416 | 142 | 7.2 | 5.8- 8.9 | 171 | 8.3 | 6.8-10.1 | 1,811 | 72.0 | 69.3-74.4 | 292 | 12.5 | 10.8-14.5 |
| -Piedmont NC | 1,411 | 76 | 7.0 | 5.2- 9.3 | 105 | 8.8 | 6.8-11.3 | 1,044 | 70.9 | 67.3-74.2 | 186 | 13.3 | 11.0-16.0 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 499 | 23 | 4.6 | 2.8- 7.5 | 37 | 8.8 | 6.1-12.7 | 373 | 72.9 | 67.5-77.6 | 66 | 13.7 | 10.2-18.2 |
| Female | 912 | 53 | 8.8 | 6.2-12.4 | 68 | 8.8 | 6.1-12.4 | 671 | 69.4 | 64.5-73.8 | 120 | 13.0 | 10.1-16.6 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 983 | 46 | 5.5 | 3.8- 8.1 | 76 | 10.1 | 7.5-13.5 | 744 | 73.7 | 69.6-77.5 | 117 | 10.6 | 8.3-13.5 |
| African American | 323 | 26 | 11.2 | 7.0-17.4 | 25 | 7.7 | 4.4-13.2 | 230 | 66.7 | 58.8-73.7 | 42 | 14.4 | 9.5-21.1 |
| Other minorities | 90 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 69 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,336 | 74 | 7.3 | 5.4- 9.7 | 100 | 9.0 | 6.9-11.7 | 993 | 71.5 | 67.8-74.9 | 169 | 12.2 | 10.0-15.0 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 135 | *** | *** | *** | 19 | 13.3 | 7.5-22.5 | 85 | 61.8 | 51.5-71.1 | 21 | 16.0 | 9.9-24.8 |
| 35-54 | 431 | 25 | 6.9 | 4.2-11.1 | 37 | 9.4 | 6.4-13.6 | 313 | 69.7 | 63.7-75.2 | 56 | 14.0 | 10.2-19.0 |
| 55-64 | 310 | 21 | 8.9 | 5.3-14.3 | *** | *** | *** | 233 | 74.4 | 67.4-80.3 | 38 | 11.9 | 8.1-17.1 |
| 65-74 | 296 | *** | *** | *** | 22 | 9.3 | 5.4-15.7 | 241 | 82.1 | 75.6-87.2 | 26 | 7.3 | 4.7-11.2 |
| 75+ | 230 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 165 | 71.7 | 63.3-78.9 | 43 | 16.3 | 11.0-23.5 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 184 | *** | *** | *** | 17 | 12.6 | 6.9-21.8 | 122 | 60.6 | 50.5-69.8 | 33 | 19.7 | 13.0-28.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 403 | 23 | 7.8 | 4.6-13.0 | 29 | 6.3 | 3.9-10.2 | 296 | 71.5 | 64.6-77.4 | 55 | 14.4 | 9.9-20.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 397 | *** | *** | *** | 30 | 7.9 | 5.0-12.1 | 304 | 75.6 | 69.2-80.9 | 46 | 11.2 | 7.6-16.3 |
| College Graduate | 427 | 24 | 8.1 | 4.8-13.3 | 29 | 9.7 | 5.9-15.6 | 322 | 71.3 | 64.7-77.1 | 52 | 10.9 | 7.7-15.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 179 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 129 | 70.0 | 59.5-78.8 | 24 | 17.7 | 10.5-28.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 259 | 16 | 9.7 | 5.4-16.9 | *** | *** | *** | 200 | 72.7 | 64.4-79.7 | 26 | 9.3 | 5.9-14.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 135 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 174 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 23 | 14.6 | 8.0-25.2 |
| $50,000+ | 399 | 24 | 7.4 | 4.3-12.3 | 25 | 7.7 | 5.0-11.7 | 297 | 73.5 | 67.4-78.9 | 53 | 11.4 | 8.1-15.9 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 429 | 25 | 6.9 | 3.9-12.0 | 38 | 10.7 | 7.1-16.0 | 320 | 71.3 | 64.5-77.3 | 46 | 11.1 | 7.3-16.3 |
| No | 973 | 51 | 7.1 | 5.1- 9.9 | 66 | 7.7 | 5.6-10.5 | 717 | 71.0 | 66.8-74.9 | 139 | 14.2 | 11.4-17.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 168 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 126 | 75.2 | 65.8-82.7 | 22 | 10.8 | 6.3-17.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,243 | 66 | 6.9 | 5.1- 9.4 | 95 | 9.1 | 6.9-11.8 | 918 | 70.4 | 66.5-74.0 | 164 | 13.6 | 11.1-16.6 |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 537 | 29 | 6.6 | 4.2-10.3 | 39 | 7.0 | 4.6-10.6 | 387 | 71.6 | 66.0-76.7 | 82 | 14.8 | 11.1-19.4 |
| No | 874 | 47 | 7.1 | 5.0-10.1 | 66 | 9.5 | 7.0-12.8 | 657 | 70.6 | 66.1-74.7 | 104 | 12.7 | 10.0-16.2 |
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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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