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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 8,674 | 7,694 | 82.1 | 80.9-83.3 | 980 | 17.9 | 16.7-19.1 |
| -Western NC | 980 | 878 | 86.2 | 82.8-89.0 | 102 | 13.8 | 11.0-17.2 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 385 | 331 | 83.2 | 77.8-87.5 | 54 | 16.8 | 12.5-22.2 |
| Female | 595 | 547 | 89.0 | 84.4-92.3 | 48 | 11.0 | 7.7-15.6 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 863 | 777 | 86.5 | 82.9-89.4 | 86 | 13.5 | 10.6-17.1 |
| Other minorities | 108 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-34 | 110 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 258 | 231 | 89.9 | 84.6-93.5 | 27 | 10.1 | 6.5-15.4 |
| 55-64 | 215 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 215 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 172 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 132 | 113 | 83.3 | 73.6-89.9 | 19 | 16.7 | 10.1-26.4 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 294 | 260 | 86.3 | 79.9-91.0 | 34 | 13.7 | 9.0-20.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 264 | 236 | 85.0 | 77.9-90.1 | 28 | 15.0 | 9.9-22.1 |
| College Graduate | 287 | 269 | 91.7 | 85.7-95.3 | 18 | 8.3 | 4.7-14.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 144 | 119 | 74.9 | 63.0-83.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 192 | 169 | 83.8 | 74.6-90.1 | 23 | 16.2 | 9.9-25.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 102 | 87 | 82.6 | 71.1-90.2 | 15 | 17.4 | 9.8-28.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 114 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 237 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 343 | 319 | 90.8 | 85.0-94.5 | 24 | 9.2 | 5.5-15.0 |
| No | 626 | 550 | 84.6 | 80.3-88.1 | 76 | 15.4 | 11.9-19.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 138 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 842 | 748 | 84.7 | 80.9-87.9 | 94 | 15.3 | 12.1-19.1 |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | |||||||
| Yes | 701 | 629 | 87.8 | 84.2-90.7 | 72 | 12.2 | 9.3-15.8 |
| No | 279 | 249 | 79.8 | 70.4-86.7 | 30 | 20.2 | 13.3-29.6 |
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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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