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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 |
| -Western NC | 872 | 706 | 78.2 | 74.3-81.7 | 91 | 11.4 | 8.9-14.6 | 43 | 6.3 | 4.2- 9.2 | 32 | 4.0 | 2.7- 6.0 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 329 | 265 | 79.2 | 72.7-84.4 | 32 | 10.1 | 6.7-15.0 | 20 | 7.6 | 4.2-13.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| Female | 543 | 441 | 77.4 | 72.3-81.9 | 59 | 12.6 | 9.2-17.0 | 23 | 5.2 | 3.2- 8.3 | 20 | 4.8 | 2.9- 7.9 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 771 | 629 | 78.2 | 74.0-82.0 | 76 | 11.4 | 8.8-14.8 | 40 | 6.8 | 4.5-10.1 | 26 | 3.5 | 2.2- 5.5 |
| Other minorities | 93 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 64 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 230 | 156 | 67.1 | 59.2-74.2 | 45 | 19.0 | 13.6-25.8 | 17 | 9.3 | 5.2-16.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 204 | 167 | 86.3 | 80.0-90.8 | 23 | 8.6 | 5.1-14.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 202 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 166 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 109 | 89 | 80.1 | 69.4-87.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 260 | 218 | 83.8 | 76.5-89.1 | 30 | 11.9 | 7.5-18.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 234 | 188 | 77.6 | 70.1-83.7 | 28 | 14.0 | 9.3-20.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 269 | 211 | 69.2 | 60.6-76.7 | 24 | 9.7 | 6.2-15.1 | 21 | 14.3 | 8.3-23.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 117 | 95 | 80.7 | 69.6-88.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 168 | 133 | 73.1 | 62.0-82.0 | 16 | 11.0 | 6.1-18.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 87 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 98 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 228 | 177 | 75.5 | 67.5-82.0 | 31 | 16.9 | 11.3-24.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 315 | 282 | 88.7 | 83.3-92.6 | 19 | 6.1 | 3.4-10.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 548 | 417 | 73.8 | 68.6-78.4 | 71 | 13.9 | 10.5-18.1 | 33 | 7.5 | 4.8-11.6 | 27 | 4.8 | 3.1- 7.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 129 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 743 | 594 | 77.0 | 72.7-80.8 | 81 | 11.8 | 9.0-15.2 | 36 | 6.4 | 4.3- 9.5 | 32 | 4.8 | 3.2- 7.0 |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 623 | 500 | 78.8 | 74.2-82.7 | 67 | 11.1 | 8.3-14.7 | 31 | 6.2 | 3.9- 9.8 | 25 | 4.0 | 2.5- 6.2 |
| No | 249 | 206 | 75.9 | 67.8-82.5 | 24 | 13.0 | 8.2-20.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
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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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