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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes, medications | Yes, methods other than medications | Yes, both medications and other met | No | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 1,044 | 112 | 10.2 | 8.2-12.7 | 101 | 9.4 | 7.5-11.6 | 258 | 23.2 | 20.3-26.3 | 573 | 57.3 | 53.6-60.8 |
| -Piedmont NC | 536 | 59 | 9.1 | 6.7-12.3 | 47 | 8.7 | 6.3-11.9 | 137 | 24.4 | 20.4-28.8 | 293 | 57.9 | 52.9-62.7 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 267 | 26 | 6.8 | 4.3-10.6 | 15 | 5.5 | 3.1- 9.7 | 65 | 22.2 | 17.1-28.4 | 161 | 65.5 | 58.7-71.7 |
| Female | 269 | 33 | 11.8 | 7.8-17.5 | 32 | 12.4 | 8.4-17.8 | 72 | 26.9 | 21.1-33.7 | 132 | 48.9 | 41.8-56.0 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 363 | 43 | 9.1 | 6.4-12.8 | 27 | 7.0 | 4.5-10.7 | 98 | 26.6 | 21.5-32.3 | 195 | 57.3 | 51.2-63.2 |
| African American | 136 | 14 | 8.0 | 4.4-14.0 | 18 | 14.3 | 8.7-22.5 | 33 | 21.8 | 15.1-30.3 | 71 | 56.0 | 46.3-65.2 |
| Other minorities | 31 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 30 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 503 | 58 | 9.5 | 6.9-12.8 | 46 | 9.0 | 6.5-12.3 | 135 | 25.4 | 21.2-30.0 | 264 | 56.2 | 51.0-61.2 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 107 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 21 | 18.6 | 11.8-28.0 | 74 | 69.7 | 59.3-78.4 |
| 35-54 | 197 | 20 | 9.8 | 6.1-15.2 | 14 | 7.0 | 4.0-12.0 | 48 | 24.6 | 18.6-31.8 | 115 | 58.6 | 50.9-66.0 |
| 55-64 | 128 | 21 | 14.6 | 8.9-23.0 | 17 | 14.6 | 8.6-23.7 | 35 | 29.8 | 21.6-39.7 | 55 | 41.0 | 32.0-50.6 |
| 65-74 | 77 | 12 | 17.9 | 10.0-30.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 25 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 101 | 16 | 10.9 | 6.3-18.2 | *** | *** | *** | 21 | 19.7 | 12.5-29.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 185 | 15 | 6.0 | 3.3-10.5 | *** | *** | *** | 51 | 27.9 | 20.7-36.5 | 106 | 61.0 | 52.3-69.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 149 | 21 | 12.1 | 7.0-20.0 | 17 | 12.4 | 7.5-19.8 | 33 | 22.2 | 15.6-30.6 | 78 | 53.4 | 44.1-62.4 |
| College Graduate | 99 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 32 | 30.0 | 20.9-40.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 97 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 25 | 25.0 | 16.7-35.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 127 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 35 | 26.4 | 18.5-36.1 | 75 | 55.8 | 45.3-65.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 65 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 15 | 19.3 | 11.2-31.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 51 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 116 | 14 | 10.1 | 5.7-17.3 | *** | *** | *** | 33 | 26.3 | 18.3-36.1 | 59 | 57.0 | 46.5-66.9 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 195 | 26 | 9.9 | 6.3-15.1 | 17 | 8.7 | 5.1-14.5 | 53 | 29.1 | 22.1-37.2 | 99 | 52.4 | 44.1-60.4 |
| No | 336 | 33 | 8.8 | 5.8-13.1 | 30 | 8.8 | 5.9-12.9 | 84 | 22.5 | 17.8-28.0 | 189 | 59.9 | 53.6-65.9 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 66 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 469 | 54 | 9.6 | 7.0-13.2 | 42 | 8.7 | 6.2-12.2 | 114 | 23.5 | 19.3-28.3 | 259 | 58.1 | 52.8-63.3 |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 199 | 24 | 7.7 | 4.8-12.1 | 19 | 9.7 | 5.8-15.8 | 48 | 23.2 | 17.0-30.9 | 108 | 59.4 | 51.1-67.1 |
| No | 337 | 35 | 9.8 | 6.6-14.4 | 28 | 8.1 | 5.3-12.1 | 89 | 25.0 | 20.1-30.7 | 185 | 57.0 | 50.8-63.1 |
*Asked of current smokers.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 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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