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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 | 5,669 | 4,598 | 78.9 | 77.6-80.2 | 578 | 11.4 | 10.4-12.4 | 352 | 7.0 | 6.2- 7.8 | 141 | 2.7 | 2.3- 3.3 |
| -Eastern | 1,847 | 1,549 | 81.5 | 79.1-83.6 | 158 | 10.3 | 8.6-12.2 | 98 | 5.8 | 4.5- 7.3 | 42 | 2.5 | 1.8- 3.6 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 745 | 606 | 79.0 | 75.1-82.5 | 72 | 11.6 | 8.9-14.9 | 47 | 6.6 | 4.6- 9.3 | 20 | 2.8 | 1.7- 4.6 |
| Female | 1,102 | 943 | 83.6 | 80.6-86.2 | 86 | 9.1 | 7.1-11.6 | 51 | 5.1 | 3.6- 7.1 | 22 | 2.2 | 1.4- 3.7 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 1,177 | 975 | 80.8 | 77.8-83.5 | 108 | 10.7 | 8.7-13.2 | 68 | 6.0 | 4.4- 8.0 | 26 | 2.5 | 1.6- 3.9 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 489 | 433 | 85.5 | 80.7-89.3 | 29 | 8.9 | 5.7-13.5 | 17 | 3.7 | 2.2- 6.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 155 | 120 | 75.4 | 65.9-82.9 | 18 | 10.8 | 6.3-18.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 208 | 141 | 65.9 | 58.1-72.9 | 37 | 19.7 | 14.2-26.7 | 22 | 11.5 | 7.2-17.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 250 | 179 | 75.2 | 68.8-80.7 | 36 | 12.3 | 8.4-17.6 | 23 | 7.4 | 4.7-11.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 320 | 258 | 79.5 | 73.7-84.3 | 30 | 11.0 | 7.4-16.1 | 21 | 5.9 | 3.5- 9.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 453 | 400 | 88.3 | 84.2-91.4 | 26 | 6.1 | 3.9- 9.4 | 20 | 3.9 | 2.4- 6.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 353 | 326 | 94.3 | 91.2-96.3 | 15 | 3.8 | 2.1- 6.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 237 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 190 | 163 | 84.5 | 77.1-89.8 | 14 | 9.2 | 5.1-16.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 581 | 478 | 79.0 | 74.3-83.1 | 60 | 12.8 | 9.6-16.9 | 29 | 5.5 | 3.4- 8.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 558 | 477 | 82.9 | 78.6-86.5 | 35 | 8.1 | 5.6-11.5 | 30 | 6.2 | 4.0- 9.5 | 16 | 2.8 | 1.6- 4.8 |
| College Graduate | 513 | 429 | 81.5 | 77.0-85.2 | 49 | 10.9 | 8.0-14.7 | 30 | 6.2 | 4.2- 9.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 189 | 155 | 79.4 | 70.8-86.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 314 | 262 | 81.8 | 75.8-86.6 | 27 | 11.2 | 7.3-16.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 149 | 123 | 79.6 | 69.0-87.2 | 16 | 11.5 | 6.4-19.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 208 | 170 | 80.9 | 73.4-86.6 | 19 | 10.4 | 6.0-17.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 235 | 200 | 85.3 | 78.9-90.0 | 19 | 8.2 | 4.6-14.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 377 | 318 | 80.3 | 74.5-85.0 | 33 | 9.7 | 6.7-13.9 | 21 | 8.0 | 4.9-13.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 592 | 533 | 89.4 | 85.8-92.1 | 35 | 5.9 | 4.0- 8.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 1,211 | 975 | 77.4 | 74.2-80.3 | 121 | 12.4 | 10.1-15.1 | 81 | 7.3 | 5.6- 9.4 | 34 | 2.9 | 2.0- 4.3 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 325 | 288 | 88.4 | 83.5-91.9 | 18 | 6.0 | 3.5-10.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 1,518 | 1,259 | 80.1 | 77.3-82.6 | 138 | 11.1 | 9.1-13.3 | 86 | 6.1 | 4.7- 8.0 | 35 | 2.7 | 1.9- 4.0 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||||||||
| Urban | 139 | 103 | 74.9 | 66.2-82.0 | 15 | 9.5 | 5.5-15.8 | 15 | 10.3 | 6.0-17.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| Regional City or Suburban | 233 | 198 | 82.1 | 75.3-87.4 | 22 | 10.5 | 6.6-16.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Rural | 1,475 | 1,248 | 82.0 | 79.2-84.4 | 121 | 10.3 | 8.3-12.6 | 72 | 5.3 | 3.9- 7.0 | 34 | 2.5 | 1.7- 3.7 |
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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 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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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