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| Total Respond.^ |
Less than 1 year ago | 1 to 5 years ago | 5 to 10 years ago | 10 or more years ago | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 1,825 | 169 | 12.0 | 10.1-14.2 | 293 | 19.3 | 17.1-21.7 | 209 | 13.2 | 11.3-15.3 | 1,154 | 55.6 | 52.7-58.4 |
| -Eastern | 605 | 57 | 12.9 | 9.5-17.1 | 92 | 17.8 | 14.2-22.2 | 75 | 16.0 | 12.5-20.4 | 381 | 53.3 | 48.3-58.2 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 293 | 26 | 11.5 | 7.5-17.3 | 39 | 15.5 | 10.9-21.4 | 37 | 16.5 | 11.5-23.2 | 191 | 56.5 | 49.3-63.3 |
| Female | 312 | 31 | 14.5 | 9.5-21.6 | 53 | 20.9 | 15.5-27.6 | 38 | 15.4 | 10.9-21.4 | 190 | 49.1 | 42.3-56.0 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 465 | 44 | 13.1 | 9.5-17.9 | 67 | 17.6 | 13.5-22.7 | 58 | 16.4 | 12.2-21.6 | 296 | 52.8 | 47.1-58.5 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 99 | *** | *** | *** | 18 | 18.2 | 10.7-29.3 | 12 | 13.2 | 7.4-22.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 34 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 53 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 54 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 70 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 161 | 15 | 9.1 | 5.2-15.3 | 27 | 14.6 | 9.1-22.4 | 18 | 13.8 | 8.4-22.0 | 101 | 62.5 | 53.3-70.9 |
| 65-74 | 157 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 132 | 84.5 | 76.1-90.3 |
| 75+ | 101 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 76 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 156 | 21 | 17.4 | 10.7-26.9 | 18 | 14.3 | 8.7-22.6 | 13 | 8.8 | 4.9-15.3 | 104 | 59.5 | 49.9-68.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 199 | 18 | 11.3 | 6.7-18.4 | 40 | 24.1 | 17.3-32.5 | 23 | 15.2 | 9.8-22.8 | 118 | 49.4 | 41.2-57.6 |
| College Graduate | 171 | *** | *** | *** | 20 | 12.8 | 7.7-20.7 | 26 | 19.3 | 12.9-27.9 | 114 | 59.8 | 50.6-68.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 44 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 101 | 14 | 18.3 | 10.2-30.5 | 15 | 17.6 | 9.7-29.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 56 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 62 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 96 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 137 | *** | *** | *** | 15 | 14.7 | 8.3-24.8 | 20 | 16.6 | 10.4-25.4 | 91 | 59.0 | 48.7-68.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 203 | 15 | 12.4 | 6.8-21.5 | 33 | 16.3 | 11.1-23.2 | 23 | 15.0 | 9.4-23.0 | 132 | 56.4 | 47.5-64.8 |
| No | 400 | 42 | 13.1 | 9.3-18.2 | 59 | 18.6 | 14.1-24.3 | 52 | 16.6 | 12.2-22.1 | 247 | 51.6 | 45.5-57.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 140 | *** | *** | *** | 13 | 12.3 | 6.9-20.8 | *** | *** | *** | 102 | 65.5 | 55.1-74.5 |
| Non-Veteran | 464 | 46 | 13.2 | 9.4-18.3 | 78 | 19.5 | 15.2-24.7 | 61 | 17.9 | 13.5-23.2 | 279 | 49.4 | 43.7-55.1 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||||||||
| Urban | 53 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Regional City or Suburban | 72 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Rural | 480 | 46 | 12.2 | 8.7-16.8 | 70 | 16.6 | 12.7-21.5 | 58 | 15.9 | 11.9-21.1 | 306 | 55.3 | 49.6-60.9 |
*This question was asked of those who reported smoking 100+ cigarettes, but no longer smoke.
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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