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| Total Respond.^ |
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,651 | 998 | 20.1 | 18.8-21.4 | 1,540 | 29.7 | 28.2-31.3 | 587 | 10.5 | 9.6-11.6 | 2,526 | 39.7 | 38.1-41.2 |
| -Eastern | 1,820 | 378 | 24.4 | 22.0-27.1 | 476 | 30.3 | 27.5-33.1 | 166 | 8.2 | 6.9- 9.8 | 800 | 37.1 | 34.4-39.8 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 767 | 188 | 28.4 | 24.6-32.6 | 219 | 33.2 | 29.1-37.6 | 66 | 7.0 | 5.3- 9.2 | 294 | 31.4 | 27.7-35.3 |
| Female | 1,053 | 190 | 20.6 | 17.6-23.9 | 257 | 27.5 | 24.0-31.3 | 100 | 9.4 | 7.5-11.8 | 506 | 42.6 | 38.9-46.3 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 1,127 | 222 | 24.7 | 21.5-28.2 | 252 | 27.2 | 23.8-30.8 | 100 | 8.3 | 6.6-10.4 | 553 | 39.8 | 36.4-43.3 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 475 | 104 | 24.0 | 19.6-29.1 | 169 | 37.7 | 32.3-43.5 | 52 | 9.1 | 6.6-12.4 | 150 | 29.2 | 24.4-34.5 |
| Other | 193 | 48 | 25.0 | 18.5-32.9 | 51 | 31.7 | 24.0-40.7 | *** | *** | *** | 81 | 36.7 | 29.2-44.9 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 280 | 75 | 26.5 | 21.1-32.7 | 113 | 45.1 | 38.5-52.0 | 22 | 6.8 | 4.3-10.6 | 70 | 21.6 | 16.8-27.2 |
| 35-44 | 239 | 67 | 31.5 | 24.7-39.2 | 76 | 31.2 | 24.6-38.6 | 18 | 5.2 | 3.1- 8.5 | 78 | 32.1 | 25.7-39.4 |
| 45-54 | 311 | 72 | 26.8 | 21.3-33.1 | 86 | 26.9 | 21.6-33.0 | 37 | 10.5 | 7.3-14.8 | 116 | 35.8 | 29.9-42.2 |
| 55-64 | 429 | 80 | 22.2 | 17.6-27.6 | 96 | 20.8 | 16.7-25.6 | 39 | 9.9 | 7.0-14.0 | 214 | 47.0 | 41.5-52.6 |
| 65-74 | 321 | 41 | 14.2 | 10.1-19.7 | 65 | 22.8 | 17.6-29.0 | 31 | 8.7 | 5.9-12.6 | 184 | 54.3 | 47.7-60.7 |
| 75+ | 222 | 39 | 20.3 | 14.4-27.7 | 37 | 18.0 | 12.6-25.1 | 17 | 9.5 | 5.4-16.2 | 129 | 52.2 | 44.1-60.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 207 | 56 | 29.2 | 22.2-37.3 | 47 | 27.9 | 20.4-37.1 | *** | *** | *** | 89 | 36.4 | 29.0-44.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 561 | 148 | 28.0 | 23.6-32.9 | 145 | 30.4 | 25.7-35.5 | 53 | 7.7 | 5.5-10.5 | 215 | 33.9 | 29.4-38.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 556 | 118 | 26.1 | 21.7-30.9 | 152 | 31.8 | 27.1-36.9 | 45 | 7.4 | 5.3-10.2 | 241 | 34.7 | 30.4-39.3 |
| College Graduate | 494 | 54 | 10.8 | 8.0-14.4 | 132 | 29.5 | 24.8-34.7 | 53 | 12.3 | 9.2-16.3 | 255 | 47.4 | 42.2-52.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 185 | 51 | 28.5 | 21.0-37.3 | 49 | 25.1 | 18.4-33.2 | *** | *** | *** | 71 | 38.3 | 30.0-47.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 325 | 77 | 26.7 | 21.1-33.3 | 92 | 34.1 | 27.3-41.6 | 30 | 7.8 | 5.1-11.9 | 126 | 31.4 | 25.7-37.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 152 | 35 | 25.4 | 17.5-35.4 | 37 | 32.4 | 23.2-43.1 | 22 | 11.1 | 6.9-17.6 | 58 | 31.1 | 23.2-40.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 206 | 47 | 28.1 | 20.9-36.7 | 53 | 32.8 | 24.8-41.9 | 19 | 6.9 | 4.0-11.5 | 87 | 32.2 | 25.3-40.0 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 234 | 39 | 22.6 | 16.1-30.6 | 80 | 35.6 | 28.2-43.9 | 21 | 8.3 | 5.1-13.2 | 94 | 33.5 | 26.7-41.2 |
| $75,000+ | 346 | 51 | 18.6 | 14.0-24.5 | 76 | 25.3 | 20.0-31.5 | 32 | 9.3 | 6.4-13.4 | 187 | 46.7 | 40.6-52.9 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 569 | 110 | 22.8 | 18.7-27.6 | 128 | 26.7 | 22.2-31.8 | 66 | 10.4 | 7.8-13.6 | 265 | 40.1 | 35.4-45.1 |
| No | 1,243 | 266 | 25.0 | 22.0-28.2 | 346 | 31.7 | 28.4-35.2 | 99 | 7.3 | 5.8- 9.2 | 532 | 35.9 | 32.8-39.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 289 | 55 | 22.6 | 17.1-29.2 | 87 | 33.4 | 27.0-40.4 | 27 | 7.7 | 5.0-11.6 | 120 | 36.3 | 30.2-42.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,527 | 320 | 24.6 | 21.9-27.6 | 389 | 29.8 | 26.8-33.0 | 139 | 8.3 | 6.9-10.1 | 679 | 37.2 | 34.3-40.2 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||||||||
| Urban | 133 | 21 | 17.4 | 10.8-26.8 | 28 | 24.2 | 16.4-34.2 | 13 | 10.9 | 6.2-18.4 | 71 | 47.5 | 37.8-57.4 |
| Regional City or Suburban | 246 | 40 | 18.7 | 13.4-25.4 | 88 | 40.5 | 33.3-48.2 | 22 | 8.5 | 5.2-13.7 | 96 | 32.3 | 26.1-39.2 |
| Rural | 1,441 | 317 | 26.2 | 23.3-29.3 | 360 | 28.8 | 25.7-32.1 | 131 | 7.9 | 6.5- 9.7 | 633 | 37.0 | 34.1-40.1 |
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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