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| Total Respond.^ |
Within the past year (<12 months) | Within the past 2 years | Within the past 5 years | 5 or more years ago | Never | |||||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,614 | 5,020 | 73.5 | 72.1-74.8 | 769 | 12.6 | 11.6-13.6 | 419 | 7.3 | 6.6- 8.1 | 345 | 5.6 | 5.0- 6.4 | 61 | 1.0 | 0.7- 1.4 |
| -Eastern | 2,177 | 1,694 | 74.6 | 72.2-76.9 | 211 | 10.4 | 8.9-12.2 | 135 | 7.3 | 6.1- 8.9 | 119 | 6.7 | 5.4- 8.3 | 18 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.6 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 920 | 665 | 69.9 | 66.1-73.5 | 92 | 10.7 | 8.4-13.5 | 70 | 8.5 | 6.5-11.0 | 79 | 9.5 | 7.3-12.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| Female | 1,257 | 1,029 | 79.2 | 76.2-81.9 | 119 | 10.2 | 8.3-12.5 | 65 | 6.2 | 4.8- 8.2 | 40 | 3.9 | 2.6- 5.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 1,342 | 1,054 | 75.8 | 72.7-78.6 | 128 | 10.5 | 8.6-12.8 | 82 | 7.1 | 5.5- 9.0 | 70 | 6.0 | 4.5- 7.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 568 | 467 | 78.8 | 74.0-82.9 | 53 | 10.8 | 7.9-14.6 | 24 | 5.9 | 3.7- 9.3 | 21 | 4.3 | 2.4- 7.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 234 | 147 | 60.7 | 52.9-68.1 | 27 | 9.9 | 6.2-15.6 | 27 | 11.6 | 7.6-17.4 | 26 | 14.5 | 9.4-21.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 388 | 247 | 63.5 | 57.9-68.7 | 62 | 15.8 | 12.1-20.3 | 47 | 11.3 | 8.3-15.2 | 27 | 8.3 | 5.6-12.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 296 | 210 | 70.0 | 63.4-75.8 | 40 | 11.3 | 8.0-15.9 | 20 | 7.4 | 4.6-11.8 | 22 | 9.9 | 6.3-15.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 364 | 257 | 69.0 | 63.0-74.3 | 40 | 11.7 | 8.2-16.3 | 27 | 8.1 | 5.3-12.2 | 34 | 9.5 | 6.4-13.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 483 | 392 | 83.6 | 79.6-86.9 | 42 | 7.5 | 5.3-10.4 | 23 | 4.6 | 3.0- 7.2 | 25 | 4.0 | 2.4- 6.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 364 | 329 | 92.6 | 88.8-95.1 | 18 | 3.3 | 1.9- 5.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 254 | 236 | 93.4 | 88.6-96.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 248 | 175 | 67.5 | 60.0-74.3 | 17 | 6.3 | 3.6-11.1 | 25 | 11.7 | 7.5-17.7 | 27 | 13.2 | 8.7-19.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 698 | 538 | 74.5 | 70.2-78.3 | 75 | 11.7 | 9.0-15.1 | 43 | 6.8 | 4.9- 9.4 | 34 | 5.5 | 3.6- 8.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 650 | 509 | 75.8 | 71.5-79.6 | 64 | 11.3 | 8.5-14.7 | 40 | 6.6 | 4.6- 9.2 | 35 | 5.9 | 4.0- 8.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 573 | 468 | 79.6 | 75.2-83.4 | 55 | 10.4 | 7.7-13.9 | 25 | 5.7 | 3.6- 8.8 | 21 | 4.0 | 2.4- 6.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 239 | 172 | 68.0 | 59.8-75.2 | 21 | 8.1 | 4.7-13.5 | 26 | 15.4 | 10.0-23.0 | 18 | 6.8 | 3.9-11.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 392 | 297 | 73.5 | 67.6-78.6 | 33 | 8.3 | 5.5-12.3 | 23 | 5.8 | 3.7- 9.2 | 33 | 10.5 | 7.0-15.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 187 | 132 | 69.5 | 60.6-77.1 | 26 | 15.0 | 9.4-23.0 | 16 | 9.8 | 5.7-16.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 240 | 186 | 72.1 | 64.1-78.9 | 22 | 10.0 | 6.0-16.2 | 15 | 8.4 | 4.8-14.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 273 | 218 | 76.8 | 69.7-82.6 | 28 | 13.4 | 8.8-19.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 403 | 339 | 83.3 | 78.4-87.3 | 38 | 9.1 | 6.2-13.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 653 | 544 | 80.1 | 75.8-83.8 | 43 | 6.5 | 4.5- 9.2 | 36 | 7.1 | 4.9-10.1 | 23 | 5.1 | 3.1- 8.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 1,472 | 1,105 | 71.9 | 68.9-74.8 | 164 | 12.2 | 10.2-14.5 | 98 | 7.6 | 6.0- 9.5 | 94 | 7.5 | 5.9- 9.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 365 | 315 | 87.8 | 83.5-91.2 | 26 | 6.2 | 3.9- 9.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 1,808 | 1,377 | 72.0 | 69.3-74.6 | 184 | 11.3 | 9.5-13.3 | 121 | 8.0 | 6.6- 9.8 | 109 | 7.6 | 6.1- 9.5 | 17 | 1.1 | 0.6- 1.9 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | ||||||||||||||||
| Urban | 166 | 118 | 63.6 | 54.1-72.2 | 23 | 16.2 | 10.2-24.7 | 14 | 9.3 | 5.3-15.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Regional City or Suburban | 296 | 228 | 72.7 | 66.0-78.4 | 25 | 9.7 | 6.3-14.8 | 26 | 10.9 | 7.2-16.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Rural | 1,715 | 1,348 | 76.2 | 73.5-78.7 | 163 | 10.0 | 8.3-12.0 | 95 | 6.4 | 5.1- 8.1 | 98 | 6.9 | 5.4- 8.7 | *** | *** | *** |
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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