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| Total Respond.^ |
Within the past 6 months | 6 to 12 months ago | 1 to 2 years ago | 3 or more years ago or never | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,555 | 4,652 | 81.7 | 80.4-83.0 | 585 | 11.4 | 10.4-12.5 | 204 | 4.4 | 3.7- 5.1 | 114 | 2.5 | 2.0- 3.1 |
| -Eastern | 1,795 | 1,541 | 83.7 | 81.2-86.0 | 156 | 9.6 | 7.8-11.8 | 70 | 4.8 | 3.6- 6.4 | 28 | 1.8 | 1.2- 2.9 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 739 | 605 | 79.2 | 75.2-82.8 | 73 | 10.9 | 8.3-14.3 | 43 | 7.1 | 5.0-10.0 | 18 | 2.7 | 1.6- 4.7 |
| Female | 1,056 | 936 | 87.8 | 84.6-90.5 | 83 | 8.4 | 6.1-11.4 | 27 | 2.8 | 1.7- 4.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 1,118 | 962 | 84.4 | 81.2-87.2 | 96 | 9.3 | 7.1-12.2 | 44 | 4.7 | 3.3- 6.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 481 | 423 | 85.2 | 80.0-89.2 | 43 | 10.8 | 7.4-15.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 173 | 138 | 76.9 | 67.9-84.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 265 | 191 | 69.9 | 62.9-76.0 | 37 | 15.6 | 10.8-22.1 | 27 | 10.5 | 7.0-15.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 230 | 182 | 80.9 | 74.2-86.2 | 30 | 11.9 | 7.6-18.1 | 14 | 5.5 | 3.1- 9.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 303 | 261 | 88.3 | 83.3-91.9 | 21 | 5.3 | 3.1- 8.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 425 | 366 | 87.8 | 83.8-90.9 | 42 | 9.7 | 6.8-13.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 328 | 309 | 94.9 | 91.2-97.1 | 17 | 4.8 | 2.6- 8.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 224 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 196 | 171 | 81.7 | 72.3-88.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 557 | 469 | 81.6 | 76.7-85.6 | 52 | 10.9 | 7.7-15.3 | 27 | 6.1 | 3.9- 9.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 550 | 477 | 85.4 | 81.2-88.7 | 46 | 8.2 | 5.8-11.4 | 18 | 4.3 | 2.5- 7.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 490 | 423 | 86.2 | 82.0-89.5 | 44 | 8.6 | 6.1-12.0 | 18 | 4.2 | 2.5- 7.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 179 | 158 | 87.9 | 80.1-93.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 321 | 269 | 80.4 | 72.8-86.3 | 27 | 11.1 | 6.4-18.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 152 | 130 | 80.3 | 69.9-87.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 201 | 174 | 83.3 | 75.1-89.2 | 17 | 12.7 | 7.4-21.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 234 | 200 | 85.7 | 78.7-90.7 | 21 | 6.4 | 3.6-11.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 340 | 292 | 86.1 | 81.2-89.9 | 32 | 9.7 | 6.5-14.3 | 16 | 4.1 | 2.3- 7.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 294 | 269 | 91.6 | 86.8-94.7 | 17 | 6.3 | 3.5-10.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 1,497 | 1,269 | 82.3 | 79.4-84.8 | 139 | 10.3 | 8.2-12.7 | 62 | 5.3 | 3.9- 7.1 | 27 | 2.2 | 1.4- 3.4 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||||||||
| Urban | 126 | 105 | 79.8 | 69.1-87.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Regional City or Suburban | 240 | 200 | 81.3 | 74.3-86.6 | 26 | 11.1 | 7.1-16.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Rural | 1,429 | 1,236 | 84.5 | 81.6-87.0 | 121 | 9.4 | 7.4-12.0 | 53 | 4.7 | 3.4- 6.6 | 19 | 1.3 | 0.7- 2.3 |
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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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