2015 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes, only one Yes, more than one No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,685 4,441 64.1 62.7-65.5 1,037 14.2 13.2-15.3 1,207 21.7 20.4-23.0
GENDER
Male 2,865 1,787 59.3 57.1-61.5 371 11.8 10.5-13.3 707 28.9 26.9-31.0
Female 3,820 2,654 68.6 66.7-70.4 666 16.5 15.1-18.0 500 15.0 13.6-16.5
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 4,485 3,122 67.6 65.8-69.3 773 16.3 15.0-17.7 590 16.1 14.8-17.5
Non-Hispanic Black 1,307 897 66.1 62.8-69.2 189 12.0 10.2-14.1 221 21.9 19.1-25.1
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 92 *** *** *** 17 19.1 11.5-29.9 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 216 134 60.0 51.1-68.3 25 9.6 5.9-15.1 57 30.4 22.5-39.7
Hispanic 493 177 32.8 28.1-37.8 22 3.7 2.3- 6.0 294 63.5 58.4-68.3
AGE
18-34 1,254 635 50.6 47.4-53.8 120 9.8 8.0-11.9 499 39.6 36.5-42.8
35-44 938 570 62.1 58.4-65.6 113 11.2 9.1-13.7 255 26.8 23.6-30.2
45-54 1,163 809 70.3 67.1-73.2 147 12.2 10.2-14.6 207 17.5 15.2-20.2
55-64 1,339 969 74.1 71.3-76.7 228 16.2 14.0-18.7 142 9.7 8.1-11.6
65-74 1,141 852 74.0 70.8-76.9 225 20.4 17.8-23.4 64 5.6 4.2- 7.4
75+ 759 544 70.4 66.1-74.3 184 25.8 22.0-30.0 31 3.8 2.5- 5.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 716 400 55.5 51.0-60.0 98 12.7 9.9-16.2 218 31.8 27.7-36.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,865 1,204 62.1 59.4-64.8 263 13.0 11.3-15.0 398 24.8 22.5-27.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,843 1,223 66.0 63.4-68.6 299 14.3 12.6-16.2 321 19.7 17.5-22.1
College Graduate 2,232 1,600 69.6 67.3-71.8 368 15.9 14.3-17.7 264 14.5 12.8-16.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 656 371 56.3 51.5-61.0 112 14.5 11.7-18.0 173 29.1 24.8-33.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,102 672 58.1 54.5-61.7 141 12.2 9.9-15.0 289 29.6 26.3-33.1
$25,000- 34,999 586 378 63.4 58.3-68.2 78 12.1 9.4-15.4 130 24.5 20.2-29.4
$35,000- 49,999 746 522 65.9 61.4-70.0 122 14.0 11.4-17.0 102 20.2 16.5-24.4
$50,000-74,999 815 561 64.3 60.0-68.4 122 16.2 13.1-19.8 132 19.5 16.3-23.2
$75,000+ 1,428 1,057 73.6 70.8-76.2 215 13.6 11.7-15.8 156 12.8 10.8-15.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,761 1,145 65.0 62.2-67.7 430 22.5 20.2-24.9 186 12.5 10.6-14.6
No 4,783 3,214 64.0 62.3-65.7 580 11.4 10.4-12.6 989 24.6 23.0-26.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 903 613 65.2 61.3-68.8 167 17.7 14.9-20.9 123 17.1 14.2-20.5
Non-Veteran 5,763 3,820 64.0 62.5-65.6 867 13.7 12.7-14.8 1,076 22.3 20.9-23.7
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 1,967 1,281 63.7 61.2-66.2 278 13.3 11.7-15.1 408 23.0 20.9-25.3
Regional City or Suburban 1,447 951 64.6 61.5-67.5 244 14.9 12.9-17.1 252 20.6 18.0-23.4
Rural 3,271 2,209 64.2 62.0-66.3 515 14.6 13.1-16.2 547 21.2 19.4-23.2

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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.

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