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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 |
| -FEMALES | 3,784 | 3,026 | 78.1 | 76.4-79.7 | 418 | 12.1 | 10.8-13.5 | 197 | 6.0 | 5.1- 7.0 | 127 | 3.4 | 2.8- 4.2 | 16 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.7 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 2,527 | 2,029 | 77.9 | 75.8-79.9 | 278 | 12.5 | 10.9-14.3 | 122 | 5.8 | 4.7- 7.1 | 92 | 3.6 | 2.8- 4.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 809 | 714 | 87.7 | 84.7-90.1 | 67 | 8.7 | 6.6-11.3 | 20 | 3.1 | 1.9- 4.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 408 | 257 | 63.7 | 57.8-69.2 | 65 | 15.5 | 11.6-20.5 | 53 | 12.4 | 9.2-16.6 | 24 | 6.3 | 3.9-10.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 650 | 440 | 69.0 | 64.8-73.0 | 114 | 17.6 | 14.3-21.3 | 60 | 8.5 | 6.5-11.2 | 31 | 4.1 | 2.8- 6.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 518 | 365 | 71.9 | 67.4-76.1 | 88 | 15.8 | 12.6-19.6 | 45 | 9.1 | 6.6-12.3 | 16 | 2.9 | 1.6- 5.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 640 | 487 | 76.9 | 73.1-80.4 | 77 | 11.0 | 8.6-13.9 | 40 | 6.6 | 4.8- 9.2 | 34 | 5.2 | 3.6- 7.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 737 | 615 | 83.6 | 80.2-86.5 | 71 | 9.8 | 7.6-12.6 | 22 | 2.9 | 1.7- 4.9 | 27 | 3.5 | 2.3- 5.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 683 | 619 | 91.8 | 88.9-93.9 | 37 | 4.7 | 3.1- 7.0 | 13 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.5 | 14 | 1.8 | 1.0- 3.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 498 | 451 | 89.8 | 86.2-92.5 | 26 | 5.9 | 3.9- 8.8 | 14 | 2.9 | 1.5- 5.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 387 | 284 | 72.6 | 66.6-77.8 | 49 | 13.7 | 9.7-19.1 | 30 | 8.0 | 5.3-11.8 | 19 | 4.8 | 2.9- 8.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,018 | 833 | 80.5 | 77.3-83.3 | 105 | 11.2 | 9.0-13.7 | 41 | 4.3 | 3.0- 6.1 | 34 | 3.5 | 2.4- 5.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,107 | 892 | 78.9 | 75.8-81.6 | 107 | 11.0 | 8.9-13.6 | 69 | 6.9 | 5.3- 9.0 | 37 | 3.0 | 2.1- 4.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 1,264 | 1,011 | 77.7 | 74.8-80.3 | 156 | 13.6 | 11.5-16.0 | 57 | 5.5 | 4.1- 7.4 | 36 | 3.0 | 2.1- 4.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 418 | 327 | 77.3 | 71.9-81.9 | 50 | 11.4 | 8.1-15.8 | 25 | 7.4 | 4.7-11.4 | 13 | 2.9 | 1.7- 5.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 637 | 490 | 74.6 | 70.1-78.7 | 72 | 12.7 | 9.6-16.5 | 41 | 7.7 | 5.4-10.8 | 29 | 4.3 | 2.8- 6.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 329 | 253 | 76.7 | 70.7-81.7 | 41 | 12.2 | 8.5-17.1 | 18 | 6.2 | 3.7-10.2 | 17 | 4.9 | 2.8- 8.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 402 | 338 | 82.6 | 77.4-86.8 | 39 | 11.3 | 7.8-16.0 | 15 | 4.5 | 2.5- 7.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 403 | 308 | 74.8 | 69.3-79.6 | 55 | 14.8 | 11.1-19.5 | 26 | 6.0 | 3.8- 9.4 | 14 | 4.4 | 2.4- 7.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 721 | 606 | 82.1 | 78.4-85.2 | 69 | 10.3 | 8.0-13.3 | 27 | 4.5 | 2.9- 6.8 | 16 | 2.8 | 1.6- 4.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,057 | 890 | 82.4 | 79.3-85.1 | 86 | 8.2 | 6.4-10.4 | 44 | 5.7 | 4.1- 8.0 | 33 | 3.3 | 2.2- 4.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 2,654 | 2,073 | 76.3 | 74.2-78.3 | 326 | 13.6 | 12.0-15.4 | 151 | 6.2 | 5.1- 7.4 | 92 | 3.5 | 2.7- 4.4 | 12 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 127 | 106 | 86.2 | 78.3-91.6 | 14 | 9.0 | 4.8-16.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 3,650 | 2,916 | 77.9 | 76.1-79.5 | 403 | 12.2 | 10.9-13.6 | 193 | 6.1 | 5.2- 7.2 | 124 | 3.5 | 2.8- 4.3 | 14 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.7 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | ||||||||||||||||
| Urban | 1,109 | 873 | 78.6 | 75.7-81.2 | 139 | 12.4 | 10.4-14.8 | 62 | 5.9 | 4.5- 7.7 | 31 | 2.7 | 1.9- 4.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| Regional City or Suburban | 808 | 642 | 76.7 | 72.9-80.1 | 88 | 12.4 | 9.8-15.5 | 47 | 6.9 | 5.0- 9.6 | 28 | 3.5 | 2.3- 5.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| Rural | 1,867 | 1,511 | 78.5 | 75.9-80.9 | 191 | 11.7 | 9.8-13.9 | 88 | 5.6 | 4.4- 7.1 | 68 | 3.9 | 2.9- 5.2 | *** | *** | *** |
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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