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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 |
| -FEMALES | 3,250 | 2,792 | 84.2 | 82.5-85.8 | 331 | 11.2 | 9.8-12.7 | 87 | 3.2 | 2.5- 4.0 | 40 | 1.5 | 1.0- 2.2 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 2,204 | 1,905 | 84.3 | 82.2-86.3 | 214 | 11.1 | 9.4-13.0 | 61 | 3.3 | 2.5- 4.4 | 24 | 1.3 | 0.8- 2.1 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 701 | 628 | 88.8 | 85.5-91.4 | 65 | 9.7 | 7.3-12.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 315 | 237 | 74.4 | 68.2-79.8 | 46 | 14.0 | 10.0-19.2 | 17 | 6.2 | 3.7-10.1 | 15 | 5.4 | 2.9- 9.7 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 461 | 364 | 79.7 | 75.0-83.6 | 61 | 12.3 | 9.1-16.3 | 27 | 5.4 | 3.6- 8.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 442 | 338 | 75.1 | 69.7-79.7 | 71 | 17.6 | 13.5-22.7 | 25 | 5.5 | 3.5- 8.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 558 | 471 | 84.6 | 80.7-87.9 | 61 | 11.5 | 8.6-15.2 | 13 | 2.0 | 1.1- 3.8 | 13 | 1.9 | 1.0- 3.4 |
| 55-64 | 652 | 570 | 87.6 | 84.4-90.2 | 68 | 10.3 | 7.9-13.2 | 11 | 1.8 | 0.9- 3.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 631 | 583 | 92.0 | 88.8-94.3 | 40 | 6.5 | 4.5- 9.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 459 | 426 | 93.0 | 90.1-95.2 | 26 | 5.3 | 3.5- 8.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 330 | 284 | 82.5 | 75.9-87.7 | 32 | 12.9 | 8.3-19.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 869 | 761 | 86.1 | 82.9-88.8 | 71 | 8.3 | 6.3-10.9 | 28 | 4.4 | 2.9- 6.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 968 | 828 | 84.0 | 81.0-86.6 | 105 | 11.8 | 9.6-14.6 | 21 | 2.6 | 1.6- 4.2 | 14 | 1.6 | 0.8- 2.9 |
| College Graduate | 1,077 | 914 | 83.5 | 80.6-86.0 | 122 | 12.1 | 10.0-14.7 | 29 | 3.0 | 2.0- 4.4 | 12 | 1.4 | 0.7- 3.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 340 | 309 | 90.9 | 86.2-94.0 | 22 | 6.1 | 3.6-10.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 567 | 486 | 82.2 | 77.1-86.3 | 49 | 12.1 | 8.4-17.1 | 21 | 3.7 | 2.2- 6.0 | 11 | 2.0 | 1.0- 4.0 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 276 | 229 | 82.5 | 76.4-87.2 | 36 | 13.1 | 9.1-18.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 352 | 299 | 82.1 | 76.3-86.8 | 38 | 13.5 | 9.5-18.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 363 | 299 | 81.1 | 74.9-86.0 | 48 | 14.0 | 9.6-20.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 608 | 518 | 83.5 | 79.6-86.8 | 71 | 12.5 | 9.7-15.9 | 14 | 2.5 | 1.4- 4.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 106 | 93 | 90.4 | 80.5-95.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 3,139 | 2,695 | 84.0 | 82.3-85.6 | 322 | 11.3 | 9.9-12.8 | 83 | 3.2 | 2.5- 4.1 | 39 | 1.5 | 1.0- 2.2 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||||||||
| Urban | 913 | 753 | 81.3 | 78.2-84.1 | 114 | 13.3 | 10.9-16.1 | 35 | 4.2 | 2.9- 6.0 | 11 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.5 |
| Regional City or Suburban | 701 | 599 | 84.2 | 80.6-87.1 | 76 | 10.6 | 8.3-13.5 | 17 | 3.0 | 1.8- 5.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| Rural | 1,636 | 1,440 | 86.3 | 83.7-88.7 | 141 | 9.9 | 7.9-12.5 | 35 | 2.5 | 1.7- 3.7 | 20 | 1.2 | 0.7- 2.2 |
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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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