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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 |
| -Non-Hispanic White | 3,797 | 3,209 | 82.4 | 80.7-83.9 | 383 | 11.2 | 9.9-12.6 | 140 | 4.4 | 3.6- 5.3 | 65 | 2.1 | 1.5- 2.8 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 1,593 | 1,304 | 80.1 | 77.6-82.4 | 169 | 11.3 | 9.5-13.4 | 79 | 5.7 | 4.4- 7.2 | 41 | 3.0 | 2.1- 4.2 |
| Female | 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 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 472 | 345 | 74.2 | 69.3-78.5 | 69 | 13.8 | 10.5-18.1 | 45 | 8.8 | 6.4-12.0 | 13 | 3.2 | 1.8- 5.7 |
| 35-44 | 418 | 315 | 75.6 | 70.5-80.0 | 63 | 15.2 | 11.5-19.9 | 30 | 6.8 | 4.7- 9.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 634 | 513 | 79.6 | 75.5-83.1 | 72 | 12.8 | 9.9-16.4 | 29 | 4.7 | 3.1- 7.0 | 20 | 3.0 | 1.7- 5.2 |
| 55-64 | 839 | 721 | 86.6 | 83.7-89.0 | 83 | 9.6 | 7.6-12.2 | 21 | 2.1 | 1.3- 3.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 835 | 758 | 90.3 | 87.5-92.5 | 64 | 7.9 | 6.0-10.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 566 | 529 | 93.2 | 90.4-95.2 | 29 | 5.2 | 3.5- 7.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 281 | 244 | 83.9 | 76.9-89.1 | 20 | 10.4 | 6.0-17.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 941 | 800 | 81.3 | 77.9-84.4 | 78 | 9.9 | 7.7-12.7 | 44 | 6.6 | 4.7- 9.1 | 19 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,117 | 947 | 83.3 | 80.5-85.8 | 120 | 11.3 | 9.2-13.7 | 32 | 3.5 | 2.3- 5.1 | 18 | 1.9 | 1.1- 3.3 |
| College Graduate | 1,447 | 1,210 | 81.5 | 79.0-83.8 | 163 | 12.4 | 10.6-14.6 | 51 | 4.1 | 3.0- 5.5 | 23 | 1.9 | 1.2- 3.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 262 | 239 | 89.5 | 83.5-93.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 488 | 419 | 83.7 | 78.5-87.8 | 36 | 9.4 | 6.0-14.4 | 19 | 3.5 | 2.0- 5.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 305 | 254 | 83.4 | 77.6-87.9 | 37 | 11.3 | 7.6-16.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 453 | 381 | 79.4 | 73.7-84.1 | 43 | 12.6 | 8.8-17.6 | 19 | 5.2 | 3.0- 8.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 543 | 444 | 79.5 | 74.6-83.6 | 64 | 13.3 | 9.9-17.8 | 24 | 5.2 | 3.2- 8.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 995 | 836 | 83.0 | 80.1-85.6 | 112 | 11.4 | 9.3-13.8 | 32 | 3.6 | 2.5- 5.2 | 15 | 2.0 | 1.1- 3.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,121 | 1,034 | 91.3 | 89.0-93.1 | 64 | 6.0 | 4.5- 7.9 | 14 | 1.6 | 0.9- 2.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 2,661 | 2,161 | 79.0 | 76.9-80.9 | 319 | 13.2 | 11.6-15.0 | 125 | 5.4 | 4.4- 6.6 | 56 | 2.4 | 1.8- 3.3 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||||||||
| Urban | 904 | 739 | 79.6 | 76.2-82.6 | 104 | 12.5 | 10.1-15.3 | 43 | 5.5 | 4.0- 7.6 | 18 | 2.4 | 1.4- 4.0 |
| Regional City or Suburban | 914 | 753 | 80.8 | 77.6-83.6 | 103 | 11.7 | 9.5-14.4 | 40 | 5.0 | 3.5- 7.0 | 18 | 2.5 | 1.5- 4.3 |
| Rural | 1,979 | 1,717 | 84.8 | 82.5-87.0 | 176 | 10.1 | 8.3-12.3 | 57 | 3.4 | 2.5- 4.7 | 29 | 1.6 | 1.0- 2.5 |
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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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