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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,684 | 859 | 13.4 | 12.4-14.5 | 5,825 | 86.6 | 85.5-87.6 |
| -Piedmont | 3,352 | 414 | 12.9 | 11.6-14.4 | 2,938 | 87.1 | 85.6-88.4 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 1,434 | 145 | 11.1 | 9.3-13.3 | 1,289 | 88.9 | 86.7-90.7 |
| Female | 1,918 | 269 | 14.6 | 12.8-16.6 | 1,649 | 85.4 | 83.4-87.2 |
| RACE | |||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 2,160 | 271 | 13.6 | 11.9-15.5 | 1,889 | 86.4 | 84.5-88.1 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 692 | 93 | 13.6 | 10.8-16.9 | 599 | 86.4 | 83.1-89.2 |
| Other | 447 | 46 | 9.5 | 6.9-12.8 | 401 | 90.5 | 87.2-93.1 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-34 | 686 | 102 | 15.6 | 12.8-19.0 | 584 | 84.4 | 81.0-87.2 |
| 35-44 | 518 | 60 | 10.9 | 8.3-14.2 | 458 | 89.1 | 85.8-91.7 |
| 45-54 | 627 | 70 | 12.1 | 9.4-15.5 | 557 | 87.9 | 84.5-90.6 |
| 55-64 | 609 | 73 | 11.8 | 9.1-15.3 | 536 | 88.2 | 84.7-90.9 |
| 65-74 | 517 | 64 | 13.5 | 10.1-17.7 | 453 | 86.5 | 82.3-89.9 |
| 75+ | 341 | 40 | 11.6 | 7.8-16.9 | 301 | 88.4 | 83.1-92.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 346 | 49 | 14.5 | 10.6-19.7 | 297 | 85.5 | 80.3-89.4 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 835 | 99 | 13.1 | 10.5-16.1 | 736 | 86.9 | 83.9-89.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 875 | 130 | 14.9 | 12.4-17.8 | 745 | 85.1 | 82.2-87.6 |
| College Graduate | 1,276 | 135 | 10.1 | 8.4-12.0 | 1,141 | 89.9 | 88.0-91.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 296 | 47 | 18.1 | 13.2-24.2 | 249 | 81.9 | 75.8-86.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 502 | 56 | 12.7 | 9.4-17.1 | 446 | 87.3 | 82.9-90.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 285 | 42 | 15.2 | 10.6-21.3 | 243 | 84.8 | 78.7-89.4 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 355 | 42 | 11.3 | 7.8-16.2 | 313 | 88.7 | 83.8-92.2 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 390 | 44 | 11.2 | 8.1-15.3 | 346 | 88.8 | 84.7-91.9 |
| $75,000+ | 833 | 89 | 11.4 | 9.0-14.2 | 744 | 88.6 | 85.8-91.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 742 | 154 | 22.1 | 18.6-26.1 | 588 | 77.9 | 73.9-81.4 |
| No | 2,541 | 252 | 10.5 | 9.2-12.1 | 2,289 | 89.5 | 87.9-90.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 375 | 34 | 11.0 | 7.6-15.6 | 341 | 89.0 | 84.4-92.4 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,964 | 378 | 13.2 | 11.8-14.7 | 2,586 | 86.8 | 85.3-88.2 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
| Urban | 1,803 | 228 | 13.0 | 11.3-15.0 | 1,575 | 87.0 | 85.0-88.7 |
| Regional City or Suburban | 885 | 96 | 11.0 | 8.8-13.8 | 789 | 89.0 | 86.2-91.2 |
| Rural | 664 | 90 | 15.3 | 12.1-19.2 | 574 | 84.7 | 80.8-87.9 |
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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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