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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,667 | 549 | 8.2 | 7.4- 9.1 | 6,118 | 91.8 | 90.9-92.6 |
-Piedmont | 3,345 | 259 | 7.8 | 6.7- 8.9 | 3,086 | 92.2 | 91.1-93.3 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,430 | 69 | 5.2 | 3.9- 6.8 | 1,361 | 94.8 | 93.2-96.1 |
Female | 1,915 | 190 | 10.1 | 8.6-11.9 | 1,725 | 89.9 | 88.1-91.4 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 2,156 | 166 | 8.5 | 7.1-10.2 | 1,990 | 91.5 | 89.8-92.9 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 690 | 59 | 7.3 | 5.5- 9.6 | 631 | 92.7 | 90.4-94.5 |
Other | 446 | 30 | 5.3 | 3.6- 7.7 | 416 | 94.7 | 92.3-96.4 |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 685 | 48 | 7.2 | 5.2- 9.8 | 637 | 92.8 | 90.2-94.8 |
35-44 | 517 | 39 | 7.2 | 5.2-10.0 | 478 | 92.8 | 90.0-94.8 |
45-54 | 624 | 48 | 8.0 | 5.8-10.9 | 576 | 92.0 | 89.1-94.2 |
55-64 | 607 | 53 | 8.8 | 6.5-11.9 | 554 | 91.2 | 88.1-93.5 |
65-74 | 517 | 43 | 8.4 | 5.7-12.1 | 474 | 91.6 | 87.9-94.3 |
75+ | 341 | 24 | 8.2 | 4.8-13.5 | 317 | 91.8 | 86.5-95.2 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 344 | 37 | 11.1 | 7.6-16.0 | 307 | 88.9 | 84.0-92.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 834 | 60 | 6.8 | 5.0- 9.0 | 774 | 93.2 | 91.0-95.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 873 | 81 | 9.0 | 7.0-11.4 | 792 | 91.0 | 88.6-93.0 |
College Graduate | 1,274 | 80 | 5.8 | 4.5- 7.3 | 1,194 | 94.2 | 92.7-95.5 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 295 | 36 | 12.8 | 8.8-18.2 | 259 | 87.2 | 81.8-91.2 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 499 | 40 | 9.0 | 6.1-12.9 | 459 | 91.0 | 87.1-93.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 285 | 30 | 11.4 | 7.3-17.3 | 255 | 88.6 | 82.7-92.7 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 355 | 26 | 6.8 | 4.2-10.9 | 329 | 93.2 | 89.1-95.8 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 389 | 23 | 5.7 | 3.6- 8.8 | 366 | 94.3 | 91.2-96.4 |
$75,000+ | 831 | 55 | 6.9 | 5.1- 9.2 | 776 | 93.1 | 90.8-94.9 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 739 | 117 | 16.2 | 13.1-19.8 | 622 | 83.8 | 80.2-86.9 |
No | 2,537 | 135 | 5.5 | 4.5- 6.6 | 2,402 | 94.5 | 93.4-95.5 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 375 | 17 | 5.8 | 3.3-10.0 | 358 | 94.2 | 90.0-96.7 |
Non-Veteran | 2,957 | 241 | 8.0 | 6.9- 9.3 | 2,716 | 92.0 | 90.7-93.1 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Urban | 1,800 | 141 | 7.5 | 6.2- 9.1 | 1,659 | 92.5 | 90.9-93.8 |
Regional City or Suburban | 884 | 60 | 6.6 | 4.9- 8.8 | 824 | 93.4 | 91.2-95.1 |
Rural | 661 | 58 | 10.0 | 7.4-13.6 | 603 | 90.0 | 86.4-92.6 |
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*Adults without asthma are included in the denominator to estimate current asthma prevalence.
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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