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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,523 | 5,753 | 84.1 | 82.9-85.3 | 770 | 15.9 | 14.7-17.1 |
-Piedmont | 3,270 | 2,896 | 85.3 | 83.6-86.8 | 374 | 14.7 | 13.2-16.4 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,399 | 1,200 | 82.7 | 80.0-85.2 | 199 | 17.3 | 14.8-20.0 |
Female | 1,871 | 1,696 | 87.6 | 85.5-89.5 | 175 | 12.4 | 10.5-14.5 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 2,107 | 1,939 | 89.1 | 87.1-90.8 | 168 | 10.9 | 9.2-12.9 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 672 | 600 | 85.6 | 81.8-88.6 | 72 | 14.4 | 11.4-18.2 |
Other | 439 | 310 | 66.5 | 60.8-71.8 | 129 | 33.5 | 28.2-39.2 |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 636 | 418 | 63.5 | 58.9-67.8 | 218 | 36.5 | 32.2-41.1 |
35-44 | 501 | 431 | 87.6 | 84.1-90.4 | 70 | 12.4 | 9.6-15.9 |
45-54 | 624 | 576 | 92.2 | 89.2-94.3 | 48 | 7.8 | 5.7-10.8 |
55-64 | 603 | 581 | 96.2 | 94.0-97.7 | 22 | 3.8 | 2.3- 6.0 |
65-74 | 513 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
75+ | 341 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 336 | 258 | 74.8 | 68.6-80.2 | 78 | 25.2 | 19.8-31.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 813 | 700 | 81.8 | 78.2-84.9 | 113 | 18.2 | 15.1-21.8 |
Some Post-H.S. | 852 | 764 | 87.5 | 84.3-90.1 | 88 | 12.5 | 9.9-15.7 |
College Graduate | 1,250 | 1,157 | 91.2 | 89.2-92.9 | 93 | 8.8 | 7.1-10.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 287 | 235 | 79.9 | 73.8-84.9 | 52 | 20.1 | 15.1-26.2 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 492 | 406 | 79.1 | 74.4-83.2 | 86 | 20.9 | 16.8-25.6 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 279 | 241 | 82.5 | 74.9-88.2 | 38 | 17.5 | 11.8-25.1 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 345 | 314 | 86.9 | 81.3-91.0 | 31 | 13.1 | 9.0-18.7 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 381 | 342 | 87.5 | 81.8-91.6 | 39 | 12.5 | 8.4-18.2 |
$75,000+ | 818 | 775 | 93.0 | 90.5-94.9 | 43 | 7.0 | 5.1- 9.5 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 734 | 693 | 93.2 | 90.5-95.2 | 41 | 6.8 | 4.8- 9.5 |
No | 2,470 | 2,147 | 83.3 | 81.3-85.1 | 323 | 16.7 | 14.9-18.7 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 372 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Veteran | 2,887 | 2,527 | 84.0 | 82.2-85.7 | 360 | 16.0 | 14.3-17.8 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Urban | 1,756 | 1,529 | 84.1 | 81.8-86.1 | 227 | 15.9 | 13.9-18.2 |
Regional City or Suburban | 872 | 784 | 85.6 | 82.1-88.6 | 88 | 14.4 | 11.4-17.9 |
Rural | 642 | 583 | 88.1 | 84.1-91.2 | 59 | 11.9 | 8.8-15.9 |
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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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