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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,668 | 552 | 7.4 | 6.7- 8.2 | 6,116 | 92.6 | 91.8-93.3 |
| -Piedmont | 3,346 | 231 | 6.6 | 5.7- 7.7 | 3,115 | 93.4 | 92.3-94.3 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 1,431 | 82 | 6.1 | 4.7- 7.8 | 1,349 | 93.9 | 92.2-95.3 |
| Female | 1,915 | 149 | 7.1 | 5.9- 8.5 | 1,766 | 92.9 | 91.5-94.1 |
| RACE | |||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 2,160 | 179 | 8.4 | 7.0- 9.9 | 1,981 | 91.6 | 90.1-93.0 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 686 | 33 | 3.8 | 2.6- 5.5 | 653 | 96.2 | 94.5-97.4 |
| Other | 447 | 18 | 3.3 | 1.9- 5.5 | 429 | 96.7 | 94.5-98.1 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-34 | 689 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 517 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 626 | 37 | 6.7 | 4.7- 9.4 | 589 | 93.3 | 90.6-95.3 |
| 55-64 | 605 | 62 | 11.9 | 9.0-15.7 | 543 | 88.1 | 84.3-91.0 |
| 65-74 | 515 | 64 | 14.0 | 10.4-18.5 | 451 | 86.0 | 81.5-89.6 |
| 75+ | 340 | 41 | 13.1 | 9.1-18.5 | 299 | 86.9 | 81.5-90.9 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 344 | 55 | 16.3 | 12.1-21.5 | 289 | 83.7 | 78.5-87.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 836 | 75 | 7.6 | 5.8- 9.8 | 761 | 92.4 | 90.2-94.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 872 | 68 | 5.9 | 4.6- 7.7 | 804 | 94.1 | 92.3-95.4 |
| College Graduate | 1,274 | 33 | 1.8 | 1.2- 2.5 | 1,241 | 98.2 | 97.5-98.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 294 | 41 | 14.4 | 10.2-19.9 | 253 | 85.6 | 80.1-89.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 504 | 63 | 12.4 | 9.3-16.4 | 441 | 87.6 | 83.6-90.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 284 | 25 | 10.0 | 6.2-15.7 | 259 | 90.0 | 84.3-93.8 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 355 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 390 | 14 | 3.3 | 1.9- 5.9 | 376 | 96.7 | 94.1-98.1 |
| $75,000+ | 834 | 18 | 2.0 | 1.1- 3.6 | 816 | 98.0 | 96.4-98.9 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 737 | 142 | 20.0 | 16.6-23.9 | 595 | 80.0 | 76.1-83.4 |
| No | 2,541 | 86 | 3.1 | 2.4- 4.0 | 2,455 | 96.9 | 96.0-97.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 373 | 35 | 9.9 | 6.6-14.6 | 338 | 90.1 | 85.4-93.4 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,960 | 196 | 6.2 | 5.3- 7.3 | 2,764 | 93.8 | 92.7-94.7 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
| Urban | 1,799 | 81 | 4.0 | 3.1- 5.1 | 1,718 | 96.0 | 94.9-96.9 |
| Regional City or Suburban | 887 | 81 | 9.1 | 7.1-11.6 | 806 | 90.9 | 88.4-92.9 |
| Rural | 660 | 69 | 10.2 | 7.6-13.5 | 591 | 89.8 | 86.5-92.4 |
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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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