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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,678 | 213 | 2.8 | 2.4- 3.3 | 6,465 | 97.2 | 96.7-97.6 |
-Piedmont | 3,352 | 89 | 2.5 | 2.0- 3.2 | 3,263 | 97.5 | 96.8-98.0 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,434 | 40 | 2.6 | 1.8- 3.9 | 1,394 | 97.4 | 96.1-98.2 |
Female | 1,918 | 49 | 2.4 | 1.8- 3.3 | 1,869 | 97.6 | 96.7-98.2 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 2,159 | 66 | 2.9 | 2.2- 3.9 | 2,093 | 97.1 | 96.1-97.8 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 692 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Other | 448 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 688 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
35-44 | 517 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
45-54 | 629 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
55-64 | 609 | 28 | 4.0 | 2.7- 6.0 | 581 | 96.0 | 94.0-97.3 |
65-74 | 516 | 18 | 3.9 | 2.4- 6.5 | 498 | 96.1 | 93.5-97.6 |
75+ | 339 | 18 | 7.6 | 4.2-13.3 | 321 | 92.4 | 86.7-95.8 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 346 | 15 | 5.0 | 2.8- 8.8 | 331 | 95.0 | 91.2-97.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 837 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Some Post-H.S. | 872 | 32 | 2.8 | 1.9- 4.1 | 840 | 97.2 | 95.9-98.1 |
College Graduate | 1,278 | 29 | 1.8 | 1.2- 2.7 | 1,249 | 98.2 | 97.3-98.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 297 | 16 | 5.7 | 3.3- 9.6 | 281 | 94.3 | 90.4-96.7 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 504 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$25,000- 34,999 | 282 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$35,000- 49,999 | 355 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$50,000- 74,999 | 390 | 14 | 3.4 | 1.9- 6.0 | 376 | 96.6 | 94.0-98.1 |
$75,000+ | 833 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 741 | 52 | 7.8 | 5.8-10.6 | 689 | 92.2 | 89.4-94.2 |
No | 2,543 | 36 | 1.2 | 0.8- 1.7 | 2,507 | 98.8 | 98.3-99.2 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 376 | 20 | 5.9 | 3.4-10.0 | 356 | 94.1 | 90.0-96.6 |
Non-Veteran | 2,963 | 69 | 2.1 | 1.6- 2.8 | 2,894 | 97.9 | 97.2-98.4 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Urban | 1,803 | 44 | 2.4 | 1.7- 3.5 | 1,759 | 97.6 | 96.5-98.3 |
Regional City or Suburban | 886 | 26 | 2.7 | 1.7- 4.3 | 860 | 97.3 | 95.7-98.3 |
Rural | 663 | 19 | 2.6 | 1.5- 4.2 | 644 | 97.4 | 95.8-98.5 |
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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.
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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