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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,687 | 582 | 7.2 | 6.6- 8.0 | 6,105 | 92.8 | 92.0-93.4 |
| -Piedmont | 3,355 | 252 | 6.5 | 5.6- 7.4 | 3,103 | 93.5 | 92.6-94.4 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 1,434 | 89 | 4.9 | 3.9- 6.2 | 1,345 | 95.1 | 93.8-96.1 |
| Female | 1,921 | 163 | 7.9 | 6.6- 9.4 | 1,758 | 92.1 | 90.6-93.4 |
| RACE | |||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 2,160 | 187 | 7.3 | 6.2- 8.6 | 1,973 | 92.7 | 91.4-93.8 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 693 | 48 | 6.7 | 4.9- 9.1 | 645 | 93.3 | 90.9-95.1 |
| Other | 450 | 15 | 2.3 | 1.3- 4.1 | 435 | 97.7 | 95.9-98.7 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-34 | 689 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 517 | 15 | 2.8 | 1.5- 4.8 | 502 | 97.2 | 95.2-98.5 |
| 45-54 | 629 | 40 | 6.9 | 4.8- 9.7 | 589 | 93.1 | 90.3-95.2 |
| 55-64 | 609 | 52 | 9.2 | 6.8-12.3 | 557 | 90.8 | 87.7-93.2 |
| 65-74 | 516 | 82 | 15.8 | 12.6-19.7 | 434 | 84.2 | 80.3-87.4 |
| 75+ | 342 | 55 | 17.3 | 13.1-22.5 | 287 | 82.7 | 77.5-86.9 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 346 | 34 | 8.6 | 6.0-12.2 | 312 | 91.4 | 87.8-94.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 838 | 73 | 7.3 | 5.6- 9.4 | 765 | 92.7 | 90.6-94.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 876 | 68 | 6.6 | 5.0- 8.5 | 808 | 93.4 | 91.5-95.0 |
| College Graduate | 1,276 | 76 | 4.6 | 3.6- 5.8 | 1,200 | 95.4 | 94.2-96.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 296 | 29 | 8.3 | 5.4-12.4 | 267 | 91.7 | 87.6-94.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 505 | 39 | 6.4 | 4.6- 9.0 | 466 | 93.6 | 91.0-95.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 285 | 22 | 7.5 | 4.7-11.7 | 263 | 92.5 | 88.3-95.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 355 | 31 | 5.9 | 4.0- 8.6 | 324 | 94.1 | 91.4-96.0 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 388 | 24 | 6.3 | 3.9- 9.9 | 364 | 93.7 | 90.1-96.1 |
| $75,000+ | 834 | 40 | 4.0 | 2.8- 5.7 | 794 | 96.0 | 94.3-97.2 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 743 | 104 | 13.5 | 11.0-16.6 | 639 | 86.5 | 83.4-89.0 |
| No | 2,543 | 141 | 4.5 | 3.7- 5.4 | 2,402 | 95.5 | 94.6-96.3 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 375 | 38 | 8.1 | 5.7-11.3 | 337 | 91.9 | 88.7-94.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,967 | 214 | 6.3 | 5.4- 7.3 | 2,753 | 93.7 | 92.7-94.6 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
| Urban | 1,803 | 114 | 5.5 | 4.4- 6.7 | 1,689 | 94.5 | 93.3-95.6 |
| Regional City or Suburban | 889 | 79 | 7.6 | 5.9- 9.7 | 810 | 92.4 | 90.3-94.1 |
| Rural | 663 | 59 | 7.7 | 5.7-10.3 | 604 | 92.3 | 89.7-94.3 |
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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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