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| Total Respond.^ |
Past 12 months | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | 5+ years | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,669 | 4,598 | 78.9 | 77.6-80.2 | 578 | 11.4 | 10.4-12.4 | 352 | 7.0 | 6.2- 7.8 | 141 | 2.7 | 2.3- 3.3 |
| -Piedmont | 2,852 | 2,279 | 78.3 | 76.5-80.1 | 309 | 11.5 | 10.2-13.0 | 187 | 7.4 | 6.3- 8.6 | 77 | 2.8 | 2.2- 3.6 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 1,187 | 902 | 74.7 | 71.7-77.5 | 137 | 12.3 | 10.2-14.7 | 105 | 9.3 | 7.6-11.4 | 43 | 3.7 | 2.6- 5.1 |
| Female | 1,665 | 1,377 | 81.5 | 79.1-83.6 | 172 | 10.9 | 9.2-12.7 | 82 | 5.6 | 4.4- 7.2 | 34 | 2.0 | 1.4- 3.0 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 1,911 | 1,521 | 77.5 | 75.2-79.6 | 200 | 11.7 | 10.1-13.5 | 129 | 7.6 | 6.3- 9.1 | 61 | 3.2 | 2.4- 4.3 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 593 | 519 | 85.2 | 81.2-88.5 | 44 | 7.9 | 5.5-11.1 | 23 | 5.1 | 3.3- 7.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 306 | 210 | 70.5 | 64.5-75.9 | 59 | 18.2 | 13.9-23.5 | 30 | 9.2 | 6.2-13.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 411 | 267 | 65.4 | 59.9-70.4 | 70 | 17.3 | 13.4-22.0 | 58 | 13.4 | 10.2-17.5 | 16 | 3.9 | 2.3- 6.7 |
| 35-44 | 425 | 300 | 72.5 | 67.6-76.9 | 75 | 16.6 | 13.1-20.8 | 40 | 9.0 | 6.5-12.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 570 | 436 | 75.7 | 71.6-79.5 | 68 | 11.3 | 8.8-14.4 | 42 | 8.1 | 5.9-11.1 | 24 | 4.9 | 3.1- 7.6 |
| 55-64 | 576 | 479 | 83.1 | 79.4-86.3 | 52 | 9.6 | 7.2-12.8 | 29 | 4.7 | 3.2- 6.9 | 16 | 2.6 | 1.5- 4.4 |
| 65-74 | 501 | 461 | 93.0 | 90.2-95.0 | 22 | 4.0 | 2.5- 6.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 321 | 295 | 92.3 | 88.5-94.9 | 15 | 3.7 | 2.1- 6.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 254 | 205 | 82.0 | 76.0-86.8 | 30 | 10.0 | 6.5-15.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 687 | 569 | 79.6 | 75.6-83.1 | 61 | 10.5 | 7.9-13.8 | 41 | 7.4 | 5.3-10.2 | 16 | 2.5 | 1.4- 4.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 754 | 597 | 76.8 | 73.1-80.1 | 79 | 11.8 | 9.3-14.8 | 56 | 8.3 | 6.3-10.9 | 22 | 3.1 | 1.9- 5.0 |
| College Graduate | 1,140 | 895 | 77.3 | 74.5-79.9 | 136 | 12.7 | 10.7-15.0 | 78 | 7.3 | 5.8- 9.2 | 31 | 2.7 | 1.8- 3.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 229 | 185 | 78.4 | 70.7-84.6 | 25 | 11.0 | 6.7-17.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 399 | 327 | 80.9 | 75.8-85.1 | 41 | 11.6 | 8.2-16.3 | 19 | 5.0 | 3.0- 8.1 | 12 | 2.5 | 1.4- 4.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 238 | 186 | 75.9 | 68.9-81.7 | 25 | 10.2 | 6.6-15.3 | 22 | 11.5 | 7.4-17.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 314 | 257 | 80.0 | 74.2-84.8 | 25 | 9.4 | 6.1-14.3 | 26 | 8.0 | 5.2-12.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 339 | 263 | 76.2 | 70.4-81.2 | 44 | 14.3 | 10.2-19.6 | 21 | 6.4 | 4.0-10.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 767 | 606 | 77.7 | 74.2-80.9 | 93 | 13.3 | 10.8-16.3 | 54 | 6.9 | 5.2- 9.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 675 | 590 | 87.3 | 84.0-89.9 | 51 | 6.8 | 5.0- 9.2 | 22 | 4.0 | 2.6- 6.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 2,123 | 1,644 | 75.6 | 73.3-77.7 | 254 | 13.1 | 11.5-15.0 | 163 | 8.3 | 7.1- 9.8 | 62 | 3.0 | 2.2- 4.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 352 | 311 | 86.8 | 82.2-90.4 | 25 | 8.0 | 5.3-12.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 2,491 | 1,962 | 77.2 | 75.1-79.1 | 283 | 12.0 | 10.6-13.7 | 176 | 7.8 | 6.7- 9.2 | 70 | 3.0 | 2.2- 3.9 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||||||||
| Urban | 1,507 | 1,199 | 79.5 | 77.0-81.7 | 169 | 10.9 | 9.2-12.7 | 101 | 7.1 | 5.8- 8.8 | 38 | 2.5 | 1.7- 3.7 |
| Regional City or Suburban | 775 | 607 | 75.1 | 71.3-78.5 | 87 | 12.4 | 9.9-15.5 | 58 | 9.1 | 6.9-11.9 | 23 | 3.4 | 2.1- 5.3 |
| Rural | 570 | 473 | 79.7 | 75.1-83.7 | 53 | 12.1 | 8.8-16.3 | 28 | 5.5 | 3.7- 8.1 | *** | *** | *** |
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*Asked of those who have ever had their blood cholesterol checked.
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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