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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,548 | 752 | 11.6 | 10.7-12.5 | 5,796 | 88.4 | 87.5-89.3 |
| -Piedmont | 3,288 | 338 | 10.3 | 9.1-11.6 | 2,950 | 89.7 | 88.4-90.9 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 1,403 | 140 | 10.3 | 8.6-12.4 | 1,263 | 89.7 | 87.6-91.4 |
| Female | 1,885 | 198 | 10.3 | 8.8-11.9 | 1,687 | 89.7 | 88.1-91.2 |
| RACE | |||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 2,124 | 205 | 9.7 | 8.3-11.3 | 1,919 | 90.3 | 88.7-91.7 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 673 | 87 | 13.2 | 10.5-16.4 | 586 | 86.8 | 83.6-89.5 |
| Other | 441 | 41 | 8.4 | 6.0-11.7 | 400 | 91.6 | 88.3-94.0 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-34 | 669 | 68 | 9.7 | 7.5-12.4 | 601 | 90.3 | 87.6-92.5 |
| 35-44 | 508 | 46 | 8.8 | 6.4-12.0 | 462 | 91.2 | 88.0-93.6 |
| 45-54 | 619 | 69 | 11.7 | 9.0-14.9 | 550 | 88.3 | 85.1-91.0 |
| 55-64 | 599 | 72 | 12.2 | 9.4-15.8 | 527 | 87.8 | 84.2-90.6 |
| 65-74 | 510 | 44 | 8.3 | 6.0-11.3 | 466 | 91.7 | 88.7-94.0 |
| 75+ | 334 | 38 | 13.5 | 9.3-19.3 | 296 | 86.5 | 80.7-90.7 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 335 | 65 | 18.5 | 14.2-23.7 | 270 | 81.5 | 76.3-85.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 816 | 105 | 12.3 | 9.9-15.1 | 711 | 87.7 | 84.9-90.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 858 | 98 | 10.1 | 8.1-12.5 | 760 | 89.9 | 87.5-91.9 |
| College Graduate | 1,259 | 68 | 4.8 | 3.7- 6.2 | 1,191 | 95.2 | 93.8-96.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 269 | 67 | 25.9 | 20.0-32.7 | 202 | 74.1 | 67.3-80.0 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 498 | 79 | 13.9 | 10.8-17.8 | 419 | 86.1 | 82.2-89.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 278 | 22 | 8.3 | 5.1-13.1 | 256 | 91.7 | 86.9-94.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 352 | 30 | 9.2 | 6.2-13.3 | 322 | 90.8 | 86.7-93.8 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 388 | 23 | 4.9 | 3.1- 7.6 | 365 | 95.1 | 92.4-96.9 |
| $75,000+ | 829 | 31 | 3.7 | 2.5- 5.4 | 798 | 96.3 | 94.6-97.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 738 | 220 | 30.7 | 26.9-34.8 | 518 | 69.3 | 65.2-73.1 |
| No | 2,538 | 114 | 4.8 | 3.9- 5.9 | 2,424 | 95.2 | 94.1-96.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 367 | 45 | 12.9 | 9.3-17.7 | 322 | 87.1 | 82.3-90.7 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,909 | 293 | 10.0 | 8.8-11.4 | 2,616 | 90.0 | 88.6-91.2 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
| Urban | 1,767 | 166 | 9.5 | 8.0-11.3 | 1,601 | 90.5 | 88.7-92.0 |
| Regional City or Suburban | 870 | 101 | 12.6 | 10.2-15.5 | 769 | 87.4 | 84.5-89.8 |
| Rural | 651 | 71 | 9.3 | 7.1-12.0 | 580 | 90.7 | 88.0-92.9 |
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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