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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,534 | 581 | 8.3 | 7.6- 9.2 | 5,953 | 91.7 | 90.8-92.4 |
-Piedmont | 3,287 | 257 | 7.6 | 6.6- 8.7 | 3,030 | 92.4 | 91.3-93.4 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,399 | 84 | 6.1 | 4.7- 7.8 | 1,315 | 93.9 | 92.2-95.3 |
Female | 1,888 | 173 | 9.0 | 7.6-10.6 | 1,715 | 91.0 | 89.4-92.4 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 2,123 | 166 | 8.1 | 6.8- 9.6 | 1,957 | 91.9 | 90.4-93.2 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 674 | 65 | 8.7 | 6.6-11.5 | 609 | 91.3 | 88.5-93.4 |
Other | 443 | 20 | 3.1 | 1.9- 5.1 | 423 | 96.9 | 94.9-98.1 |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 668 | 23 | 3.1 | 2.0- 4.8 | 645 | 96.9 | 95.2-98.0 |
35-44 | 506 | 25 | 5.1 | 3.2- 7.8 | 481 | 94.9 | 92.2-96.8 |
45-54 | 619 | 53 | 9.2 | 6.9-12.2 | 566 | 90.8 | 87.8-93.1 |
55-64 | 603 | 70 | 13.3 | 10.1-17.2 | 533 | 86.7 | 82.8-89.9 |
65-74 | 509 | 28 | 5.5 | 3.6- 8.2 | 481 | 94.5 | 91.8-96.4 |
75+ | 334 | 54 | 18.7 | 13.8-24.8 | 280 | 81.3 | 75.2-86.2 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 338 | 61 | 17.4 | 13.2-22.6 | 277 | 82.6 | 77.4-86.8 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 816 | 82 | 8.9 | 7.0-11.2 | 734 | 91.1 | 88.8-93.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 859 | 78 | 7.1 | 5.5- 9.0 | 781 | 92.9 | 91.0-94.5 |
College Graduate | 1,255 | 35 | 2.2 | 1.5- 3.2 | 1,220 | 97.8 | 96.8-98.5 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 272 | 58 | 21.3 | 15.9-27.8 | 214 | 78.7 | 72.2-84.1 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 499 | 73 | 14.7 | 11.4-18.9 | 426 | 85.3 | 81.1-88.6 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 277 | 15 | 5.8 | 3.3-10.2 | 262 | 94.2 | 89.8-96.7 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 351 | 16 | 3.5 | 2.1- 5.8 | 335 | 96.5 | 94.2-97.9 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 388 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$75,000+ | 828 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 742 | 232 | 32.9 | 29.0-37.0 | 510 | 67.1 | 63.0-71.0 |
No | 2,534 | 23 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.4 | 2,511 | 99.1 | 98.6-99.5 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 367 | 28 | 7.8 | 5.0-12.1 | 339 | 92.2 | 87.9-95.0 |
Non-Veteran | 2,908 | 229 | 7.6 | 6.5- 8.8 | 2,679 | 92.4 | 91.2-93.5 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Urban | 1,764 | 117 | 6.5 | 5.3- 8.1 | 1,647 | 93.5 | 91.9-94.7 |
Regional City or Suburban | 874 | 71 | 8.3 | 6.4-10.7 | 803 | 91.7 | 89.3-93.6 |
Rural | 649 | 69 | 9.4 | 7.2-12.3 | 580 | 90.6 | 87.7-92.8 |
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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