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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,543 | 345 | 5.0 | 4.4- 5.7 | 6,198 | 95.0 | 94.3-95.6 |
-Piedmont | 3,290 | 152 | 4.5 | 3.8- 5.5 | 3,138 | 95.5 | 94.5-96.2 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,401 | 63 | 4.1 | 3.0- 5.4 | 1,338 | 95.9 | 94.6-97.0 |
Female | 1,889 | 89 | 5.0 | 3.9- 6.3 | 1,800 | 95.0 | 93.7-96.1 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 2,125 | 95 | 4.5 | 3.5- 5.7 | 2,030 | 95.5 | 94.3-96.5 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 674 | 43 | 6.1 | 4.3- 8.5 | 631 | 93.9 | 91.5-95.7 |
Other | 443 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 669 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
35-44 | 507 | 14 | 3.1 | 1.8- 5.5 | 493 | 96.9 | 94.5-98.2 |
45-54 | 620 | 39 | 7.2 | 5.1-10.0 | 581 | 92.8 | 90.0-94.9 |
55-64 | 603 | 52 | 9.4 | 6.9-12.8 | 551 | 90.6 | 87.2-93.1 |
65-74 | 508 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
75+ | 335 | 25 | 7.2 | 4.8-10.7 | 310 | 92.8 | 89.3-95.2 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 338 | 30 | 8.8 | 5.8-13.1 | 308 | 91.2 | 86.9-94.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 815 | 50 | 5.3 | 3.9- 7.2 | 765 | 94.7 | 92.8-96.1 |
Some Post-H.S. | 861 | 50 | 5.0 | 3.7- 6.7 | 811 | 95.0 | 93.3-96.3 |
College Graduate | 1,256 | 22 | 1.4 | 0.9- 2.1 | 1,234 | 98.6 | 97.9-99.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 272 | 47 | 17.6 | 12.7-23.9 | 225 | 82.4 | 76.1-87.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 501 | 40 | 7.0 | 4.9- 9.8 | 461 | 93.0 | 90.2-95.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 277 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$35,000- 49,999 | 351 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$50,000- 74,999 | 389 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$75,000+ | 828 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 742 | 144 | 20.6 | 17.3-24.4 | 598 | 79.4 | 75.6-82.7 |
No | 2,535 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 367 | 28 | 6.3 | 4.2- 9.3 | 339 | 93.7 | 90.7-95.8 |
Non-Veteran | 2,911 | 124 | 4.4 | 3.5- 5.3 | 2,787 | 95.6 | 94.7-96.5 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Urban | 1,766 | 71 | 4.1 | 3.2- 5.4 | 1,695 | 95.9 | 94.6-96.8 |
Regional City or Suburban | 875 | 39 | 4.1 | 2.9- 5.8 | 836 | 95.9 | 94.2-97.1 |
Rural | 649 | 42 | 6.2 | 4.2- 8.9 | 607 | 93.8 | 91.1-95.8 |
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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