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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,548 | 1,258 | 16.5 | 15.5-17.6 | 5,290 | 83.5 | 82.4-84.5 |
-Piedmont | 3,293 | 530 | 14.6 | 13.2-16.0 | 2,763 | 85.4 | 84.0-86.8 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,404 | 170 | 11.8 | 9.9-13.9 | 1,234 | 88.2 | 86.1-90.1 |
Female | 1,889 | 360 | 17.1 | 15.3-19.1 | 1,529 | 82.9 | 80.9-84.7 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 2,127 | 336 | 14.8 | 13.1-16.6 | 1,791 | 85.2 | 83.4-86.9 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 675 | 142 | 17.6 | 14.6-21.0 | 533 | 82.4 | 79.0-85.4 |
Other | 443 | 46 | 9.1 | 6.6-12.4 | 397 | 90.9 | 87.6-93.4 |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 671 | 18 | 3.1 | 1.8- 5.1 | 653 | 96.9 | 94.9-98.2 |
35-44 | 509 | 40 | 8.0 | 5.7-11.0 | 469 | 92.0 | 89.0-94.3 |
45-54 | 619 | 96 | 16.8 | 13.7-20.5 | 523 | 83.2 | 79.5-86.3 |
55-64 | 602 | 149 | 25.1 | 21.2-29.5 | 453 | 74.9 | 70.5-78.8 |
65-74 | 507 | 121 | 25.8 | 21.3-31.0 | 386 | 74.2 | 69.0-78.7 |
75+ | 336 | 101 | 32.2 | 26.4-38.6 | 235 | 67.8 | 61.4-73.6 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 338 | 102 | 29.3 | 24.0-35.3 | 236 | 70.7 | 64.7-76.0 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 818 | 178 | 17.0 | 14.5-19.9 | 640 | 83.0 | 80.1-85.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 861 | 169 | 15.0 | 12.7-17.7 | 692 | 85.0 | 82.3-87.3 |
College Graduate | 1,256 | 80 | 4.8 | 3.7- 6.1 | 1,176 | 95.2 | 93.9-96.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 271 | 106 | 38.1 | 31.4-45.2 | 165 | 61.9 | 54.8-68.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 500 | 143 | 26.4 | 22.1-31.1 | 357 | 73.6 | 68.9-77.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 277 | 44 | 16.0 | 11.2-22.1 | 233 | 84.0 | 77.9-88.8 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 351 | 43 | 9.8 | 7.0-13.6 | 308 | 90.2 | 86.4-93.0 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 389 | 38 | 8.7 | 6.0-12.3 | 351 | 91.3 | 87.7-94.0 |
$75,000+ | 828 | 50 | 4.5 | 3.3- 6.1 | 778 | 95.5 | 93.9-96.7 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 741 | 426 | 56.8 | 52.6-61.0 | 315 | 43.2 | 39.0-47.4 |
No | 2,540 | 101 | 3.3 | 2.7- 4.1 | 2,439 | 96.7 | 95.9-97.3 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 367 | 67 | 16.9 | 12.8-22.0 | 300 | 83.1 | 78.0-87.2 |
Non-Veteran | 2,914 | 463 | 14.3 | 13.0-15.9 | 2,451 | 85.7 | 84.1-87.0 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Urban | 1,767 | 235 | 12.3 | 10.6-14.1 | 1,532 | 87.7 | 85.9-89.4 |
Regional City or Suburban | 874 | 170 | 17.4 | 14.7-20.4 | 704 | 82.6 | 79.6-85.3 |
Rural | 652 | 125 | 16.8 | 13.7-20.5 | 527 | 83.2 | 79.5-86.3 |
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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