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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 5,777 | 1,635 | 25.4 | 24.1-26.8 | 4,142 | 74.6 | 73.2-75.9 |
-Piedmont | 2,869 | 779 | 24.4 | 22.7-26.2 | 2,090 | 75.6 | 73.8-77.3 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,201 | 311 | 23.3 | 20.7-26.0 | 890 | 76.7 | 74.0-79.3 |
Female | 1,668 | 468 | 25.4 | 23.1-27.9 | 1,200 | 74.6 | 72.1-76.9 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 1,861 | 432 | 21.3 | 19.3-23.5 | 1,429 | 78.7 | 76.5-80.7 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 589 | 234 | 34.2 | 29.9-38.7 | 355 | 65.8 | 61.3-70.1 |
Other | 382 | 101 | 23.2 | 18.8-28.2 | 281 | 76.8 | 71.8-81.2 |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 507 | 64 | 12.1 | 9.3-15.7 | 443 | 87.9 | 84.3-90.7 |
35-44 | 446 | 92 | 20.3 | 16.4-24.8 | 354 | 79.7 | 75.2-83.6 |
45-54 | 546 | 135 | 24.3 | 20.6-28.5 | 411 | 75.7 | 71.5-79.4 |
55-64 | 548 | 174 | 30.1 | 25.9-34.7 | 374 | 69.9 | 65.3-74.1 |
65-74 | 471 | 175 | 37.7 | 32.7-43.0 | 296 | 62.3 | 57.0-67.3 |
75+ | 314 | 124 | 39.3 | 33.3-45.6 | 190 | 60.7 | 54.4-66.7 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 298 | 104 | 29.6 | 24.1-35.8 | 194 | 70.4 | 64.2-75.9 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 728 | 241 | 28.3 | 24.9-32.0 | 487 | 71.7 | 68.0-75.1 |
Some Post-H.S. | 751 | 222 | 25.5 | 22.2-29.0 | 529 | 74.5 | 71.0-77.8 |
College Graduate | 1,075 | 206 | 16.8 | 14.6-19.2 | 869 | 83.2 | 80.8-85.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 241 | 99 | 36.3 | 29.5-43.6 | 142 | 63.7 | 56.4-70.5 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 448 | 157 | 31.6 | 26.9-36.7 | 291 | 68.4 | 63.3-73.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 244 | 76 | 28.8 | 22.6-35.9 | 168 | 71.2 | 64.1-77.4 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 309 | 92 | 26.1 | 20.8-32.1 | 217 | 73.9 | 67.9-79.2 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 344 | 84 | 20.7 | 16.4-25.7 | 260 | 79.3 | 74.3-83.6 |
$75,000+ | 696 | 121 | 16.6 | 13.8-20.0 | 575 | 83.4 | 80.0-86.2 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 674 | 268 | 36.2 | 32.1-40.5 | 406 | 63.8 | 59.5-67.9 |
No | 2,185 | 504 | 21.0 | 19.1-23.0 | 1,681 | 79.0 | 77.0-80.9 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 315 | 97 | 30.2 | 24.7-36.3 | 218 | 69.8 | 63.7-75.3 |
Non-Veteran | 2,543 | 680 | 23.8 | 22.0-25.7 | 1,863 | 76.2 | 74.3-78.0 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Urban | 1,494 | 396 | 24.0 | 21.6-26.5 | 1,098 | 76.0 | 73.5-78.4 |
Regional City or Suburban | 780 | 192 | 22.5 | 19.4-26.0 | 588 | 77.5 | 74.0-80.6 |
Rural | 595 | 191 | 28.0 | 24.1-32.3 | 404 | 72.0 | 67.7-75.9 |
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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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