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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,203 | 3,163 | 47.6 | 46.1-49.1 | 3,040 | 52.4 | 50.9-53.9 |
| -Piedmont | 3,116 | 1,593 | 48.6 | 46.5-50.6 | 1,523 | 51.4 | 49.4-53.5 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 1,317 | 605 | 44.5 | 41.4-47.7 | 712 | 55.5 | 52.3-58.6 |
| Female | 1,799 | 988 | 52.2 | 49.4-54.9 | 811 | 47.8 | 45.1-50.6 |
| RACE | |||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 2,034 | 1,151 | 53.2 | 50.6-55.7 | 883 | 46.8 | 44.3-49.4 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 626 | 274 | 42.1 | 37.6-46.7 | 352 | 57.9 | 53.3-62.4 |
| Other | 413 | 147 | 37.0 | 31.6-42.7 | 266 | 63.0 | 57.3-68.4 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-34 | 614 | 247 | 41.1 | 36.7-45.7 | 367 | 58.9 | 54.3-63.3 |
| 35-44 | 488 | 183 | 38.2 | 33.5-43.1 | 305 | 61.8 | 56.9-66.5 |
| 45-54 | 590 | 267 | 45.2 | 40.8-49.7 | 323 | 54.8 | 50.3-59.2 |
| 55-64 | 576 | 306 | 51.4 | 46.7-56.1 | 270 | 48.6 | 43.9-53.3 |
| 65-74 | 490 | 327 | 65.9 | 60.7-70.8 | 163 | 34.1 | 29.2-39.3 |
| 75+ | 317 | 242 | 76.5 | 70.8-81.4 | 75 | 23.5 | 18.6-29.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 308 | 127 | 41.5 | 35.1-48.1 | 181 | 58.5 | 51.9-64.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 761 | 383 | 46.6 | 42.5-50.7 | 378 | 53.4 | 49.3-57.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 810 | 395 | 47.1 | 43.2-51.1 | 415 | 52.9 | 48.9-56.8 |
| College Graduate | 1,219 | 681 | 55.0 | 52.0-58.1 | 538 | 45.0 | 41.9-48.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 258 | 128 | 48.7 | 41.4-56.0 | 130 | 51.3 | 44.0-58.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 466 | 212 | 42.5 | 37.4-47.9 | 254 | 57.5 | 52.1-62.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 265 | 126 | 43.5 | 36.4-50.9 | 139 | 56.5 | 49.1-63.6 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 334 | 153 | 41.5 | 35.5-47.8 | 181 | 58.5 | 52.2-64.5 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 376 | 185 | 48.9 | 42.9-54.9 | 191 | 51.1 | 45.1-57.1 |
| $75,000+ | 801 | 451 | 55.2 | 51.3-59.0 | 350 | 44.8 | 41.0-48.7 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 713 | 405 | 55.1 | 50.8-59.4 | 308 | 44.9 | 40.6-49.2 |
| No | 2,393 | 1,185 | 46.9 | 44.6-49.3 | 1,208 | 53.1 | 50.7-55.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 343 | 207 | 59.3 | 53.2-65.2 | 136 | 40.7 | 34.8-46.8 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,761 | 1,380 | 47.3 | 45.1-49.5 | 1,381 | 52.7 | 50.5-54.9 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
| Urban | 1,670 | 848 | 48.5 | 45.7-51.3 | 822 | 51.5 | 48.7-54.3 |
| Regional City or Suburban | 829 | 409 | 46.2 | 42.2-50.2 | 420 | 53.8 | 49.8-57.8 |
| Rural | 617 | 336 | 51.9 | 47.1-56.7 | 281 | 48.1 | 43.3-52.9 |
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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