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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,667 | 2,144 | 26.9 | 25.7-28.2 | 4,523 | 73.1 | 71.8-74.3 |
| -Piedmont | 3,352 | 951 | 25.1 | 23.4-26.8 | 2,401 | 74.9 | 73.2-76.6 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 1,432 | 342 | 22.8 | 20.4-25.4 | 1,090 | 77.2 | 74.6-79.6 |
| Female | 1,920 | 609 | 27.1 | 24.9-29.4 | 1,311 | 72.9 | 70.6-75.1 |
| RACE | |||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 2,158 | 703 | 29.7 | 27.5-32.0 | 1,455 | 70.3 | 68.0-72.5 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 692 | 197 | 23.0 | 19.7-26.6 | 495 | 77.0 | 73.4-80.3 |
| Other | 449 | 47 | 8.6 | 6.2-11.7 | 402 | 91.4 | 88.3-93.8 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-34 | 689 | 36 | 6.0 | 4.2- 8.5 | 653 | 94.0 | 91.5-95.8 |
| 35-44 | 518 | 65 | 14.6 | 11.2-18.7 | 453 | 85.4 | 81.3-88.8 |
| 45-54 | 623 | 149 | 25.0 | 21.3-29.0 | 474 | 75.0 | 71.0-78.7 |
| 55-64 | 610 | 252 | 41.4 | 37.0-45.9 | 358 | 58.6 | 54.1-63.0 |
| 65-74 | 516 | 249 | 48.3 | 43.2-53.4 | 267 | 51.7 | 46.6-56.8 |
| 75+ | 342 | 191 | 59.0 | 53.0-64.8 | 151 | 41.0 | 35.2-47.0 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 345 | 125 | 35.5 | 29.8-41.7 | 220 | 64.5 | 58.3-70.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 836 | 277 | 27.4 | 24.2-30.9 | 559 | 72.6 | 69.1-75.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 876 | 280 | 26.3 | 23.3-29.6 | 596 | 73.7 | 70.4-76.7 |
| College Graduate | 1,275 | 264 | 16.4 | 14.5-18.5 | 1,011 | 83.6 | 81.5-85.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 294 | 114 | 36.6 | 30.4-43.3 | 180 | 63.4 | 56.7-69.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 502 | 175 | 30.7 | 26.3-35.6 | 327 | 69.3 | 64.4-73.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 285 | 79 | 25.5 | 19.8-32.2 | 206 | 74.5 | 67.8-80.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 356 | 86 | 21.5 | 16.8-26.9 | 270 | 78.5 | 73.1-83.2 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 390 | 108 | 23.6 | 19.3-28.6 | 282 | 76.4 | 71.4-80.7 |
| $75,000+ | 833 | 168 | 18.1 | 15.4-21.2 | 665 | 81.9 | 78.8-84.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 744 | 462 | 59.7 | 55.4-63.8 | 282 | 40.3 | 36.2-44.6 |
| No | 2,539 | 475 | 16.0 | 14.5-17.7 | 2,064 | 84.0 | 82.3-85.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 374 | 130 | 33.6 | 28.4-39.3 | 244 | 66.4 | 60.7-71.6 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,965 | 820 | 24.1 | 22.4-25.9 | 2,145 | 75.9 | 74.1-77.6 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
| Urban | 1,801 | 446 | 21.6 | 19.6-23.8 | 1,355 | 78.4 | 76.2-80.4 |
| Regional City or Suburban | 889 | 274 | 27.5 | 24.4-31.0 | 615 | 72.5 | 69.0-75.6 |
| Rural | 662 | 231 | 30.8 | 26.8-35.2 | 431 | 69.2 | 64.8-73.2 |
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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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