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| Total Respond.^ |
Less than 1 year ago | 1 to 5 years ago | 5 to 10 years ago | 10 or more years ago | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 1,825 | 169 | 12.0 | 10.1-14.2 | 293 | 19.3 | 17.1-21.7 | 209 | 13.2 | 11.3-15.3 | 1,154 | 55.6 | 52.7-58.4 |
| -Piedmont | 844 | 86 | 12.2 | 9.7-15.3 | 147 | 20.6 | 17.5-24.1 | 92 | 12.1 | 9.7-15.0 | 519 | 55.0 | 51.1-58.9 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 399 | 37 | 11.3 | 8.0-15.8 | 68 | 18.9 | 14.8-23.8 | 45 | 12.3 | 9.1-16.6 | 249 | 57.5 | 51.8-63.0 |
| Female | 445 | 49 | 13.3 | 9.7-17.9 | 79 | 22.5 | 18.0-27.7 | 47 | 11.9 | 8.7-16.1 | 270 | 52.3 | 46.9-57.7 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 620 | 59 | 11.3 | 8.5-14.8 | 104 | 20.4 | 16.8-24.6 | 62 | 12.0 | 9.2-15.6 | 395 | 56.3 | 51.6-60.9 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 134 | 15 | 12.5 | 7.0-21.2 | 22 | 18.5 | 11.8-27.8 | 18 | 12.3 | 7.6-19.5 | 79 | 56.6 | 46.5-66.2 |
| Other | 82 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 85 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 96 | 20 | 21.2 | 13.4-31.8 | 25 | 26.6 | 18.2-37.3 | 21 | 25.0 | 16.3-36.3 | 30 | 27.2 | 18.8-37.5 |
| 45-54 | 144 | 17 | 11.8 | 7.1-19.0 | 34 | 24.0 | 16.9-33.0 | 13 | 8.6 | 4.9-14.8 | 80 | 55.6 | 46.4-64.3 |
| 55-64 | 171 | *** | *** | *** | 26 | 15.7 | 10.1-23.7 | 25 | 15.3 | 10.1-22.5 | 109 | 62.4 | 53.5-70.5 |
| 65-74 | 205 | *** | *** | *** | 18 | 10.0 | 6.1-15.8 | 19 | 10.7 | 6.1-18.0 | 159 | 75.3 | 67.3-81.8 |
| 75+ | 135 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 88 | *** | *** | *** | 16 | 21.0 | 12.7-32.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 219 | 19 | 10.2 | 6.2-16.3 | 40 | 22.0 | 16.1-29.3 | 26 | 12.2 | 8.1-18.0 | 134 | 55.7 | 48.0-63.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 221 | 24 | 13.5 | 8.8-20.3 | 45 | 22.3 | 16.6-29.2 | 23 | 11.5 | 7.3-17.4 | 129 | 52.7 | 45.2-60.1 |
| College Graduate | 308 | 32 | 11.4 | 7.8-16.3 | 44 | 17.6 | 13.1-23.1 | 32 | 12.9 | 9.0-18.3 | 200 | 58.1 | 51.7-64.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 63 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 126 | 13 | 12.5 | 6.8-21.7 | 26 | 24.5 | 16.7-34.4 | *** | *** | *** | 74 | 52.6 | 42.2-62.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 81 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 97 | *** | *** | *** | 14 | 18.4 | 10.4-30.4 | 12 | 11.9 | 6.6-20.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 97 | 14 | 17.5 | 10.0-28.8 | 16 | 18.7 | 11.2-29.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 223 | 19 | 10.1 | 6.2-15.9 | 37 | 19.6 | 14.2-26.5 | 26 | 14.5 | 9.6-21.1 | 141 | 55.9 | 48.3-63.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 238 | 30 | 13.5 | 9.0-19.7 | 39 | 20.5 | 14.8-27.6 | 27 | 12.3 | 8.1-18.3 | 142 | 53.7 | 46.0-61.2 |
| No | 602 | 55 | 11.7 | 8.8-15.5 | 108 | 20.8 | 17.2-24.9 | 65 | 12.1 | 9.4-15.6 | 374 | 55.4 | 50.7-60.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 149 | *** | *** | *** | 17 | 13.7 | 8.3-21.9 | 12 | 10.1 | 5.5-17.8 | 114 | 71.1 | 61.6-79.0 |
| Non-Veteran | 693 | 80 | 13.7 | 10.7-17.3 | 129 | 21.9 | 18.4-25.9 | 80 | 12.6 | 9.9-15.8 | 404 | 51.8 | 47.5-56.1 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||||||||
| Urban | 441 | 51 | 13.5 | 9.9-18.0 | 77 | 19.8 | 15.7-24.6 | 49 | 12.7 | 9.4-16.9 | 264 | 54.0 | 48.6-59.4 |
| Regional City or Suburban | 225 | 22 | 11.2 | 7.1-17.2 | 46 | 26.3 | 19.8-34.0 | 27 | 13.0 | 8.5-19.3 | 130 | 49.5 | 42.0-57.1 |
| Rural | 178 | *** | *** | *** | 24 | 15.2 | 10.0-22.4 | 16 | 9.7 | 5.6-16.3 | 125 | 64.4 | 55.4-72.5 |
*This question was asked of those who reported smoking 100+ cigarettes, but no longer smoke.
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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