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| Total Respond.^ |
None | 1-2 days | 3-7 days | 8-29 days | 30 days | |||||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,608 | 4,638 | 68.6 | 67.2-70.0 | 445 | 7.4 | 6.6- 8.2 | 574 | 9.1 | 8.2-10.0 | 555 | 9.0 | 8.2- 9.9 | 396 | 6.0 | 5.3- 6.7 |
| -Piedmont | 3,315 | 2,327 | 69.3 | 67.4-71.1 | 268 | 8.2 | 7.2- 9.4 | 283 | 8.8 | 7.7-10.0 | 262 | 8.5 | 7.5- 9.7 | 175 | 5.2 | 4.4- 6.1 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 1,417 | 1,065 | 73.5 | 70.6-76.1 | 91 | 6.4 | 5.1- 8.1 | 106 | 8.5 | 6.8-10.6 | 95 | 7.3 | 5.8- 9.1 | 60 | 4.3 | 3.2- 5.8 |
| Female | 1,898 | 1,262 | 65.5 | 62.9-67.9 | 177 | 9.8 | 8.3-11.5 | 177 | 9.0 | 7.7-10.6 | 167 | 9.7 | 8.2-11.4 | 115 | 6.0 | 4.9- 7.3 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 2,134 | 1,496 | 69.4 | 67.1-71.7 | 177 | 8.2 | 6.9- 9.6 | 178 | 8.7 | 7.3-10.2 | 164 | 8.1 | 6.8- 9.7 | 119 | 5.6 | 4.5- 6.9 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 684 | 464 | 65.0 | 60.6-69.2 | 61 | 9.8 | 7.4-12.9 | 69 | 10.4 | 7.9-13.5 | 54 | 9.3 | 6.9-12.5 | 36 | 5.5 | 3.8- 7.9 |
| Other | 444 | 325 | 74.0 | 69.1-78.4 | 25 | 5.7 | 3.7- 8.8 | 35 | 7.7 | 5.3-11.1 | 41 | 9.5 | 6.9-13.0 | 18 | 3.0 | 1.8- 5.1 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 685 | 421 | 63.3 | 59.1-67.3 | 84 | 11.4 | 9.0-14.3 | 81 | 11.5 | 9.0-14.6 | 72 | 10.5 | 8.2-13.3 | 27 | 3.3 | 2.2- 5.0 |
| 35-44 | 512 | 328 | 66.7 | 62.1-71.1 | 54 | 8.7 | 6.6-11.4 | 57 | 10.1 | 7.5-13.5 | 46 | 9.3 | 6.8-12.6 | 27 | 5.1 | 3.4- 7.5 |
| 45-54 | 619 | 419 | 68.3 | 64.1-72.3 | 46 | 7.6 | 5.6-10.4 | 59 | 9.3 | 7.0-12.1 | 47 | 7.4 | 5.4-10.0 | 48 | 7.4 | 5.4-10.1 |
| 55-64 | 602 | 433 | 71.5 | 67.1-75.5 | 43 | 7.2 | 5.2- 9.9 | 43 | 6.4 | 4.6- 8.9 | 47 | 8.1 | 5.9-11.1 | 36 | 6.8 | 4.6- 9.8 |
| 65-74 | 514 | 417 | 80.1 | 75.6-84.0 | 21 | 4.2 | 2.5- 6.8 | 28 | 5.4 | 3.6- 8.1 | 30 | 6.6 | 4.3-10.0 | 18 | 3.7 | 2.1- 6.4 |
| 75+ | 330 | 268 | 77.6 | 71.2-82.9 | 16 | 4.0 | 2.3- 6.8 | *** | *** | *** | 19 | 7.1 | 4.3-11.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 337 | 227 | 65.4 | 59.0-71.3 | 16 | 5.6 | 3.2- 9.6 | 27 | 9.6 | 6.0-15.0 | 33 | 10.0 | 6.9-14.3 | 34 | 9.4 | 6.3-13.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 828 | 599 | 70.7 | 66.9-74.2 | 42 | 6.0 | 4.3- 8.4 | 68 | 8.7 | 6.7-11.2 | 70 | 9.0 | 7.0-11.6 | 49 | 5.6 | 4.1- 7.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 865 | 578 | 68.3 | 64.7-71.7 | 64 | 7.5 | 5.7- 9.8 | 83 | 8.7 | 6.9-10.9 | 86 | 10.2 | 8.1-12.7 | 54 | 5.4 | 4.0- 7.2 |
| College Graduate | 1,268 | 909 | 70.8 | 68.0-73.5 | 145 | 12.1 | 10.2-14.3 | 104 | 8.7 | 7.1-10.6 | 72 | 5.7 | 4.5- 7.3 | 38 | 2.6 | 1.9- 3.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 290 | 174 | 58.1 | 51.0-64.7 | 19 | 8.5 | 4.8-14.5 | 22 | 6.7 | 4.2-10.4 | 36 | 12.9 | 9.0-18.0 | 39 | 13.9 | 9.7-19.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 495 | 325 | 63.2 | 57.9-68.2 | 31 | 5.8 | 3.9- 8.6 | 50 | 11.4 | 8.3-15.6 | 56 | 12.2 | 9.1-16.2 | 33 | 7.3 | 4.9-10.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 285 | 204 | 72.8 | 66.4-78.3 | 20 | 6.6 | 4.1-10.6 | 19 | 5.6 | 3.4- 9.1 | 25 | 8.3 | 5.4-12.4 | 17 | 6.8 | 4.0-11.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 355 | 248 | 69.1 | 63.1-74.5 | 34 | 10.4 | 7.1-15.1 | 31 | 9.4 | 6.4-13.6 | 32 | 9.1 | 6.0-13.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 385 | 275 | 70.3 | 64.4-75.6 | 30 | 8.4 | 5.7-12.1 | 37 | 10.8 | 7.1-16.3 | 24 | 6.3 | 4.0- 9.6 | 19 | 4.2 | 2.6- 6.8 |
| $75,000+ | 827 | 610 | 73.3 | 69.7-76.5 | 88 | 10.7 | 8.5-13.3 | 65 | 7.7 | 5.9-10.0 | 43 | 6.0 | 4.3- 8.3 | 21 | 2.3 | 1.5- 3.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 723 | 402 | 52.2 | 47.9-56.5 | 41 | 6.5 | 4.7- 8.9 | 69 | 10.3 | 8.0-13.3 | 110 | 16.1 | 13.2-19.6 | 101 | 14.8 | 11.9-18.3 |
| No | 2,525 | 1,879 | 73.8 | 71.7-75.7 | 223 | 8.7 | 7.5-10.1 | 208 | 8.4 | 7.2- 9.8 | 146 | 6.6 | 5.5- 7.8 | 69 | 2.6 | 2.0- 3.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 369 | 282 | 77.0 | 71.7-81.5 | 21 | 4.4 | 2.8- 7.0 | 22 | 6.4 | 4.1- 9.9 | 19 | 5.4 | 3.3- 8.7 | 25 | 6.8 | 4.2-10.8 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,934 | 2,033 | 68.3 | 66.2-70.2 | 247 | 8.7 | 7.5-10.0 | 261 | 9.1 | 7.9-10.5 | 243 | 8.9 | 7.8-10.3 | 150 | 5.0 | 4.2- 6.0 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | ||||||||||||||||
| Urban | 1,789 | 1,233 | 68.0 | 65.4-70.4 | 170 | 9.5 | 8.0-11.1 | 164 | 9.4 | 7.8-11.1 | 140 | 8.5 | 7.1-10.2 | 82 | 4.7 | 3.7- 6.1 |
| Regional City or Suburban | 869 | 611 | 69.5 | 65.8-73.0 | 62 | 7.2 | 5.5- 9.5 | 74 | 8.8 | 6.8-11.3 | 71 | 8.4 | 6.5-10.8 | 51 | 6.0 | 4.4- 8.1 |
| Rural | 657 | 483 | 72.5 | 68.0-76.5 | 36 | 6.1 | 4.0- 9.2 | 45 | 7.3 | 5.2-10.2 | 51 | 8.8 | 6.4-12.0 | 42 | 5.3 | 3.8- 7.4 |
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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