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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 | 6,550 | 4,274 | 66.0 | 64.6-67.4 | 571 | 9.1 | 8.2-10.0 | 590 | 9.4 | 8.5-10.3 | 527 | 7.4 | 6.7- 8.2 | 588 | 8.1 | 7.4- 9.0 |
-Piedmont | 3,298 | 2,235 | 68.2 | 66.3-70.1 | 312 | 9.6 | 8.5-10.9 | 287 | 8.8 | 7.7-10.1 | 212 | 5.9 | 5.1- 6.8 | 252 | 7.4 | 6.4- 8.5 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 1,410 | 1,016 | 71.7 | 68.9-74.4 | 114 | 8.2 | 6.7-10.0 | 115 | 8.8 | 7.1-10.9 | 70 | 4.3 | 3.4- 5.5 | 95 | 6.9 | 5.4- 8.8 |
Female | 1,888 | 1,219 | 65.1 | 62.5-67.6 | 198 | 10.9 | 9.3-12.8 | 172 | 8.8 | 7.5-10.5 | 142 | 7.4 | 6.2- 8.8 | 157 | 7.8 | 6.5- 9.3 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 2,124 | 1,414 | 66.4 | 64.0-68.8 | 220 | 10.7 | 9.2-12.5 | 179 | 8.6 | 7.3-10.1 | 140 | 6.3 | 5.2- 7.5 | 171 | 7.9 | 6.6- 9.5 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 680 | 459 | 69.1 | 64.9-73.0 | 60 | 8.6 | 6.4-11.5 | 61 | 8.8 | 6.5-11.7 | 42 | 5.5 | 4.0- 7.5 | 58 | 8.0 | 5.9-10.7 |
Other | 444 | 328 | 75.3 | 70.1-79.9 | 26 | 5.2 | 3.4- 8.0 | 43 | 10.4 | 7.0-15.1 | 25 | 4.8 | 3.1- 7.4 | 22 | 4.3 | 2.7- 6.6 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-34 | 684 | 502 | 72.8 | 68.7-76.6 | 70 | 11.2 | 8.7-14.4 | 64 | 9.0 | 6.7-12.0 | 32 | 4.4 | 3.0- 6.3 | 16 | 2.6 | 1.4- 4.5 |
35-44 | 512 | 364 | 71.1 | 66.6-75.3 | 63 | 12.1 | 9.4-15.6 | 44 | 8.6 | 6.2-11.9 | 20 | 3.6 | 2.2- 5.7 | 21 | 4.5 | 2.8- 7.1 |
45-54 | 623 | 403 | 65.3 | 61.0-69.3 | 68 | 9.7 | 7.4-12.6 | 51 | 8.3 | 6.1-11.2 | 48 | 7.9 | 5.8-10.5 | 53 | 8.8 | 6.6-11.8 |
55-64 | 596 | 366 | 60.7 | 56.0-65.1 | 58 | 9.2 | 6.9-12.1 | 52 | 8.9 | 6.6-12.0 | 45 | 7.7 | 5.6-10.4 | 75 | 13.6 | 10.5-17.4 |
65-74 | 506 | 335 | 65.4 | 60.3-70.2 | 36 | 6.5 | 4.5- 9.3 | 50 | 10.7 | 7.8-14.7 | 37 | 6.7 | 4.8- 9.3 | 48 | 10.6 | 7.5-14.8 |
75+ | 326 | 223 | 67.2 | 60.8-73.0 | 16 | 3.7 | 2.2- 6.2 | 24 | 7.8 | 5.0-11.9 | 26 | 8.2 | 5.4-12.3 | 37 | 13.1 | 8.9-19.0 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 339 | 209 | 61.9 | 55.5-67.8 | *** | *** | *** | 34 | 10.1 | 6.9-14.6 | 29 | 6.7 | 4.5- 9.7 | 54 | 16.3 | 12.1-21.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 819 | 549 | 69.5 | 65.8-73.0 | 63 | 8.3 | 6.2-11.0 | 68 | 8.3 | 6.4-10.8 | 56 | 6.4 | 4.8- 8.4 | 83 | 7.4 | 5.9- 9.4 |
Some Post-H.S. | 858 | 537 | 63.9 | 60.2-67.5 | 85 | 11.1 | 8.8-13.8 | 91 | 10.5 | 8.3-13.3 | 72 | 6.9 | 5.3- 8.8 | 73 | 7.6 | 5.9- 9.8 |
College Graduate | 1,264 | 923 | 74.5 | 71.8-77.0 | 151 | 11.7 | 9.9-13.8 | 94 | 7.0 | 5.6- 8.6 | 55 | 4.2 | 3.2- 5.6 | 41 | 2.6 | 1.9- 3.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 288 | 149 | 53.5 | 46.6-60.3 | 17 | 5.6 | 3.2- 9.8 | 31 | 9.9 | 6.6-14.5 | 41 | 13.6 | 9.8-18.7 | 50 | 17.4 | 12.6-23.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 493 | 299 | 60.9 | 55.7-65.8 | 37 | 8.3 | 5.6-11.9 | 48 | 10.0 | 7.2-13.6 | 39 | 7.7 | 5.5-10.7 | 70 | 13.2 | 10.1-17.0 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 281 | 191 | 64.9 | 57.2-71.9 | 25 | 7.5 | 4.7-11.9 | 31 | 14.6 | 9.1-22.5 | 15 | 4.0 | 2.3- 6.9 | 19 | 9.0 | 5.3-14.8 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 348 | 250 | 73.9 | 68.2-78.9 | 36 | 9.9 | 6.7-14.5 | 22 | 7.0 | 4.4-11.1 | 25 | 5.6 | 3.6- 8.4 | *** | *** | *** |
$50,000- 74,999 | 385 | 276 | 73.1 | 67.8-77.8 | 38 | 10.6 | 7.6-14.7 | 30 | 7.2 | 4.8-10.6 | 23 | 5.1 | 3.3- 7.9 | 18 | 3.9 | 2.3- 6.6 |
$75,000+ | 829 | 592 | 72.3 | 68.8-75.6 | 109 | 13.1 | 10.7-15.9 | 73 | 8.6 | 6.7-10.9 | 30 | 3.5 | 2.4- 5.1 | 25 | 2.5 | 1.6- 4.0 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 717 | 260 | 35.1 | 31.2-39.3 | 56 | 7.7 | 5.7-10.3 | 86 | 13.2 | 10.4-16.7 | 122 | 16.9 | 14.0-20.2 | 193 | 27.1 | 23.3-31.3 |
No | 2,513 | 1,929 | 76.7 | 74.7-78.6 | 253 | 10.3 | 9.0-11.9 | 194 | 7.8 | 6.6- 9.2 | 83 | 2.9 | 2.3- 3.7 | 54 | 2.2 | 1.6- 3.0 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 368 | 251 | 68.1 | 62.4-73.4 | 26 | 7.2 | 4.7-10.9 | 28 | 7.8 | 5.2-11.6 | 26 | 7.0 | 4.6-10.5 | 37 | 9.9 | 6.7-14.2 |
Non-Veteran | 2,918 | 1,972 | 68.1 | 66.1-70.1 | 286 | 9.9 | 8.7-11.3 | 259 | 9.0 | 7.8-10.4 | 186 | 5.8 | 5.0- 6.8 | 215 | 7.1 | 6.1- 8.3 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | ||||||||||||||||
Urban | 1,774 | 1,233 | 70.7 | 68.2-73.0 | 187 | 10.1 | 8.6-11.8 | 138 | 7.4 | 6.1- 8.9 | 99 | 5.4 | 4.4- 6.7 | 117 | 6.4 | 5.2- 7.9 |
Regional City or Suburban | 875 | 572 | 65.1 | 61.3-68.8 | 73 | 8.8 | 6.7-11.4 | 79 | 10.0 | 7.6-12.9 | 65 | 6.4 | 4.9- 8.2 | 86 | 9.7 | 7.6-12.4 |
Rural | 649 | 430 | 66.0 | 61.4-70.4 | 52 | 9.5 | 6.8-13.1 | 70 | 11.2 | 8.5-14.7 | 48 | 6.6 | 4.8- 9.0 | 49 | 6.7 | 4.7- 9.4 |
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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