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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 5,704 | 2,231 | 34.0 | 32.5-35.5 | 3,473 | 66.0 | 64.5-67.5 |
-Piedmont | 2,836 | 1,074 | 33.7 | 31.8-35.8 | 1,762 | 66.3 | 64.2-68.2 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,163 | 406 | 33.2 | 30.1-36.4 | 757 | 66.8 | 63.6-69.9 |
Female | 1,673 | 668 | 34.2 | 31.7-36.8 | 1,005 | 65.8 | 63.2-68.3 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 1,862 | 784 | 36.9 | 34.4-39.4 | 1,078 | 63.1 | 60.6-65.6 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 580 | 197 | 30.4 | 26.3-35.0 | 383 | 69.6 | 65.0-73.7 |
Other | 355 | 85 | 24.9 | 19.5-31.1 | 270 | 75.1 | 68.9-80.5 |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 509 | 107 | 21.9 | 18.0-26.4 | 402 | 78.1 | 73.6-82.0 |
35-44 | 434 | 79 | 18.6 | 14.8-23.2 | 355 | 81.4 | 76.8-85.2 |
45-54 | 532 | 99 | 18.1 | 14.8-22.0 | 433 | 81.9 | 78.0-85.2 |
55-64 | 540 | 189 | 36.3 | 31.7-41.2 | 351 | 63.7 | 58.8-68.3 |
65-74 | 476 | 324 | 66.4 | 61.0-71.3 | 152 | 33.6 | 28.7-39.0 |
75+ | 305 | 261 | 85.7 | 80.8-89.6 | 44 | 14.3 | 10.4-19.2 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 289 | 121 | 38.4 | 32.1-45.0 | 168 | 61.6 | 55.0-67.9 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 696 | 294 | 35.4 | 31.5-39.4 | 402 | 64.6 | 60.6-68.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 758 | 304 | 36.0 | 32.2-40.0 | 454 | 64.0 | 60.0-67.8 |
College Graduate | 1,077 | 349 | 27.3 | 24.6-30.2 | 728 | 72.7 | 69.8-75.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 236 | 101 | 41.4 | 34.1-49.1 | 135 | 58.6 | 50.9-65.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 434 | 188 | 39.1 | 33.9-44.6 | 246 | 60.9 | 55.4-66.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 242 | 103 | 40.9 | 33.3-48.9 | 139 | 59.1 | 51.1-66.7 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 303 | 117 | 30.3 | 24.9-36.2 | 186 | 69.7 | 63.8-75.1 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 341 | 119 | 32.6 | 27.3-38.4 | 222 | 67.4 | 61.6-72.7 |
$75,000+ | 715 | 191 | 23.6 | 20.3-27.2 | 524 | 76.4 | 72.8-79.7 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 673 | 382 | 54.1 | 49.7-58.5 | 291 | 45.9 | 41.5-50.3 |
No | 2,154 | 689 | 27.9 | 25.8-30.1 | 1,465 | 72.1 | 69.9-74.2 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 311 | 183 | 57.1 | 50.7-63.3 | 128 | 42.9 | 36.7-49.3 |
Non-Veteran | 2,516 | 891 | 31.1 | 29.1-33.2 | 1,625 | 68.9 | 66.8-70.9 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Urban | 1,487 | 508 | 30.9 | 28.3-33.6 | 979 | 69.1 | 66.4-71.7 |
Regional City or Suburban | 777 | 312 | 35.5 | 31.7-39.5 | 465 | 64.5 | 60.5-68.3 |
Rural | 572 | 254 | 38.5 | 33.9-43.3 | 318 | 61.5 | 56.7-66.1 |
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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