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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 | 6,612 | 5,224 | 79.2 | 78.0-80.4 | 340 | 5.5 | 4.9- 6.3 | 320 | 4.9 | 4.3- 5.7 | 411 | 6.0 | 5.4- 6.8 | 317 | 4.3 | 3.8- 4.9 |
| -Piedmont | 3,315 | 2,663 | 80.4 | 78.7-81.9 | 187 | 5.8 | 4.9- 6.8 | 157 | 5.0 | 4.1- 6.0 | 173 | 5.1 | 4.3- 6.0 | 135 | 3.8 | 3.1- 4.7 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 1,420 | 1,188 | 83.0 | 80.4-85.2 | 65 | 4.9 | 3.7- 6.4 | 59 | 4.9 | 3.6- 6.7 | 59 | 4.5 | 3.4- 6.0 | 49 | 2.8 | 2.0- 3.8 |
| Female | 1,895 | 1,475 | 78.0 | 75.7-80.1 | 122 | 6.6 | 5.5- 8.1 | 98 | 5.0 | 4.0- 6.3 | 114 | 5.6 | 4.6- 6.8 | 86 | 4.8 | 3.7- 6.1 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 2,133 | 1,713 | 80.0 | 78.0-82.0 | 129 | 6.4 | 5.3- 7.7 | 90 | 4.3 | 3.4- 5.5 | 110 | 5.2 | 4.2- 6.4 | 91 | 4.0 | 3.2- 5.1 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 684 | 537 | 79.9 | 76.2-83.2 | 37 | 5.3 | 3.6- 7.8 | 41 | 5.4 | 3.8- 7.7 | 39 | 5.3 | 3.7- 7.5 | 30 | 4.0 | 2.6- 6.2 |
| Other | 446 | 371 | 82.3 | 77.3-86.4 | 18 | 3.5 | 2.1- 5.8 | 23 | 7.2 | 4.2-12.1 | 21 | 4.2 | 2.6- 6.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 685 | 569 | 83.0 | 79.5-86.0 | 42 | 6.1 | 4.4- 8.4 | 41 | 6.6 | 4.6- 9.4 | 25 | 3.3 | 2.1- 5.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 517 | 413 | 79.7 | 75.5-83.4 | 42 | 8.4 | 6.0-11.6 | 25 | 4.4 | 2.9- 6.6 | 26 | 5.5 | 3.5- 8.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 620 | 491 | 78.3 | 74.4-81.7 | 27 | 4.6 | 3.1- 6.9 | 31 | 5.2 | 3.5- 7.6 | 40 | 7.1 | 5.1- 9.9 | 31 | 4.7 | 3.2- 6.9 |
| 55-64 | 597 | 445 | 73.6 | 69.1-77.6 | 43 | 6.7 | 4.8- 9.4 | 25 | 4.2 | 2.5- 6.7 | 35 | 5.4 | 3.8- 7.6 | 49 | 10.1 | 7.3-13.9 |
| 65-74 | 508 | 420 | 84.3 | 80.5-87.4 | 20 | 3.2 | 2.0- 5.2 | 22 | 3.8 | 2.3- 6.2 | 28 | 4.8 | 3.3- 7.2 | 18 | 3.9 | 2.4- 6.3 |
| 75+ | 334 | 278 | 82.6 | 77.4-86.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 15 | 5.9 | 3.5- 9.9 | 18 | 4.4 | 2.6- 7.3 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 338 | 253 | 74.7 | 68.9-79.7 | *** | *** | *** | 17 | 4.8 | 2.9- 7.9 | 24 | 7.6 | 4.9-11.6 | 29 | 8.0 | 5.2-11.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 824 | 673 | 83.1 | 80.0-85.7 | 24 | 3.0 | 2.0- 4.7 | 40 | 5.4 | 3.8- 7.6 | 47 | 4.7 | 3.4- 6.4 | 40 | 3.8 | 2.7- 5.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 865 | 647 | 75.6 | 72.1-78.7 | 56 | 7.3 | 5.5- 9.6 | 51 | 6.0 | 4.2- 8.5 | 67 | 6.6 | 5.1- 8.5 | 44 | 4.5 | 3.3- 6.2 |
| College Graduate | 1,269 | 1,073 | 85.8 | 83.7-87.7 | 91 | 6.9 | 5.6- 8.6 | 48 | 3.5 | 2.6- 4.8 | 35 | 2.6 | 1.8- 3.7 | 22 | 1.1 | 0.7- 1.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 291 | 185 | 63.1 | 56.2-69.5 | *** | *** | *** | 18 | 5.6 | 3.3- 9.3 | 40 | 13.1 | 9.3-18.2 | 35 | 13.4 | 9.0-19.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 495 | 365 | 75.1 | 70.5-79.2 | 30 | 5.5 | 3.7- 8.1 | 27 | 6.0 | 3.9- 9.1 | 35 | 6.7 | 4.6- 9.7 | 38 | 6.6 | 4.7- 9.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 284 | 233 | 77.6 | 70.0-83.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 355 | 294 | 85.6 | 81.1-89.2 | 23 | 5.8 | 3.6- 9.1 | *** | *** | *** | 18 | 4.2 | 2.4- 7.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 385 | 322 | 83.9 | 79.3-87.7 | 26 | 7.3 | 4.8-11.0 | 15 | 3.4 | 1.9- 6.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 832 | 707 | 84.7 | 81.7-87.3 | 57 | 7.5 | 5.6- 9.9 | 34 | 4.3 | 2.9- 6.3 | 19 | 2.2 | 1.4- 3.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 710 | 363 | 49.9 | 45.6-54.2 | 49 | 7.5 | 5.4-10.4 | 55 | 7.9 | 5.8-10.6 | 130 | 18.2 | 15.2-21.6 | 113 | 16.5 | 13.5-20.1 |
| No | 2,538 | 2,245 | 88.1 | 86.5-89.5 | 137 | 5.5 | 4.5- 6.6 | 97 | 4.2 | 3.3- 5.4 | 38 | 1.6 | 1.1- 2.4 | 21 | 0.6 | 0.4- 1.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 372 | 305 | 82.2 | 77.3-86.2 | *** | *** | *** | 17 | 4.7 | 2.7- 7.9 | 19 | 4.8 | 3.0- 7.6 | 17 | 4.1 | 2.4- 6.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,930 | 2,345 | 80.1 | 78.3-81.7 | 173 | 6.0 | 5.1- 7.1 | 140 | 5.0 | 4.1- 6.1 | 154 | 5.1 | 4.3- 6.1 | 118 | 3.8 | 3.1- 4.7 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | ||||||||||||||||
| Urban | 1,790 | 1,457 | 81.7 | 79.5-83.7 | 104 | 5.7 | 4.6- 7.0 | 83 | 4.5 | 3.5- 5.8 | 86 | 4.8 | 3.8- 6.0 | 60 | 3.4 | 2.5- 4.5 |
| Regional City or Suburban | 876 | 683 | 77.2 | 73.6-80.4 | 47 | 5.2 | 3.8- 7.2 | 46 | 6.4 | 4.4- 9.2 | 51 | 6.0 | 4.4- 8.1 | 49 | 5.2 | 3.8- 7.1 |
| Rural | 649 | 523 | 81.1 | 77.2-84.4 | 36 | 6.9 | 4.8-10.0 | 28 | 4.2 | 2.7- 6.4 | 36 | 4.6 | 3.2- 6.7 | 26 | 3.2 | 2.1- 5.0 |
*Respondents who reported no mental and physical health problems in the past month were not asked this question, however, they are included in the 'None' category here.
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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