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| Total Respond.^ |
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,674 | 1,023 | 21.8 | 20.4-23.3 | 1,300 | 24.4 | 23.0-25.8 | 768 | 12.9 | 11.9-14.0 | 2,583 | 40.9 | 39.3-42.4 |
| -Piedmont | 2,817 | 481 | 19.8 | 18.0-21.7 | 653 | 25.0 | 23.1-26.9 | 407 | 14.1 | 12.6-15.7 | 1,276 | 41.2 | 39.1-43.3 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 1,179 | 266 | 26.0 | 23.0-29.2 | 289 | 25.5 | 22.6-28.5 | 158 | 13.2 | 11.0-15.7 | 466 | 35.4 | 32.4-38.5 |
| Female | 1,638 | 215 | 14.3 | 12.4-16.5 | 364 | 24.5 | 22.1-27.1 | 249 | 14.9 | 13.0-17.1 | 810 | 46.2 | 43.4-49.1 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 1,835 | 284 | 18.5 | 16.4-20.9 | 345 | 20.6 | 18.5-22.9 | 263 | 14.6 | 12.7-16.7 | 943 | 46.3 | 43.6-49.0 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 573 | 102 | 19.3 | 15.6-23.6 | 183 | 33.1 | 28.7-37.7 | 92 | 15.2 | 12.0-19.1 | 196 | 32.4 | 28.0-37.1 |
| Other | 374 | 89 | 26.5 | 21.4-32.2 | 119 | 33.4 | 27.8-39.6 | 45 | 9.6 | 6.9-13.1 | 121 | 30.5 | 25.3-36.2 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 490 | 109 | 23.4 | 19.4-28.0 | 188 | 37.6 | 32.8-42.7 | 68 | 12.8 | 9.6-17.0 | 125 | 26.1 | 21.8-30.9 |
| 35-44 | 439 | 92 | 21.8 | 17.7-26.7 | 108 | 24.5 | 20.3-29.3 | 66 | 14.7 | 11.3-19.0 | 173 | 39.0 | 34.0-44.1 |
| 45-54 | 536 | 99 | 20.7 | 16.9-25.0 | 119 | 22.1 | 18.4-26.3 | 92 | 16.7 | 13.5-20.5 | 226 | 40.5 | 36.0-45.2 |
| 55-64 | 546 | 83 | 17.0 | 13.6-21.1 | 100 | 18.4 | 15.0-22.3 | 70 | 14.5 | 11.1-18.6 | 293 | 50.1 | 45.3-54.9 |
| 65-74 | 464 | 52 | 13.9 | 10.0-19.0 | 79 | 17.8 | 14.2-22.2 | 63 | 11.9 | 9.1-15.4 | 270 | 56.4 | 50.9-61.7 |
| 75+ | 303 | 38 | 16.5 | 11.5-23.1 | 50 | 16.3 | 12.2-21.5 | 43 | 13.6 | 9.8-18.7 | 172 | 53.6 | 47.0-60.1 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 290 | 99 | 34.9 | 28.7-41.5 | 76 | 23.8 | 18.7-29.7 | 27 | 11.4 | 7.0-18.2 | 88 | 29.9 | 24.2-36.4 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 710 | 158 | 24.8 | 21.1-28.9 | 180 | 27.9 | 24.1-32.0 | 95 | 12.7 | 10.2-15.7 | 277 | 34.6 | 30.8-38.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 736 | 124 | 17.7 | 14.8-21.2 | 177 | 26.3 | 22.7-30.3 | 104 | 14.4 | 11.7-17.6 | 331 | 41.5 | 37.5-45.7 |
| College Graduate | 1,066 | 98 | 9.6 | 7.8-11.8 | 218 | 21.7 | 19.1-24.6 | 179 | 16.5 | 14.3-19.1 | 571 | 52.2 | 48.9-55.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 240 | 63 | 27.2 | 21.1-34.3 | 55 | 23.5 | 17.7-30.6 | 30 | 11.9 | 7.8-17.8 | 92 | 37.4 | 30.2-45.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 437 | 99 | 27.5 | 22.5-33.2 | 122 | 26.8 | 22.4-31.9 | 48 | 11.7 | 8.3-16.3 | 168 | 33.9 | 29.0-39.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 238 | 48 | 21.5 | 15.7-28.6 | 60 | 29.8 | 22.6-38.1 | 25 | 9.7 | 6.3-14.7 | 105 | 39.1 | 32.0-46.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 302 | 62 | 25.0 | 19.3-31.7 | 69 | 25.2 | 19.7-31.8 | 54 | 14.7 | 11.0-19.4 | 117 | 35.1 | 29.1-41.5 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 341 | 50 | 15.2 | 11.3-20.3 | 92 | 27.6 | 22.4-33.4 | 51 | 15.8 | 11.1-21.8 | 148 | 41.4 | 35.4-47.7 |
| $75,000+ | 689 | 64 | 11.0 | 8.4-14.3 | 125 | 21.1 | 17.6-25.0 | 121 | 17.1 | 14.3-20.4 | 379 | 50.8 | 46.6-55.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 664 | 118 | 20.7 | 17.0-24.9 | 127 | 19.4 | 16.1-23.1 | 87 | 12.9 | 10.1-16.3 | 332 | 47.1 | 42.6-51.6 |
| No | 2,144 | 362 | 19.5 | 17.5-21.7 | 525 | 26.6 | 24.4-28.9 | 316 | 14.3 | 12.6-16.2 | 941 | 39.5 | 37.2-42.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 311 | 51 | 17.9 | 13.3-23.8 | 66 | 24.5 | 19.2-30.8 | 50 | 14.3 | 10.7-18.9 | 144 | 43.2 | 37.1-49.6 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,495 | 429 | 20.0 | 18.1-22.1 | 583 | 25.0 | 23.0-27.0 | 355 | 14.1 | 12.5-15.8 | 1,128 | 40.9 | 38.7-43.2 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||||||||
| Urban | 1,474 | 208 | 16.5 | 14.3-19.0 | 352 | 25.5 | 23.0-28.2 | 233 | 15.5 | 13.4-17.9 | 681 | 42.5 | 39.6-45.4 |
| Regional City or Suburban | 769 | 157 | 22.9 | 19.5-26.7 | 163 | 23.8 | 20.2-27.8 | 99 | 12.2 | 9.7-15.1 | 350 | 41.1 | 37.2-45.2 |
| Rural | 574 | 116 | 23.7 | 19.5-28.4 | 138 | 25.2 | 21.2-29.7 | 75 | 13.2 | 10.0-17.2 | 245 | 38.0 | 33.4-42.7 |
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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