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Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 5,779 | 3,608 | 58.7 | 57.1-60.3 | 2,171 | 41.3 | 39.7-42.9 |
-Piedmont | 2,871 | 1,769 | 59.1 | 56.9-61.2 | 1,102 | 40.9 | 38.8-43.1 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,200 | 672 | 54.7 | 51.4-58.0 | 528 | 45.3 | 42.0-48.6 |
Female | 1,671 | 1,097 | 62.9 | 60.1-65.7 | 574 | 37.1 | 34.3-39.9 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 1,864 | 1,091 | 55.7 | 53.0-58.4 | 773 | 44.3 | 41.6-47.0 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 589 | 449 | 73.5 | 69.0-77.5 | 140 | 26.5 | 22.5-31.0 |
Other | 380 | 209 | 53.0 | 46.9-59.0 | 171 | 47.0 | 41.0-53.1 |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 505 | 235 | 48.1 | 43.1-53.2 | 270 | 51.9 | 46.8-56.9 |
35-44 | 445 | 248 | 56.6 | 51.4-61.6 | 197 | 43.4 | 38.4-48.6 |
45-54 | 550 | 319 | 56.2 | 51.5-60.8 | 231 | 43.8 | 39.2-48.5 |
55-64 | 548 | 365 | 65.0 | 60.3-69.4 | 183 | 35.0 | 30.6-39.7 |
65-74 | 471 | 345 | 71.9 | 66.6-76.6 | 126 | 28.1 | 23.4-33.4 |
75+ | 313 | 233 | 74.8 | 68.6-80.2 | 80 | 25.2 | 19.8-31.4 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 300 | 193 | 59.1 | 52.1-65.8 | 107 | 40.9 | 34.2-47.9 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 727 | 480 | 63.1 | 58.8-67.1 | 247 | 36.9 | 32.9-41.2 |
Some Post-H.S. | 751 | 481 | 60.9 | 56.7-64.8 | 270 | 39.1 | 35.2-43.3 |
College Graduate | 1,076 | 605 | 53.2 | 49.9-56.5 | 471 | 46.8 | 43.5-50.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 244 | 179 | 70.3 | 62.7-76.9 | 65 | 29.7 | 23.1-37.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 449 | 299 | 64.5 | 59.1-69.6 | 150 | 35.5 | 30.4-40.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 239 | 155 | 60.0 | 51.7-67.9 | 84 | 40.0 | 32.1-48.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 309 | 196 | 58.7 | 51.9-65.2 | 113 | 41.3 | 34.8-48.1 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 345 | 217 | 60.1 | 53.6-66.2 | 128 | 39.9 | 33.8-46.4 |
$75,000+ | 697 | 356 | 49.4 | 45.2-53.6 | 341 | 50.6 | 46.4-54.8 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 677 | 476 | 68.2 | 63.8-72.4 | 201 | 31.8 | 27.6-36.2 |
No | 2,184 | 1,285 | 56.4 | 53.9-58.8 | 899 | 43.6 | 41.2-46.1 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 314 | 201 | 63.9 | 57.6-69.8 | 113 | 36.1 | 30.2-42.4 |
Non-Veteran | 2,546 | 1,561 | 58.5 | 56.2-60.8 | 985 | 41.5 | 39.2-43.8 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Urban | 1,498 | 895 | 57.3 | 54.4-60.3 | 603 | 42.7 | 39.7-45.6 |
Regional City or Suburban | 782 | 493 | 60.7 | 56.5-64.7 | 289 | 39.3 | 35.3-43.5 |
Rural | 591 | 381 | 61.2 | 56.2-65.9 | 210 | 38.8 | 34.1-43.8 |
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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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