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| Total Respond.^ |
No | Yes | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,294 | 5,542 | 86.2 | 85.1-87.2 | 752 | 13.8 | 12.8-14.9 |
| -Piedmont | 3,152 | 2,748 | 86.1 | 84.6-87.5 | 404 | 13.9 | 12.5-15.4 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 1,328 | 1,089 | 81.7 | 79.2-83.9 | 239 | 18.3 | 16.1-20.8 |
| Female | 1,824 | 1,659 | 90.0 | 88.2-91.5 | 165 | 10.0 | 8.5-11.8 |
| RACE | |||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 2,056 | 1,782 | 85.6 | 83.7-87.3 | 274 | 14.4 | 12.7-16.3 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 640 | 570 | 87.0 | 83.4-89.9 | 70 | 13.0 | 10.1-16.6 |
| Other | 413 | 357 | 87.0 | 82.9-90.2 | 56 | 13.0 | 9.8-17.1 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-34 | 640 | 493 | 80.1 | 76.5-83.2 | 147 | 19.9 | 16.8-23.5 |
| 35-44 | 486 | 403 | 83.0 | 79.1-86.3 | 83 | 17.0 | 13.7-20.9 |
| 45-54 | 596 | 513 | 84.9 | 81.3-87.9 | 83 | 15.1 | 12.1-18.7 |
| 55-64 | 573 | 519 | 89.3 | 85.8-92.1 | 54 | 10.7 | 7.9-14.2 |
| 65-74 | 492 | 463 | 94.6 | 92.2-96.3 | 29 | 5.4 | 3.7- 7.8 |
| 75+ | 322 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 310 | 279 | 90.5 | 86.2-93.6 | 31 | 9.5 | 6.4-13.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 776 | 689 | 87.5 | 84.5-90.0 | 87 | 12.5 | 10.0-15.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 832 | 736 | 86.2 | 83.2-88.8 | 96 | 13.8 | 11.2-16.8 |
| College Graduate | 1,216 | 1,029 | 82.5 | 80.0-84.8 | 187 | 17.5 | 15.2-20.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 254 | 233 | 92.5 | 87.9-95.4 | 21 | 7.5 | 4.6-12.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 473 | 431 | 90.2 | 86.5-93.0 | 42 | 9.8 | 7.0-13.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 269 | 225 | 83.5 | 77.5-88.1 | 44 | 16.5 | 11.9-22.5 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 341 | 279 | 78.7 | 72.9-83.5 | 62 | 21.3 | 16.5-27.1 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 374 | 323 | 85.9 | 81.4-89.4 | 51 | 14.1 | 10.6-18.6 |
| $75,000+ | 810 | 686 | 82.9 | 79.7-85.7 | 124 | 17.1 | 14.3-20.3 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 716 | 672 | 92.6 | 89.9-94.7 | 44 | 7.4 | 5.3-10.1 |
| No | 2,425 | 2,066 | 84.4 | 82.6-86.0 | 359 | 15.6 | 14.0-17.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 355 | 309 | 84.8 | 79.9-88.8 | 46 | 15.2 | 11.2-20.1 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,787 | 2,429 | 86.2 | 84.6-87.6 | 358 | 13.8 | 12.4-15.4 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
| Urban | 1,685 | 1,439 | 84.2 | 82.0-86.1 | 246 | 15.8 | 13.9-18.0 |
| Regional City or Suburban | 847 | 758 | 88.5 | 85.7-90.8 | 89 | 11.5 | 9.2-14.3 |
| Rural | 620 | 551 | 88.0 | 84.6-90.7 | 69 | 12.0 | 9.3-15.4 |
*Binge drinkers--MALES having five or more drinks on one occasion and FEMALES having four or more drinks on one occasion.
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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