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| Total Respond.^ |
No | Yes | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,287 | 6,001 | 95.3 | 94.7-95.9 | 286 | 4.7 | 4.1- 5.3 |
| -Piedmont | 3,144 | 3,012 | 95.8 | 94.9-96.5 | 132 | 4.2 | 3.5- 5.1 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 1,325 | 1,262 | 95.4 | 94.0-96.5 | 63 | 4.6 | 3.5- 6.0 |
| Female | 1,819 | 1,750 | 96.1 | 95.0-97.0 | 69 | 3.9 | 3.0- 5.0 |
| RACE | |||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 2,050 | 1,945 | 95.1 | 93.9-96.0 | 105 | 4.9 | 4.0- 6.1 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 640 | 626 | 97.2 | 95.1-98.5 | 14 | 2.8 | 1.5- 4.9 |
| Other | 410 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-34 | 631 | 605 | 96.1 | 94.1-97.5 | 26 | 3.9 | 2.5- 5.9 |
| 35-44 | 488 | 472 | 96.5 | 94.2-97.9 | 16 | 3.5 | 2.1- 5.8 |
| 45-54 | 595 | 564 | 94.7 | 92.3-96.5 | 31 | 5.3 | 3.5- 7.7 |
| 55-64 | 577 | 546 | 94.3 | 91.7-96.1 | 31 | 5.7 | 3.9- 8.3 |
| 65-74 | 487 | 467 | 96.2 | 94.0-97.6 | 20 | 3.8 | 2.4- 6.0 |
| 75+ | 323 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 310 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 775 | 740 | 94.8 | 92.6-96.4 | 35 | 5.2 | 3.6- 7.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 833 | 805 | 96.9 | 95.3-98.0 | 28 | 3.1 | 2.0- 4.7 |
| College Graduate | 1,209 | 1,152 | 95.1 | 93.6-96.3 | 57 | 4.9 | 3.7- 6.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 260 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 472 | 458 | 97.4 | 95.5-98.6 | 14 | 2.6 | 1.4- 4.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 268 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 340 | 324 | 94.1 | 90.0-96.6 | 16 | 5.9 | 3.4-10.0 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 373 | 353 | 94.9 | 91.9-96.8 | 20 | 5.1 | 3.2- 8.1 |
| $75,000+ | 807 | 768 | 95.2 | 93.2-96.6 | 39 | 4.8 | 3.4- 6.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 712 | 693 | 96.8 | 94.6-98.1 | 19 | 3.2 | 1.9- 5.4 |
| No | 2,422 | 2,309 | 95.5 | 94.5-96.4 | 113 | 4.5 | 3.6- 5.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 354 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 2,780 | 2,661 | 95.7 | 94.8-96.5 | 119 | 4.3 | 3.5- 5.2 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
| Urban | 1,684 | 1,606 | 95.1 | 93.7-96.2 | 78 | 4.9 | 3.8- 6.3 |
| Regional City or Suburban | 839 | 810 | 96.7 | 95.1-97.7 | 29 | 3.3 | 2.3- 4.9 |
| Rural | 621 | 596 | 96.5 | 94.6-97.7 | 25 | 3.5 | 2.3- 5.4 |
*Heavy drinkers--MALES having more than two drinks per day and FEMALES having more than one drink per day.
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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