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Total Respond.^ |
No | Yes | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,499 | 5,411 | 81.0 | 79.7-82.2 | 1,088 | 19.0 | 17.8-20.3 |
-Piedmont | 3,269 | 2,768 | 82.8 | 81.1-84.3 | 501 | 17.2 | 15.7-18.9 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,390 | 1,135 | 79.5 | 76.8-82.0 | 255 | 20.5 | 18.0-23.2 |
Female | 1,879 | 1,633 | 85.7 | 83.7-87.5 | 246 | 14.3 | 12.5-16.3 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 2,113 | 1,793 | 82.5 | 80.4-84.4 | 320 | 17.5 | 15.6-19.6 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 668 | 543 | 79.3 | 75.3-82.7 | 125 | 20.7 | 17.3-24.7 |
Other | 440 | 386 | 88.4 | 84.5-91.5 | 54 | 11.6 | 8.5-15.5 |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 665 | 552 | 81.3 | 77.6-84.5 | 113 | 18.7 | 15.5-22.4 |
35-44 | 505 | 414 | 80.7 | 76.4-84.4 | 91 | 19.3 | 15.6-23.6 |
45-54 | 614 | 506 | 80.9 | 77.0-84.2 | 108 | 19.1 | 15.8-23.0 |
55-64 | 601 | 489 | 79.8 | 75.7-83.4 | 112 | 20.2 | 16.6-24.3 |
65-74 | 507 | 449 | 87.7 | 83.5-90.9 | 58 | 12.3 | 9.1-16.5 |
75+ | 331 | 313 | 94.4 | 90.9-96.6 | 18 | 5.6 | 3.4- 9.1 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 334 | 246 | 72.7 | 66.6-78.0 | 88 | 27.3 | 22.0-33.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 809 | 628 | 76.0 | 72.4-79.3 | 181 | 24.0 | 20.7-27.6 |
Some Post-H.S. | 856 | 694 | 81.5 | 78.4-84.3 | 162 | 18.5 | 15.7-21.6 |
College Graduate | 1,250 | 1,181 | 94.7 | 93.1-95.9 | 69 | 5.3 | 4.1- 6.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 269 | 187 | 69.1 | 62.1-75.3 | 82 | 30.9 | 24.7-37.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 499 | 396 | 78.9 | 74.5-82.7 | 103 | 21.1 | 17.3-25.5 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 276 | 221 | 76.8 | 69.9-82.5 | 55 | 23.2 | 17.5-30.1 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 349 | 300 | 82.9 | 77.0-87.5 | 49 | 17.1 | 12.5-23.0 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 385 | 332 | 85.2 | 80.7-88.8 | 53 | 14.8 | 11.2-19.3 |
$75,000+ | 824 | 767 | 91.8 | 89.2-93.8 | 57 | 8.2 | 6.2-10.8 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 740 | 580 | 76.5 | 72.6-80.0 | 160 | 23.5 | 20.0-27.4 |
No | 2,516 | 2,178 | 84.5 | 82.6-86.1 | 338 | 15.5 | 13.9-17.4 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 364 | 313 | 86.2 | 81.6-89.8 | 51 | 13.8 | 10.2-18.4 |
Non-Veteran | 2,893 | 2,443 | 82.3 | 80.5-83.9 | 450 | 17.7 | 16.1-19.5 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Urban | 1,756 | 1,530 | 85.1 | 82.9-87.0 | 226 | 14.9 | 13.0-17.1 |
Regional City or Suburban | 869 | 717 | 81.5 | 78.2-84.3 | 152 | 18.5 | 15.7-21.8 |
Rural | 644 | 521 | 78.3 | 74.0-82.1 | 123 | 21.7 | 17.9-26.0 |
*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
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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