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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 4,691 | 3,849 | 80.9 | 79.5-82.3 | 842 | 19.1 | 17.7-20.5 |
-Piedmont | 2,440 | 1,997 | 80.8 | 78.8-82.6 | 443 | 19.2 | 17.4-21.2 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,098 | 871 | 77.5 | 74.3-80.3 | 227 | 22.5 | 19.7-25.7 |
Female | 1,342 | 1,126 | 83.9 | 81.5-86.1 | 216 | 16.1 | 13.9-18.5 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 1,447 | 1,312 | 89.9 | 87.9-91.6 | 135 | 10.1 | 8.4-12.1 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 541 | 436 | 78.0 | 73.4-82.1 | 105 | 22.0 | 17.9-26.6 |
Other | 424 | 223 | 49.9 | 44.2-55.5 | 201 | 50.1 | 44.5-55.8 |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 687 | 522 | 75.4 | 71.4-79.0 | 165 | 24.6 | 21.0-28.6 |
35-44 | 517 | 398 | 78.0 | 73.5-81.8 | 119 | 22.0 | 18.2-26.5 |
45-54 | 628 | 533 | 84.5 | 81.0-87.4 | 95 | 15.5 | 12.6-19.0 |
55-64 | 608 | 544 | 90.0 | 87.1-92.4 | 64 | 10.0 | 7.6-12.9 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 237 | 103 | 47.0 | 39.4-54.6 | 134 | 53.0 | 45.4-60.6 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 562 | 409 | 75.3 | 71.1-79.0 | 153 | 24.7 | 21.0-28.9 |
Some Post-H.S. | 643 | 541 | 85.4 | 81.8-88.3 | 102 | 14.6 | 11.7-18.2 |
College Graduate | 991 | 939 | 95.3 | 93.7-96.5 | 52 | 4.7 | 3.5- 6.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 219 | 133 | 61.7 | 53.9-68.9 | 86 | 38.3 | 31.1-46.1 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 347 | 204 | 57.5 | 51.3-63.4 | 143 | 42.5 | 36.6-48.7 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 206 | 156 | 72.4 | 63.2-80.1 | 50 | 27.6 | 19.9-36.8 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 249 | 211 | 82.5 | 75.9-87.6 | 38 | 17.5 | 12.4-24.1 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 301 | 285 | 94.4 | 90.7-96.7 | 16 | 5.6 | 3.3- 9.3 |
$75,000+ | 708 | 688 | 96.7 | 94.6-98.0 | 20 | 3.3 | 2.0- 5.4 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 451 | 375 | 82.9 | 78.4-86.6 | 76 | 17.1 | 13.4-21.6 |
No | 1,943 | 1,583 | 80.2 | 77.9-82.2 | 360 | 19.8 | 17.8-22.1 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 189 | 175 | 91.9 | 86.1-95.4 | 14 | 8.1 | 4.6-13.9 |
Non-Veteran | 2,243 | 1,815 | 79.9 | 77.8-81.8 | 428 | 20.1 | 18.2-22.2 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Urban | 1,397 | 1,161 | 83.6 | 81.2-85.7 | 236 | 16.4 | 14.3-18.8 |
Regional City or Suburban | 613 | 501 | 78.6 | 74.3-82.4 | 112 | 21.4 | 17.6-25.7 |
Rural | 430 | 335 | 75.6 | 70.1-80.4 | 95 | 24.4 | 19.6-29.9 |
*Data in this table were derived from health insurance question and only those under age 65 included.
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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