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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,556 | 1,764 | 24.2 | 23.0-25.4 | 4,792 | 75.8 | 74.6-77.0 |
-Piedmont | 3,292 | 746 | 21.1 | 19.5-22.7 | 2,546 | 78.9 | 77.3-80.5 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,404 | 285 | 19.4 | 17.1-21.9 | 1,119 | 80.6 | 78.1-82.9 |
Female | 1,888 | 461 | 22.7 | 20.6-24.9 | 1,427 | 77.3 | 75.1-79.4 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 2,124 | 523 | 23.6 | 21.5-25.8 | 1,601 | 76.4 | 74.2-78.5 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 675 | 159 | 21.1 | 17.8-24.8 | 516 | 78.9 | 75.2-82.2 |
Other | 443 | 54 | 9.8 | 7.3-13.1 | 389 | 90.2 | 86.9-92.7 |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 671 | 64 | 9.2 | 7.0-11.9 | 607 | 90.8 | 88.1-93.0 |
35-44 | 509 | 71 | 14.3 | 11.2-18.2 | 438 | 85.7 | 81.8-88.8 |
45-54 | 620 | 127 | 22.2 | 18.6-26.1 | 493 | 77.8 | 73.9-81.4 |
55-64 | 601 | 190 | 32.5 | 28.3-37.0 | 411 | 67.5 | 63.0-71.7 |
65-74 | 508 | 154 | 32.7 | 27.8-38.0 | 354 | 67.3 | 62.0-72.2 |
75+ | 334 | 132 | 41.6 | 35.5-48.0 | 202 | 58.4 | 52.0-64.5 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 339 | 110 | 31.4 | 25.9-37.5 | 229 | 68.6 | 62.5-74.1 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 818 | 212 | 22.0 | 19.0-25.2 | 606 | 78.0 | 74.8-81.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 858 | 242 | 23.6 | 20.6-26.8 | 616 | 76.4 | 73.2-79.4 |
College Graduate | 1,258 | 181 | 12.8 | 10.9-14.8 | 1,077 | 87.2 | 85.2-89.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 272 | 113 | 39.7 | 32.9-46.8 | 159 | 60.3 | 53.2-67.1 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 499 | 166 | 30.9 | 26.4-35.9 | 333 | 69.1 | 64.1-73.6 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 276 | 58 | 22.7 | 16.9-29.9 | 218 | 77.3 | 70.1-83.1 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 351 | 63 | 14.3 | 10.9-18.4 | 288 | 85.7 | 81.6-89.1 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 388 | 75 | 18.0 | 14.1-22.7 | 313 | 82.0 | 77.3-85.9 |
$75,000+ | 831 | 112 | 12.0 | 9.8-14.6 | 719 | 88.0 | 85.4-90.2 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 746 | 746 | 100 | . - . | *** | *** | *** |
No | 2,546 | *** | *** | *** | 2,546 | 100 | . - . |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 367 | 109 | 28.7 | 23.6-34.4 | 258 | 71.3 | 65.6-76.4 |
Non-Veteran | 2,913 | 637 | 20.3 | 18.6-22.0 | 2,276 | 79.7 | 78.0-81.4 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Urban | 1,770 | 351 | 18.5 | 16.6-20.7 | 1,419 | 81.5 | 79.3-83.4 |
Regional City or Suburban | 872 | 230 | 24.6 | 21.5-28.0 | 642 | 75.4 | 72.0-78.5 |
Rural | 650 | 165 | 23.1 | 19.5-27.2 | 485 | 76.9 | 72.8-80.5 |
*Disability status (Yes) is defined by an affirmative response to the need for special equipment and/or having an activity limitation due to physical, mental, or emotional problems.
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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