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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 5,706 | 658 | 14.7 | 13.4-16.0 | 5,048 | 85.3 | 84.0-86.6 |
-Piedmont | 2,832 | 321 | 14.2 | 12.6-16.0 | 2,511 | 85.8 | 84.0-87.4 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,180 | 150 | 15.4 | 12.9-18.2 | 1,030 | 84.6 | 81.8-87.1 |
Female | 1,652 | 171 | 13.2 | 11.2-15.6 | 1,481 | 86.8 | 84.4-88.8 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 1,840 | 235 | 17.0 | 14.8-19.4 | 1,605 | 83.0 | 80.6-85.2 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 582 | 50 | 9.4 | 7.0-12.5 | 532 | 90.6 | 87.5-93.0 |
Other | 373 | 33 | 9.3 | 6.3-13.4 | 340 | 90.7 | 86.6-93.7 |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 486 | 101 | 22.9 | 18.6-27.8 | 385 | 77.1 | 72.2-81.4 |
35-44 | 440 | 65 | 16.0 | 12.4-20.4 | 375 | 84.0 | 79.6-87.6 |
45-54 | 540 | 68 | 14.5 | 11.3-18.4 | 472 | 85.5 | 81.6-88.7 |
55-64 | 549 | 55 | 11.0 | 8.3-14.5 | 494 | 89.0 | 85.5-91.7 |
65-74 | 467 | 27 | 7.5 | 4.7-11.8 | 440 | 92.5 | 88.2-95.3 |
75+ | 312 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 291 | 32 | 12.9 | 8.5-19.0 | 259 | 87.1 | 81.0-91.5 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 714 | 106 | 18.4 | 15.2-22.2 | 608 | 81.6 | 77.8-84.8 |
Some Post-H.S. | 741 | 117 | 18.4 | 15.2-22.0 | 624 | 81.6 | 78.0-84.8 |
College Graduate | 1,069 | 64 | 6.8 | 5.2- 8.8 | 1,005 | 93.2 | 91.2-94.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 238 | 42 | 18.9 | 13.8-25.4 | 196 | 81.1 | 74.6-86.2 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 440 | 49 | 11.9 | 8.8-15.9 | 391 | 88.1 | 84.1-91.2 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 236 | 37 | 21.6 | 15.3-29.5 | 199 | 78.4 | 70.5-84.7 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 304 | 36 | 15.9 | 11.2-22.1 | 268 | 84.1 | 77.9-88.8 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 341 | 40 | 14.8 | 10.1-21.2 | 301 | 85.2 | 78.8-89.9 |
$75,000+ | 689 | 54 | 10.5 | 7.9-13.9 | 635 | 89.5 | 86.1-92.1 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 672 | 107 | 18.5 | 15.1-22.6 | 565 | 81.5 | 77.4-84.9 |
No | 2,150 | 211 | 12.9 | 11.1-14.9 | 1,939 | 87.1 | 85.1-88.9 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 313 | 31 | 11.3 | 7.8-16.2 | 282 | 88.7 | 83.8-92.2 |
Non-Veteran | 2,509 | 289 | 14.6 | 12.9-16.5 | 2,220 | 85.4 | 83.5-87.1 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Urban | 1,484 | 152 | 13.1 | 11.0-15.6 | 1,332 | 86.9 | 84.4-89.0 |
Regional City or Suburban | 771 | 103 | 15.6 | 12.8-18.9 | 668 | 84.4 | 81.1-87.2 |
Rural | 577 | 66 | 15.2 | 11.6-19.7 | 511 | 84.8 | 80.3-88.4 |
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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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