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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,677 | 1,188 | 18.8 | 17.6-20.0 | 2,035 | 31.2 | 29.8-32.6 | 2,066 | 30.8 | 29.5-32.2 | 975 | 13.4 | 12.4-14.4 | 413 | 5.8 | 5.2- 6.6 |
-Piedmont | 3,351 | 654 | 20.0 | 18.5-21.7 | 1,088 | 33.1 | 31.2-35.0 | 1,027 | 30.0 | 28.2-31.8 | 415 | 11.7 | 10.5-13.1 | 167 | 5.1 | 4.3- 6.1 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 1,432 | 280 | 20.3 | 18.0-22.9 | 492 | 34.5 | 31.7-37.4 | 433 | 29.2 | 26.5-32.0 | 163 | 11.8 | 9.9-14.0 | 64 | 4.2 | 3.1- 5.6 |
Female | 1,919 | 374 | 19.8 | 17.8-21.9 | 596 | 31.9 | 29.4-34.4 | 594 | 30.7 | 28.3-33.2 | 252 | 11.7 | 10.2-13.3 | 103 | 6.0 | 4.8- 7.5 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 2,161 | 452 | 21.1 | 19.2-23.2 | 784 | 36.4 | 34.1-38.8 | 593 | 26.9 | 24.8-29.1 | 221 | 10.3 | 8.9-12.0 | 111 | 5.3 | 4.2- 6.5 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 690 | 110 | 17.9 | 14.7-21.6 | 179 | 28.5 | 24.5-32.8 | 262 | 35.9 | 31.9-40.2 | 106 | 12.5 | 10.2-15.4 | 33 | 5.2 | 3.4- 7.8 |
Other | 448 | 74 | 16.5 | 12.9-20.9 | 112 | 25.7 | 21.2-30.7 | 159 | 36.1 | 30.8-41.7 | 84 | 17.2 | 13.6-21.5 | 19 | 4.5 | 2.8- 7.3 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-34 | 689 | 183 | 26.4 | 22.9-30.4 | 256 | 37.6 | 33.5-41.8 | 198 | 28.0 | 24.3-32.1 | 44 | 6.2 | 4.5- 8.6 | *** | *** | *** |
35-44 | 516 | 124 | 23.3 | 19.6-27.6 | 169 | 34.8 | 30.3-39.7 | 157 | 29.6 | 25.4-34.1 | 58 | 10.6 | 7.9-14.0 | *** | *** | *** |
45-54 | 628 | 109 | 16.8 | 13.9-20.2 | 214 | 32.2 | 28.3-36.3 | 187 | 31.0 | 27.1-35.3 | 77 | 13.0 | 10.3-16.4 | 41 | 6.9 | 5.0- 9.6 |
55-64 | 606 | 106 | 15.7 | 12.8-19.0 | 181 | 30.3 | 26.3-34.7 | 181 | 30.2 | 26.2-34.5 | 81 | 13.1 | 10.3-16.4 | 57 | 10.8 | 8.0-14.3 |
65-74 | 516 | 75 | 13.5 | 10.6-17.0 | 158 | 29.0 | 24.8-33.6 | 181 | 33.6 | 29.1-38.5 | 78 | 17.9 | 14.0-22.7 | 24 | 6.0 | 3.7- 9.5 |
75+ | 343 | 42 | 11.1 | 8.0-15.1 | 93 | 25.1 | 20.4-30.6 | 110 | 31.8 | 26.5-37.7 | 71 | 21.8 | 17.1-27.5 | 27 | 10.1 | 6.4-15.6 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 345 | 28 | 9.1 | 5.8-14.1 | 41 | 14.9 | 10.6-20.6 | 116 | 33.2 | 27.6-39.3 | 103 | 27.1 | 22.1-32.7 | 57 | 15.7 | 11.7-20.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 834 | 108 | 15.1 | 12.4-18.3 | 217 | 29.3 | 25.7-33.1 | 321 | 37.0 | 33.3-40.8 | 136 | 13.8 | 11.4-16.6 | 52 | 4.8 | 3.6- 6.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 873 | 154 | 19.5 | 16.7-22.7 | 284 | 36.0 | 32.4-39.8 | 279 | 29.7 | 26.4-33.3 | 112 | 10.3 | 8.4-12.5 | 44 | 4.4 | 3.1- 6.2 |
College Graduate | 1,279 | 360 | 30.0 | 27.2-32.9 | 540 | 42.5 | 39.5-45.5 | 304 | 22.6 | 20.2-25.2 | 61 | 3.9 | 3.0- 5.2 | 14 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 297 | 28 | 10.9 | 7.3-16.0 | 44 | 16.8 | 12.0-23.0 | 109 | 33.9 | 27.8-40.6 | 68 | 19.2 | 14.8-24.5 | 48 | 19.3 | 14.2-25.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 503 | 57 | 11.8 | 8.9-15.4 | 115 | 25.9 | 21.4-31.1 | 158 | 29.3 | 25.0-34.1 | 120 | 22.5 | 18.6-26.9 | 53 | 10.5 | 7.6-14.2 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 285 | 40 | 13.0 | 9.2-17.9 | 91 | 31.8 | 25.6-38.8 | 103 | 36.0 | 29.2-43.5 | 34 | 12.9 | 8.7-18.7 | 17 | 6.3 | 3.7-10.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 354 | 60 | 18.5 | 14.1-23.8 | 120 | 32.3 | 26.8-38.2 | 131 | 38.3 | 32.5-44.4 | 39 | 10.2 | 7.0-14.6 | *** | *** | *** |
$50,000- 74,999 | 390 | 77 | 21.2 | 16.3-27.0 | 164 | 42.9 | 37.2-48.7 | 119 | 29.1 | 24.2-34.6 | 24 | 5.7 | 3.6- 8.8 | *** | *** | *** |
$75,000+ | 832 | 271 | 32.3 | 28.9-35.9 | 342 | 41.4 | 37.7-45.3 | 182 | 22.2 | 19.2-25.6 | 29 | 3.1 | 2.0- 4.7 | *** | *** | *** |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 744 | 35 | 5.1 | 3.5- 7.2 | 122 | 15.6 | 12.8-18.8 | 239 | 30.6 | 26.9-34.6 | 205 | 27.3 | 23.7-31.3 | 143 | 21.4 | 18.0-25.4 |
No | 2,538 | 605 | 23.9 | 22.0-25.9 | 945 | 37.8 | 35.6-40.0 | 764 | 29.8 | 27.8-32.0 | 202 | 7.7 | 6.5- 8.9 | 22 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.3 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 376 | 71 | 20.1 | 15.8-25.3 | 121 | 32.0 | 26.8-37.6 | 120 | 32.2 | 27.0-37.9 | 36 | 8.5 | 5.9-12.1 | 28 | 7.2 | 4.5-11.3 |
Non-Veteran | 2,962 | 582 | 20.1 | 18.4-21.8 | 962 | 33.2 | 31.2-35.3 | 901 | 29.7 | 27.8-31.6 | 378 | 12.1 | 10.8-13.6 | 139 | 4.9 | 4.1- 5.9 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | ||||||||||||||||
Urban | 1,802 | 397 | 22.6 | 20.4-24.9 | 610 | 34.7 | 32.2-37.4 | 526 | 27.9 | 25.6-30.3 | 198 | 10.6 | 9.1-12.3 | 71 | 4.2 | 3.2- 5.5 |
Regional City or Suburban | 886 | 164 | 19.6 | 16.7-22.8 | 271 | 30.7 | 27.3-34.4 | 273 | 30.2 | 26.7-33.9 | 116 | 12.4 | 10.1-15.1 | 62 | 7.1 | 5.3- 9.5 |
Rural | 663 | 93 | 13.9 | 11.1-17.1 | 207 | 32.0 | 27.7-36.5 | 228 | 35.3 | 31.0-39.8 | 101 | 13.9 | 11.0-17.4 | 34 | 5.0 | 3.4- 7.4 |
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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