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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 5,967 | 2,352 | 42.9 | 41.4-44.5 | 3,615 | 57.1 | 55.5-58.6 |
-Piedmont | 2,998 | 1,231 | 43.6 | 41.5-45.7 | 1,767 | 56.4 | 54.3-58.5 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,265 | 502 | 40.0 | 36.9-43.2 | 763 | 60.0 | 56.8-63.1 |
Female | 1,733 | 729 | 46.8 | 44.0-49.6 | 1,004 | 53.2 | 50.4-56.0 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 1,943 | 646 | 35.9 | 33.4-38.4 | 1,297 | 64.1 | 61.6-66.6 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 617 | 370 | 63.6 | 59.0-67.9 | 247 | 36.4 | 32.1-41.0 |
Other | 405 | 206 | 49.9 | 44.1-55.7 | 199 | 50.1 | 44.3-55.9 |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 593 | 336 | 54.6 | 49.9-59.2 | 257 | 45.4 | 40.8-50.1 |
35-44 | 478 | 313 | 62.9 | 57.9-67.7 | 165 | 37.1 | 32.3-42.1 |
45-54 | 574 | 290 | 49.5 | 45.0-54.1 | 284 | 50.5 | 45.9-55.0 |
55-64 | 557 | 181 | 32.0 | 27.7-36.7 | 376 | 68.0 | 63.3-72.3 |
65-74 | 463 | 80 | 16.8 | 13.3-21.0 | 383 | 83.2 | 79.0-86.7 |
75+ | 295 | 22 | 7.3 | 4.7-11.4 | 273 | 92.7 | 88.6-95.3 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 296 | 124 | 41.0 | 34.6-47.7 | 172 | 59.0 | 52.3-65.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 731 | 285 | 42.3 | 38.2-46.5 | 446 | 57.7 | 53.5-61.8 |
Some Post-H.S. | 784 | 328 | 45.0 | 41.0-49.1 | 456 | 55.0 | 50.9-59.0 |
College Graduate | 1,172 | 491 | 44.8 | 41.7-48.0 | 681 | 55.2 | 52.0-58.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 243 | 116 | 51.6 | 44.1-59.1 | 127 | 48.4 | 40.9-55.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 447 | 200 | 45.6 | 40.2-51.1 | 247 | 54.4 | 48.9-59.8 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 258 | 116 | 48.2 | 40.7-55.8 | 142 | 51.8 | 44.2-59.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 321 | 126 | 43.9 | 37.5-50.5 | 195 | 56.1 | 49.5-62.5 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 366 | 152 | 43.2 | 37.4-49.3 | 214 | 56.8 | 50.7-62.6 |
$75,000+ | 772 | 335 | 45.1 | 41.2-49.0 | 437 | 54.9 | 51.0-58.8 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 682 | 264 | 39.5 | 35.3-43.8 | 418 | 60.5 | 56.2-64.7 |
No | 2,308 | 963 | 44.6 | 42.3-47.1 | 1,345 | 55.4 | 52.9-57.7 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 321 | 142 | 48.2 | 41.9-54.5 | 179 | 51.8 | 45.5-58.1 |
Non-Veteran | 2,671 | 1,086 | 43.0 | 40.8-45.3 | 1,585 | 57.0 | 54.7-59.2 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Urban | 1,609 | 736 | 47.4 | 44.6-50.2 | 873 | 52.6 | 49.8-55.4 |
Regional City or Suburban | 804 | 296 | 42.0 | 38.0-46.1 | 508 | 58.0 | 53.9-62.0 |
Rural | 585 | 199 | 35.7 | 31.2-40.4 | 386 | 64.3 | 59.6-68.8 |
*NOTE: this question was asked of respondents of all ages.
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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