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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,679 | 5,812 | 84.6 | 83.5-85.7 | 867 | 15.4 | 14.3-16.5 |
| -Piedmont | 3,350 | 2,893 | 84.3 | 82.7-85.8 | 457 | 15.7 | 14.2-17.3 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 1,430 | 1,195 | 81.2 | 78.5-83.6 | 235 | 18.8 | 16.4-21.5 |
| Female | 1,920 | 1,698 | 87.2 | 85.2-88.9 | 222 | 12.8 | 11.1-14.8 |
| RACE | |||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 2,158 | 2,018 | 92.2 | 90.6-93.5 | 140 | 7.8 | 6.5- 9.4 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 692 | 586 | 81.5 | 77.4-84.9 | 106 | 18.5 | 15.1-22.6 |
| Other | 449 | 243 | 50.9 | 45.4-56.4 | 206 | 49.1 | 43.6-54.6 |
| 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 |
| 65-74 | 516 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 342 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 345 | 205 | 60.2 | 54.0-66.1 | 140 | 39.8 | 33.9-46.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 835 | 679 | 80.7 | 77.5-83.6 | 156 | 19.3 | 16.4-22.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 874 | 769 | 87.7 | 84.7-90.2 | 105 | 12.3 | 9.8-15.3 |
| College Graduate | 1,277 | 1,223 | 95.8 | 94.5-96.9 | 54 | 4.2 | 3.1- 5.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 296 | 204 | 66.9 | 60.1-73.0 | 92 | 33.1 | 27.0-39.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 503 | 358 | 68.0 | 62.9-72.8 | 145 | 32.0 | 27.2-37.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 285 | 233 | 77.0 | 69.1-83.4 | 52 | 23.0 | 16.6-30.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 355 | 316 | 86.2 | 80.8-90.2 | 39 | 13.8 | 9.8-19.2 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 390 | 374 | 95.3 | 92.2-97.3 | 16 | 4.7 | 2.7- 7.8 |
| $75,000+ | 834 | 812 | 96.8 | 94.9-98.0 | 22 | 3.2 | 2.0- 5.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 744 | 664 | 87.7 | 84.5-90.4 | 80 | 12.3 | 9.6-15.5 |
| No | 2,537 | 2,167 | 83.2 | 81.3-85.0 | 370 | 16.8 | 15.0-18.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 375 | 359 | 94.9 | 91.4-97.0 | 16 | 5.1 | 3.0- 8.6 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,964 | 2,524 | 83.0 | 81.3-84.7 | 440 | 17.0 | 15.3-18.7 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
| Urban | 1,800 | 1,559 | 86.1 | 84.1-87.9 | 241 | 13.9 | 12.1-15.9 |
| Regional City or Suburban | 887 | 771 | 82.7 | 79.1-85.8 | 116 | 17.3 | 14.2-20.9 |
| Rural | 663 | 563 | 81.8 | 77.4-85.4 | 100 | 18.2 | 14.6-22.6 |
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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