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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,685 | 949 | 15.5 | 14.4-16.6 | 5,736 | 84.5 | 83.4-85.6 |
-Piedmont | 3,356 | 477 | 14.9 | 13.5-16.4 | 2,879 | 85.1 | 83.6-86.5 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,433 | 183 | 13.0 | 11.1-15.3 | 1,250 | 87.0 | 84.7-88.9 |
Female | 1,923 | 294 | 16.6 | 14.7-18.7 | 1,629 | 83.4 | 81.3-85.3 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 2,163 | 230 | 11.5 | 10.0-13.3 | 1,933 | 88.5 | 86.7-90.0 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 693 | 127 | 18.5 | 15.4-22.2 | 566 | 81.5 | 77.8-84.6 |
Other | 447 | 107 | 24.3 | 19.6-29.6 | 340 | 75.7 | 70.4-80.4 |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 689 | 110 | 15.0 | 12.2-18.3 | 579 | 85.0 | 81.7-87.8 |
35-44 | 517 | 111 | 20.8 | 17.1-25.0 | 406 | 79.2 | 75.0-82.9 |
45-54 | 628 | 111 | 17.3 | 14.2-20.9 | 517 | 82.7 | 79.1-85.8 |
55-64 | 609 | 96 | 16.9 | 13.5-20.9 | 513 | 83.1 | 79.1-86.5 |
65-74 | 517 | 24 | 5.5 | 3.3- 8.9 | 493 | 94.5 | 91.1-96.7 |
75+ | 342 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 346 | 80 | 21.4 | 17.0-26.7 | 266 | 78.6 | 73.3-83.0 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 837 | 139 | 17.9 | 15.0-21.2 | 698 | 82.1 | 78.8-85.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 874 | 148 | 16.2 | 13.6-19.3 | 726 | 83.8 | 80.7-86.4 |
College Graduate | 1,279 | 105 | 7.6 | 6.2- 9.3 | 1,174 | 92.4 | 90.7-93.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 297 | 86 | 29.1 | 23.4-35.5 | 211 | 70.9 | 64.5-76.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 502 | 126 | 27.4 | 23.0-32.3 | 376 | 72.6 | 67.7-77.0 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 284 | 52 | 19.4 | 13.9-26.4 | 232 | 80.6 | 73.6-86.1 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 355 | 49 | 14.9 | 11.0-19.8 | 306 | 85.1 | 80.2-89.0 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 390 | 36 | 8.6 | 6.0-12.1 | 354 | 91.4 | 87.9-94.0 |
$75,000+ | 834 | 47 | 6.0 | 4.3- 8.2 | 787 | 94.0 | 91.8-95.7 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 744 | 176 | 25.1 | 21.6-29.0 | 568 | 74.9 | 71.0-78.4 |
No | 2,543 | 293 | 12.3 | 10.8-14.0 | 2,250 | 87.7 | 86.0-89.2 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 376 | 26 | 7.7 | 5.1-11.4 | 350 | 92.3 | 88.6-94.9 |
Non-Veteran | 2,967 | 449 | 15.8 | 14.3-17.5 | 2,518 | 84.2 | 82.5-85.7 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Urban | 1,802 | 255 | 13.7 | 12.0-15.5 | 1,547 | 86.3 | 84.5-88.0 |
Regional City or Suburban | 890 | 125 | 17.1 | 14.1-20.6 | 765 | 82.9 | 79.4-85.9 |
Rural | 664 | 97 | 15.4 | 12.4-19.0 | 567 | 84.6 | 81.0-87.6 |
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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