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| Total Respond.^ |
Within the past 6 months | 6 to 12 months ago | 1 to 2 years ago | 3 or more years ago or never | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,555 | 4,652 | 81.7 | 80.4-83.0 | 585 | 11.4 | 10.4-12.5 | 204 | 4.4 | 3.7- 5.1 | 114 | 2.5 | 2.0- 3.1 |
| -Piedmont | 2,760 | 2,266 | 80.7 | 78.9-82.4 | 326 | 12.2 | 10.8-13.7 | 100 | 4.2 | 3.4- 5.2 | 68 | 2.9 | 2.2- 3.8 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 1,134 | 895 | 78.1 | 75.2-80.7 | 137 | 12.0 | 10.0-14.3 | 56 | 5.7 | 4.3- 7.5 | 46 | 4.3 | 3.1- 5.9 |
| Female | 1,626 | 1,371 | 83.0 | 80.7-85.0 | 189 | 12.3 | 10.6-14.4 | 44 | 3.0 | 2.2- 4.2 | 22 | 1.7 | 1.0- 2.8 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 1,810 | 1,506 | 81.3 | 79.1-83.4 | 201 | 11.9 | 10.3-13.8 | 67 | 4.3 | 3.3- 5.6 | 36 | 2.4 | 1.7- 3.5 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 576 | 503 | 87.2 | 83.8-90.0 | 56 | 9.0 | 6.8-11.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 338 | 229 | 66.3 | 60.1-71.9 | 65 | 18.8 | 14.5-23.9 | 18 | 6.1 | 3.7- 9.7 | 26 | 8.9 | 5.8-13.4 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 463 | 345 | 75.4 | 70.8-79.6 | 64 | 12.4 | 9.4-16.1 | 38 | 8.0 | 5.7-11.1 | 16 | 4.2 | 2.5- 6.9 |
| 35-44 | 426 | 305 | 73.2 | 68.4-77.5 | 75 | 16.2 | 12.7-20.3 | 26 | 6.2 | 4.2- 9.2 | 20 | 4.4 | 2.7- 7.1 |
| 45-54 | 522 | 417 | 77.7 | 73.2-81.6 | 73 | 15.7 | 12.3-19.7 | 17 | 3.5 | 2.1- 5.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 537 | 460 | 85.6 | 82.0-88.5 | 57 | 10.8 | 8.2-13.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 466 | 424 | 91.8 | 88.7-94.1 | 35 | 7.1 | 5.0-10.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 310 | 285 | 92.0 | 88.1-94.7 | 19 | 6.0 | 3.7- 9.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 271 | 218 | 80.5 | 74.4-85.4 | 32 | 11.3 | 7.5-16.5 | *** | *** | *** | 15 | 6.4 | 3.7-10.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 696 | 573 | 80.7 | 77.1-84.0 | 71 | 10.0 | 7.7-12.8 | 34 | 6.5 | 4.5- 9.2 | 18 | 2.8 | 1.7- 4.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 726 | 596 | 81.4 | 77.9-84.4 | 87 | 12.6 | 10.1-15.6 | 27 | 4.0 | 2.6- 6.1 | 16 | 2.0 | 1.2- 3.6 |
| College Graduate | 1,054 | 868 | 80.0 | 77.1-82.6 | 134 | 14.1 | 11.9-16.6 | 33 | 3.7 | 2.6- 5.2 | 19 | 2.2 | 1.4- 3.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 228 | 198 | 87.0 | 81.0-91.3 | 18 | 7.4 | 4.4-12.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 426 | 351 | 81.4 | 76.7-85.4 | 45 | 11.7 | 8.5-15.9 | *** | *** | *** | 19 | 4.6 | 2.8- 7.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 231 | 185 | 80.1 | 73.6-85.4 | 30 | 13.1 | 8.9-18.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 302 | 247 | 76.8 | 69.9-82.5 | 35 | 13.0 | 8.8-18.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 335 | 276 | 81.5 | 76.3-85.8 | 37 | 11.4 | 8.1-15.9 | 14 | 4.9 | 2.8- 8.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 684 | 557 | 80.3 | 76.7-83.4 | 92 | 13.7 | 11.1-16.8 | 20 | 3.4 | 2.2- 5.4 | 15 | 2.6 | 1.5- 4.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 312 | 274 | 85.5 | 80.4-89.5 | 27 | 10.3 | 7.0-15.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 2,438 | 1,983 | 80.1 | 78.1-81.9 | 298 | 12.4 | 11.0-14.0 | 92 | 4.3 | 3.5- 5.4 | 65 | 3.2 | 2.4- 4.2 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||||||||
| Urban | 1,440 | 1,159 | 79.1 | 76.5-81.5 | 184 | 13.1 | 11.2-15.3 | 63 | 5.2 | 4.0- 6.7 | 34 | 2.6 | 1.8- 3.8 |
| Regional City or Suburban | 753 | 627 | 81.6 | 78.2-84.7 | 82 | 11.0 | 8.7-13.7 | 25 | 3.9 | 2.5- 6.0 | 19 | 3.5 | 2.1- 5.7 |
| Rural | 567 | 480 | 83.5 | 79.5-86.8 | 60 | 11.4 | 8.5-15.0 | *** | *** | *** | 15 | 2.8 | 1.6- 4.8 |
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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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