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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes, medications | Yes, methods other than medications | Yes, both medications and other met | No | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 931 | 103 | 11.5 | 9.1-14.4 | 72 | 8.4 | 6.3-11.2 | 219 | 21.3 | 18.3-24.6 | 537 | 58.8 | 54.8-62.6 |
| -Piedmont | 424 | 42 | 11.0 | 7.8-15.3 | 34 | 9.4 | 6.2-13.9 | 88 | 19.1 | 15.3-23.5 | 260 | 60.6 | 55.0-65.9 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 207 | 21 | 10.5 | 6.5-16.6 | *** | *** | *** | 37 | 15.2 | 10.8-21.0 | 139 | 67.1 | 59.2-74.1 |
| Female | 217 | 21 | 11.5 | 7.0-18.4 | 24 | 12.0 | 7.4-18.8 | 51 | 23.6 | 17.7-30.7 | 121 | 53.0 | 45.2-60.6 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 273 | 26 | 10.1 | 6.6-15.3 | 23 | 9.5 | 5.7-15.5 | 60 | 21.0 | 16.1-26.9 | 164 | 59.3 | 52.3-66.0 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 103 | 14 | 15.9 | 8.6-27.5 | *** | *** | *** | 24 | 19.9 | 13.2-28.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 46 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 78 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 81 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 17 | 19.6 | 11.9-30.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 95 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 102 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 28 | 26.6 | 18.2-37.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 50 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 17 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 75 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 15 | 13.4 | 7.8-22.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 153 | 19 | 12.7 | 7.7-20.2 | *** | *** | *** | 26 | 15.1 | 10.0-22.1 | 98 | 66.5 | 57.7-74.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 135 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 35 | 25.7 | 18.2-35.0 | 85 | 62.0 | 52.2-70.9 |
| College Graduate | 60 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 75 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 81 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 16 | 18.3 | 11.0-28.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 47 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 40 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 47 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 46 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 145 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 40 | 26.6 | 19.2-35.4 | 78 | 52.8 | 43.1-62.3 |
| No | 278 | 28 | 10.8 | 7.2-15.9 | 20 | 9.1 | 5.2-15.4 | 48 | 15.7 | 11.6-20.9 | 182 | 64.4 | 57.5-70.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 42 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 382 | 36 | 10.8 | 7.5-15.5 | 32 | 9.7 | 6.4-14.7 | 73 | 17.6 | 13.8-22.2 | 241 | 61.8 | 55.8-67.4 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||||||||
| Urban | 180 | 20 | 13.0 | 7.8-20.9 | *** | *** | *** | 33 | 16.8 | 11.8-23.3 | 112 | 59.8 | 50.9-68.0 |
| Regional City or Suburban | 136 | 15 | 12.1 | 7.1-19.9 | 15 | 12.0 | 6.9-20.2 | 31 | 21.3 | 14.8-29.6 | 75 | 54.7 | 45.2-63.8 |
| Rural | 108 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 24 | 20.3 | 12.8-30.6 | *** | *** | *** |
*Asked of current smokers.
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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