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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,568 | 1,583 | 21.6 | 20.5-22.8 | 4,985 | 78.4 | 77.2-79.5 |
| -Piedmont | 3,299 | 661 | 18.8 | 17.3-20.4 | 2,638 | 81.2 | 79.6-82.7 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 1,408 | 250 | 17.0 | 14.8-19.4 | 1,158 | 83.0 | 80.6-85.2 |
| Female | 1,891 | 411 | 20.5 | 18.5-22.6 | 1,480 | 79.5 | 77.4-81.5 |
| RACE | |||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 2,126 | 473 | 21.6 | 19.6-23.7 | 1,653 | 78.4 | 76.3-80.4 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 679 | 131 | 16.9 | 14.0-20.2 | 548 | 83.1 | 79.8-86.0 |
| Other | 444 | 48 | 9.0 | 6.6-12.2 | 396 | 91.0 | 87.8-93.4 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-34 | 673 | 63 | 9.1 | 6.9-11.8 | 610 | 90.9 | 88.2-93.1 |
| 35-44 | 510 | 64 | 12.8 | 9.8-16.5 | 446 | 87.2 | 83.5-90.2 |
| 45-54 | 620 | 118 | 20.2 | 16.9-24.1 | 502 | 79.8 | 75.9-83.1 |
| 55-64 | 602 | 177 | 30.5 | 26.3-35.0 | 425 | 69.5 | 65.0-73.7 |
| 65-74 | 509 | 134 | 27.8 | 23.3-32.7 | 375 | 72.2 | 67.3-76.7 |
| 75+ | 335 | 99 | 31.5 | 25.8-37.8 | 236 | 68.5 | 62.2-74.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 339 | 93 | 26.9 | 21.7-32.8 | 246 | 73.1 | 67.2-78.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 820 | 179 | 19.1 | 16.4-22.3 | 641 | 80.9 | 77.7-83.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 858 | 222 | 21.6 | 18.8-24.7 | 636 | 78.4 | 75.3-81.2 |
| College Graduate | 1,263 | 166 | 11.7 | 10.0-13.7 | 1,097 | 88.3 | 86.3-90.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 272 | 103 | 36.2 | 29.6-43.3 | 169 | 63.8 | 56.7-70.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 500 | 148 | 27.7 | 23.4-32.5 | 352 | 72.3 | 67.5-76.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 276 | 55 | 22.1 | 16.3-29.3 | 221 | 77.9 | 70.7-83.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 352 | 53 | 11.7 | 8.8-15.5 | 299 | 88.3 | 84.5-91.2 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 389 | 70 | 16.3 | 12.6-20.8 | 319 | 83.7 | 79.2-87.4 |
| $75,000+ | 831 | 99 | 10.8 | 8.8-13.3 | 732 | 89.2 | 86.7-91.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 368 | 95 | 24.0 | 19.4-29.4 | 273 | 76.0 | 70.6-80.6 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,919 | 566 | 18.3 | 16.7-19.9 | 2,353 | 81.7 | 80.1-83.3 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
| Urban | 1,777 | 315 | 16.7 | 14.8-18.8 | 1,462 | 83.3 | 81.2-85.2 |
| Regional City or Suburban | 872 | 202 | 21.9 | 18.9-25.2 | 670 | 78.1 | 74.8-81.1 |
| Rural | 650 | 144 | 20.3 | 16.9-24.2 | 506 | 79.7 | 75.8-83.1 |
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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