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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 5,444 | 2,931 | 49.9 | 48.3-51.5 | 2,513 | 50.1 | 48.5-51.7 |
-Piedmont | 2,700 | 1,467 | 50.9 | 48.7-53.2 | 1,233 | 49.1 | 46.8-51.3 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,096 | 665 | 56.7 | 53.2-60.2 | 431 | 43.3 | 39.8-46.8 |
Female | 1,604 | 802 | 46.1 | 43.2-49.0 | 802 | 53.9 | 51.0-56.8 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 1,769 | 1,190 | 63.8 | 61.0-66.4 | 579 | 36.2 | 33.6-39.0 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 569 | 175 | 28.0 | 24.0-32.4 | 394 | 72.0 | 67.6-76.0 |
Other | 327 | 82 | 22.9 | 18.2-28.4 | 245 | 77.1 | 71.6-81.8 |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 454 | 134 | 29.0 | 24.3-34.1 | 320 | 71.0 | 65.9-75.7 |
35-44 | 413 | 209 | 51.7 | 46.2-57.1 | 204 | 48.3 | 42.9-53.8 |
45-54 | 510 | 296 | 57.0 | 52.2-61.8 | 214 | 43.0 | 38.2-47.8 |
55-64 | 528 | 340 | 63.5 | 58.5-68.2 | 188 | 36.5 | 31.8-41.5 |
65-74 | 454 | 297 | 63.0 | 57.3-68.3 | 157 | 37.0 | 31.7-42.7 |
75+ | 303 | 169 | 54.7 | 48.2-61.1 | 134 | 45.3 | 38.9-51.8 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 265 | 48 | 22.1 | 16.4-29.3 | 217 | 77.9 | 70.7-83.6 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 681 | 262 | 38.7 | 34.5-43.0 | 419 | 61.3 | 57.0-65.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 704 | 393 | 53.1 | 48.9-57.4 | 311 | 46.9 | 42.6-51.1 |
College Graduate | 1,035 | 754 | 73.2 | 70.1-76.1 | 281 | 26.8 | 23.9-29.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 228 | 64 | 22.8 | 17.3-29.3 | 164 | 77.2 | 70.7-82.7 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 412 | 139 | 32.3 | 27.1-37.9 | 273 | 67.7 | 62.1-72.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 222 | 112 | 47.4 | 39.5-55.5 | 110 | 52.6 | 44.5-60.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 288 | 159 | 50.0 | 43.2-56.8 | 129 | 50.0 | 43.2-56.8 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 326 | 202 | 60.6 | 54.1-66.7 | 124 | 39.4 | 33.3-45.9 |
$75,000+ | 669 | 528 | 75.4 | 71.2-79.2 | 141 | 24.6 | 20.8-28.8 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 654 | 351 | 51.0 | 46.5-55.5 | 303 | 49.0 | 44.5-53.5 |
No | 2,036 | 1,110 | 50.9 | 48.3-53.5 | 926 | 49.1 | 46.5-51.7 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 305 | 217 | 70.0 | 63.7-75.7 | 88 | 30.0 | 24.3-36.3 |
Non-Veteran | 2,384 | 1,240 | 48.5 | 46.1-50.8 | 1,144 | 51.5 | 49.2-53.9 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Urban | 1,417 | 813 | 55.6 | 52.5-58.6 | 604 | 44.4 | 41.4-47.5 |
Regional City or Suburban | 736 | 392 | 47.9 | 43.8-52.2 | 344 | 52.1 | 47.8-56.2 |
Rural | 547 | 262 | 43.3 | 38.4-48.3 | 285 | 56.7 | 51.7-61.6 |
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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