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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 4,768 | 1,229 | 25.0 | 23.6-26.5 | 3,539 | 75.0 | 73.5-76.4 |
-Piedmont | 2,303 | 668 | 28.2 | 26.1-30.3 | 1,635 | 71.8 | 69.7-73.9 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 980 | 304 | 29.2 | 26.1-32.5 | 676 | 70.8 | 67.5-73.9 |
Female | 1,323 | 364 | 27.3 | 24.6-30.1 | 959 | 72.7 | 69.9-75.4 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 1,542 | 504 | 32.1 | 29.5-34.8 | 1,038 | 67.9 | 65.2-70.5 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 455 | 104 | 22.2 | 18.1-26.9 | 351 | 77.8 | 73.1-81.9 |
Other | 276 | 50 | 16.3 | 12.1-21.6 | 226 | 83.7 | 78.4-87.9 |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 337 | 68 | 19.4 | 15.2-24.5 | 269 | 80.6 | 75.5-84.8 |
35-44 | 360 | 121 | 37.1 | 31.6-42.9 | 239 | 62.9 | 57.1-68.4 |
45-54 | 455 | 137 | 29.7 | 25.3-34.5 | 318 | 70.3 | 65.5-74.7 |
55-64 | 464 | 144 | 29.1 | 24.8-33.8 | 320 | 70.9 | 66.2-75.2 |
65-74 | 408 | 118 | 26.6 | 22.1-31.8 | 290 | 73.4 | 68.2-77.9 |
75+ | 245 | 69 | 26.4 | 20.7-33.0 | 176 | 73.6 | 67.0-79.3 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 218 | 30 | 15.0 | 10.2-21.5 | 188 | 85.0 | 78.5-89.8 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 573 | 120 | 21.7 | 18.1-25.8 | 453 | 78.3 | 74.2-81.9 |
Some Post-H.S. | 596 | 167 | 27.9 | 24.0-32.1 | 429 | 72.1 | 67.9-76.0 |
College Graduate | 902 | 347 | 40.0 | 36.6-43.6 | 555 | 60.0 | 56.4-63.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 177 | 33 | 17.2 | 11.7-24.5 | 144 | 82.8 | 75.5-88.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 348 | 55 | 15.6 | 11.6-20.8 | 293 | 84.4 | 79.2-88.4 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 185 | 40 | 21.6 | 15.2-29.6 | 145 | 78.4 | 70.4-84.8 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 254 | 73 | 29.8 | 23.6-36.9 | 181 | 70.2 | 63.1-76.4 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 289 | 86 | 30.8 | 24.9-37.3 | 203 | 69.2 | 62.7-75.1 |
$75,000+ | 606 | 277 | 44.7 | 40.3-49.1 | 329 | 55.3 | 50.9-59.7 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 527 | 150 | 27.0 | 22.9-31.5 | 377 | 73.0 | 68.5-77.1 |
No | 1,772 | 515 | 28.5 | 26.2-31.0 | 1,257 | 71.5 | 69.0-73.8 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 270 | 90 | 33.2 | 27.2-39.7 | 180 | 66.8 | 60.3-72.8 |
Non-Veteran | 2,025 | 572 | 27.4 | 25.2-29.7 | 1,453 | 72.6 | 70.3-74.8 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Urban | 1,176 | 406 | 34.6 | 31.6-37.8 | 770 | 65.4 | 62.2-68.4 |
Regional City or Suburban | 622 | 159 | 23.2 | 19.7-27.1 | 463 | 76.8 | 72.9-80.3 |
Rural | 505 | 103 | 19.9 | 16.2-24.3 | 402 | 80.1 | 75.7-83.8 |
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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