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Always | Nearly Always/Sometimes | Seldom/Never | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,221 | 5,827 | 92.3 | 91.4-93.2 | 318 | 6.3 | 5.6- 7.2 | 76 | 1.3 | 1.0- 1.7 |
-Piedmont | 3,124 | 2,940 | 92.6 | 91.3-93.8 | 155 | 6.4 | 5.3- 7.7 | 29 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.5 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 1,318 | 1,203 | 89.5 | 87.1-91.5 | 96 | 9.0 | 7.1-11.3 | 19 | 1.5 | 0.9- 2.5 |
Female | 1,806 | 1,737 | 95.4 | 94.0-96.5 | 59 | 4.1 | 3.0- 5.4 | *** | *** | *** |
RACE | ||||||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 2,035 | 1,917 | 93.1 | 91.5-94.4 | 96 | 5.8 | 4.6- 7.3 | 22 | 1.1 | 0.7- 1.8 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 630 | 583 | 91.3 | 88.1-93.7 | 41 | 7.5 | 5.3-10.5 | *** | *** | *** |
Other | 415 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-34 | 618 | 560 | 88.5 | 84.8-91.4 | 52 | 10.4 | 7.6-14.1 | *** | *** | *** |
35-44 | 491 | 456 | 92.7 | 89.7-94.8 | 32 | 6.9 | 4.8- 9.9 | *** | *** | *** |
45-54 | 590 | 560 | 93.5 | 90.5-95.6 | 24 | 5.2 | 3.4- 7.9 | *** | *** | *** |
55-64 | 577 | 550 | 94.6 | 91.9-96.5 | 21 | 4.0 | 2.5- 6.5 | *** | *** | *** |
65-74 | 490 | 468 | 95.2 | 91.9-97.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
75+ | 315 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 306 | 287 | 91.1 | 85.9-94.5 | 13 | 6.4 | 3.5-11.2 | *** | *** | *** |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 762 | 705 | 90.2 | 87.1-92.6 | 48 | 8.6 | 6.3-11.6 | *** | *** | *** |
Some Post-H.S. | 817 | 768 | 93.2 | 90.4-95.2 | 42 | 6.3 | 4.3- 9.0 | *** | *** | *** |
College Graduate | 1,221 | 1,163 | 94.9 | 93.3-96.2 | 51 | 4.5 | 3.3- 6.0 | *** | *** | *** |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 257 | 240 | 93.5 | 89.2-96.1 | 14 | 5.0 | 2.9- 8.7 | *** | *** | *** |
$15,000- 24,999 | 466 | 442 | 93.9 | 90.5-96.1 | 14 | 4.0 | 2.3- 7.0 | *** | *** | *** |
$25,000- 34,999 | 268 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$35,000- 49,999 | 335 | 317 | 90.8 | 84.6-94.7 | 18 | 9.2 | 5.3-15.4 | *** | *** | *** |
$50,000- 74,999 | 378 | 347 | 90.5 | 86.3-93.6 | 26 | 7.5 | 4.9-11.2 | *** | *** | *** |
$75,000+ | 802 | 765 | 94.5 | 92.2-96.1 | 35 | 5.3 | 3.7- 7.6 | *** | *** | *** |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 716 | 675 | 94.1 | 91.7-95.8 | 31 | 4.5 | 3.0- 6.7 | *** | *** | *** |
No | 2,398 | 2,255 | 92.2 | 90.6-93.6 | 124 | 6.9 | 5.6- 8.5 | 19 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.5 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 343 | 318 | 92.5 | 88.5-95.2 | 17 | 5.2 | 3.0- 8.7 | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Veteran | 2,769 | 2,610 | 92.6 | 91.2-93.8 | 138 | 6.5 | 5.4- 8.0 | 21 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.4 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | ||||||||||
Urban | 1,679 | 1,586 | 93.0 | 91.2-94.5 | 84 | 6.3 | 4.9- 8.0 | *** | *** | *** |
Regional City or Suburban | 829 | 779 | 92.2 | 89.1-94.5 | 39 | 6.8 | 4.6-10.0 | *** | *** | *** |
Rural | 616 | 575 | 92.2 | 89.1-94.4 | 32 | 6.1 | 4.2- 8.9 | *** | *** | *** |
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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