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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,504 | 2,941 | 44.8 | 43.3-46.3 | 3,563 | 55.2 | 53.7-56.7 |
-Piedmont | 3,272 | 1,360 | 41.7 | 39.8-43.7 | 1,912 | 58.3 | 56.3-60.2 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,392 | 662 | 47.5 | 44.5-50.6 | 730 | 52.5 | 49.4-55.5 |
Female | 1,880 | 698 | 36.5 | 34.0-39.1 | 1,182 | 63.5 | 60.9-66.0 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 2,115 | 952 | 45.8 | 43.3-48.3 | 1,163 | 54.2 | 51.7-56.7 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 669 | 261 | 38.1 | 33.9-42.5 | 408 | 61.9 | 57.5-66.1 |
Other | 440 | 136 | 30.5 | 25.7-35.7 | 304 | 69.5 | 64.3-74.3 |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 666 | 201 | 32.1 | 28.1-36.3 | 465 | 67.9 | 63.7-71.9 |
35-44 | 505 | 187 | 38.8 | 34.2-43.7 | 318 | 61.2 | 56.3-65.8 |
45-54 | 614 | 253 | 43.8 | 39.4-48.2 | 361 | 56.2 | 51.8-60.6 |
55-64 | 602 | 288 | 51.2 | 46.7-55.7 | 314 | 48.8 | 44.3-53.3 |
65-74 | 507 | 264 | 53.0 | 47.8-58.1 | 243 | 47.0 | 41.9-52.2 |
75+ | 332 | 157 | 47.0 | 40.8-53.3 | 175 | 53.0 | 46.7-59.2 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 335 | 177 | 53.8 | 47.4-60.1 | 158 | 46.2 | 39.9-52.6 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 810 | 402 | 47.7 | 43.7-51.7 | 408 | 52.3 | 48.3-56.3 |
Some Post-H.S. | 856 | 387 | 42.9 | 39.2-46.7 | 469 | 57.1 | 53.3-60.8 |
College Graduate | 1,251 | 384 | 29.0 | 26.4-31.9 | 867 | 71.0 | 68.1-73.6 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 270 | 148 | 53.4 | 46.2-60.4 | 122 | 46.6 | 39.6-53.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 500 | 232 | 46.3 | 41.2-51.4 | 268 | 53.7 | 48.6-58.8 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 276 | 136 | 48.0 | 40.8-55.2 | 140 | 52.0 | 44.8-59.2 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 349 | 148 | 44.7 | 38.6-51.0 | 201 | 55.3 | 49.0-61.4 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 386 | 151 | 39.3 | 33.8-45.1 | 235 | 60.7 | 54.9-66.2 |
$75,000+ | 824 | 283 | 34.6 | 31.0-38.4 | 541 | 65.4 | 61.6-69.0 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 741 | 404 | 55.0 | 50.7-59.2 | 337 | 45.0 | 40.8-49.3 |
No | 2,518 | 949 | 38.1 | 35.9-40.4 | 1,569 | 61.9 | 59.6-64.1 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 365 | 203 | 52.0 | 46.1-57.9 | 162 | 48.0 | 42.1-53.9 |
Non-Veteran | 2,895 | 1,154 | 40.6 | 38.5-42.7 | 1,741 | 59.4 | 57.3-61.5 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Urban | 1,757 | 672 | 38.3 | 35.7-41.0 | 1,085 | 61.7 | 59.0-64.3 |
Regional City or Suburban | 870 | 385 | 44.0 | 40.2-47.9 | 485 | 56.0 | 52.1-59.8 |
Rural | 645 | 303 | 47.8 | 43.2-52.5 | 342 | 52.2 | 47.5-56.8 |
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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