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| Total Respond.^ |
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,349 | 447 | 14.7 | 13.3-16.3 | 1,203 | 37.7 | 35.7-39.8 | 547 | 15.5 | 14.2-17.1 | 730 | 19.3 | 17.8-20.9 |
| -Piedmont | 1,424 | 233 | 17.5 | 15.2-19.9 | 582 | 42.8 | 39.8-45.9 | 270 | 18.0 | 15.9-20.4 | 339 | 21.7 | 19.3-24.2 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 555 | 90 | 17.2 | 13.8-21.1 | 203 | 39.1 | 34.4-44.0 | 116 | 19.7 | 16.3-23.6 | 146 | 24.0 | 20.3-28.2 |
| Female | 869 | 143 | 17.7 | 14.8-21.0 | 379 | 45.7 | 41.8-49.8 | 154 | 16.7 | 14.0-19.8 | 193 | 19.8 | 16.9-23.1 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 889 | 130 | 15.3 | 12.7-18.3 | 339 | 39.8 | 36.0-43.7 | 178 | 19.6 | 16.8-22.7 | 242 | 25.3 | 22.2-28.7 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 361 | 64 | 19.4 | 15.0-24.9 | 172 | 49.0 | 42.8-55.2 | 63 | 16.1 | 12.1-21.0 | 62 | 15.5 | 11.5-20.6 |
| Other | 160 | 36 | 23.6 | 16.6-32.3 | 67 | 47.1 | 38.2-56.3 | 25 | 13.2 | 8.4-20.0 | 32 | 16.1 | 10.9-23.2 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 195 | 54 | 28.6 | 22.0-36.3 | 110 | 57.5 | 49.5-65.1 | 22 | 9.3 | 5.9-14.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 202 | 39 | 16.2 | 11.7-22.2 | 99 | 51.8 | 43.9-59.7 | 31 | 15.4 | 10.5-22.0 | 33 | 16.5 | 11.5-23.2 |
| 45-54 | 258 | 35 | 13.4 | 9.4-18.7 | 113 | 43.8 | 37.2-50.6 | 52 | 20.7 | 15.7-26.8 | 58 | 22.1 | 17.0-28.1 |
| 55-64 | 302 | 39 | 11.8 | 8.4-16.4 | 112 | 34.1 | 28.3-40.5 | 66 | 22.9 | 17.8-28.9 | 85 | 31.1 | 25.0-38.0 |
| 65-74 | 281 | 34 | 13.4 | 9.5-18.7 | 94 | 31.0 | 25.3-37.4 | 58 | 22.3 | 17.0-28.8 | 95 | 33.2 | 27.2-39.8 |
| 75+ | 165 | 29 | 20.0 | 13.8-28.1 | 47 | 27.7 | 20.6-36.2 | 34 | 19.5 | 13.7-27.1 | 55 | 32.7 | 25.3-41.1 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 145 | 32 | 22.6 | 15.8-31.2 | 64 | 43.2 | 34.2-52.6 | 24 | 17.0 | 10.9-25.5 | 25 | 17.2 | 11.1-25.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 386 | 75 | 21.0 | 16.5-26.3 | 164 | 44.9 | 39.1-50.9 | 73 | 16.9 | 13.2-21.3 | 74 | 17.2 | 13.4-21.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 385 | 58 | 14.8 | 11.2-19.2 | 154 | 43.2 | 37.5-49.2 | 84 | 19.7 | 15.7-24.4 | 89 | 22.3 | 18.0-27.3 |
| College Graduate | 502 | 67 | 14.4 | 11.2-18.3 | 199 | 40.5 | 35.8-45.4 | 88 | 17.7 | 14.2-21.8 | 148 | 27.4 | 23.3-31.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 155 | 26 | 20.2 | 13.3-29.4 | 75 | 45.2 | 36.2-54.5 | 25 | 13.1 | 8.4-19.9 | 29 | 21.6 | 14.3-31.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 225 | 49 | 22.3 | 16.6-29.3 | 85 | 40.0 | 32.3-48.1 | 41 | 18.6 | 13.1-25.8 | 50 | 19.1 | 13.9-25.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 127 | 24 | 21.2 | 14.0-30.8 | 51 | 40.2 | 30.7-50.6 | 27 | 17.2 | 11.3-25.2 | 25 | 21.4 | 14.1-31.1 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 153 | 28 | 18.6 | 12.4-26.9 | 64 | 49.0 | 39.8-58.3 | 29 | 15.9 | 10.7-23.0 | 32 | 16.5 | 11.3-23.4 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 179 | 24 | 14.4 | 9.2-21.7 | 74 | 39.6 | 31.5-48.4 | 34 | 19.9 | 14.0-27.3 | 47 | 26.1 | 19.3-34.3 |
| $75,000+ | 305 | 32 | 11.7 | 8.0-16.7 | 118 | 39.9 | 33.8-46.4 | 71 | 23.7 | 18.7-29.5 | 84 | 24.7 | 19.9-30.3 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 386 | 64 | 17.3 | 13.4-22.0 | 157 | 39.8 | 34.3-45.6 | 75 | 19.3 | 15.1-24.3 | 90 | 23.6 | 18.9-29.1 |
| No | 1,031 | 167 | 17.5 | 14.9-20.5 | 421 | 43.7 | 40.1-47.4 | 195 | 17.7 | 15.2-20.5 | 248 | 21.1 | 18.5-24.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 159 | 23 | 14.7 | 9.4-22.1 | 48 | 31.3 | 23.4-40.5 | 33 | 18.2 | 12.7-25.5 | 55 | 35.8 | 27.7-44.7 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,260 | 209 | 17.8 | 15.4-20.4 | 532 | 44.3 | 41.0-47.6 | 236 | 18.0 | 15.7-20.6 | 283 | 20.0 | 17.6-22.6 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||||||||
| Urban | 723 | 133 | 19.2 | 16.1-22.8 | 294 | 41.8 | 37.6-46.2 | 119 | 16.0 | 13.2-19.2 | 177 | 23.0 | 19.6-26.7 |
| Regional City or Suburban | 387 | 64 | 19.0 | 14.7-24.2 | 155 | 43.0 | 37.2-48.9 | 76 | 16.9 | 13.3-21.2 | 92 | 21.1 | 17.0-26.0 |
| Rural | 314 | 36 | 11.7 | 8.1-16.7 | 133 | 44.9 | 38.3-51.6 | 75 | 23.9 | 18.7-30.0 | 70 | 19.6 | 15.0-25.1 |
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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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