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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 5,712 | 2,352 | 37.0 | 35.5-38.5 | 3,360 | 63.0 | 61.5-64.5 |
-Piedmont | 2,875 | 1,112 | 35.4 | 33.4-37.4 | 1,763 | 64.6 | 62.6-66.6 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,189 | 456 | 35.1 | 32.1-38.2 | 733 | 64.9 | 61.8-67.9 |
Female | 1,686 | 656 | 35.6 | 33.0-38.3 | 1,030 | 64.4 | 61.7-67.0 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 1,927 | 773 | 36.9 | 34.5-39.4 | 1,154 | 63.1 | 60.6-65.5 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 594 | 233 | 35.1 | 30.7-39.7 | 361 | 64.9 | 60.3-69.3 |
Other | 309 | 92 | 27.3 | 22.2-33.0 | 217 | 72.7 | 67.0-77.8 |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 417 | 44 | 10.0 | 7.2-13.8 | 373 | 90.0 | 86.2-92.8 |
35-44 | 430 | 104 | 24.3 | 20.1-29.1 | 326 | 75.7 | 70.9-79.9 |
45-54 | 572 | 207 | 36.5 | 32.2-40.9 | 365 | 63.5 | 59.1-67.8 |
55-64 | 577 | 283 | 49.9 | 45.2-54.5 | 294 | 50.1 | 45.5-54.8 |
65-74 | 503 | 272 | 55.4 | 50.2-60.4 | 231 | 44.6 | 39.6-49.8 |
75+ | 328 | 188 | 57.9 | 51.6-63.9 | 140 | 42.1 | 36.1-48.4 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 255 | 127 | 48.0 | 40.9-55.2 | 128 | 52.0 | 44.8-59.1 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 695 | 306 | 37.8 | 33.9-41.9 | 389 | 62.2 | 58.1-66.1 |
Some Post-H.S. | 759 | 294 | 33.8 | 30.2-37.6 | 465 | 66.2 | 62.4-69.8 |
College Graduate | 1,149 | 381 | 30.3 | 27.5-33.2 | 768 | 69.7 | 66.8-72.5 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 234 | 112 | 41.8 | 34.6-49.5 | 122 | 58.2 | 50.5-65.4 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 400 | 186 | 45.1 | 39.4-51.0 | 214 | 54.9 | 49.0-60.6 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 239 | 91 | 33.8 | 27.1-41.1 | 148 | 66.2 | 58.9-72.9 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 313 | 121 | 34.5 | 28.6-40.9 | 192 | 65.5 | 59.1-71.4 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 341 | 116 | 31.2 | 26.0-36.9 | 225 | 68.8 | 63.1-74.0 |
$75,000+ | 772 | 262 | 31.5 | 28.0-35.2 | 510 | 68.5 | 64.8-72.0 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 682 | 386 | 54.6 | 50.1-59.0 | 296 | 45.4 | 41.0-49.9 |
No | 2,138 | 710 | 29.8 | 27.7-32.0 | 1,428 | 70.2 | 68.0-72.3 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 353 | 168 | 44.9 | 39.1-50.9 | 185 | 55.1 | 49.1-60.9 |
Non-Veteran | 2,512 | 942 | 34.1 | 32.0-36.2 | 1,570 | 65.9 | 63.8-68.0 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Urban | 1,517 | 552 | 34.6 | 31.9-37.4 | 965 | 65.4 | 62.6-68.1 |
Regional City or Suburban | 777 | 314 | 36.0 | 32.3-39.9 | 463 | 64.0 | 60.1-67.7 |
Rural | 581 | 246 | 36.5 | 32.0-41.1 | 335 | 63.5 | 58.9-68.0 |
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*Asked of respondents who have ever had their blood cholesterol checked.
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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