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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 2,659 | 2,271 | 84.5 | 82.7-86.1 | 388 | 15.5 | 13.9-17.3 |
-Piedmont | 1,469 | 1,254 | 84.6 | 82.2-86.7 | 215 | 15.4 | 13.3-17.8 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 725 | 602 | 81.6 | 78.0-84.7 | 123 | 18.4 | 15.3-22.0 |
Female | 744 | 652 | 87.9 | 84.9-90.4 | 92 | 12.1 | 9.6-15.1 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 871 | 810 | 92.1 | 89.6-94.1 | 61 | 7.9 | 5.9-10.4 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 331 | 283 | 83.9 | 78.6-88.1 | 48 | 16.1 | 11.9-21.4 |
Other | 255 | 149 | 55.5 | 48.2-62.5 | 106 | 44.5 | 37.5-51.8 |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 424 | 338 | 78.2 | 73.2-82.5 | 86 | 21.8 | 17.5-26.8 |
35-44 | 368 | 299 | 83.3 | 78.7-87.1 | 69 | 16.7 | 12.9-21.3 |
45-54 | 387 | 351 | 91.4 | 87.9-93.9 | 36 | 8.6 | 6.1-12.1 |
55-64 | 290 | 266 | 91.6 | 87.2-94.6 | 24 | 8.4 | 5.4-12.8 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 106 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 299 | 231 | 81.6 | 76.7-85.7 | 68 | 18.4 | 14.3-23.3 |
Some Post-H.S. | 351 | 306 | 88.6 | 84.5-91.8 | 45 | 11.4 | 8.2-15.5 |
College Graduate | 709 | 681 | 96.6 | 94.9-97.7 | 28 | 3.4 | 2.3- 5.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 63 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$15,000- 24,999 | 165 | 89 | 54.3 | 45.6-62.7 | 76 | 45.7 | 37.3-54.4 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 144 | 111 | 74.1 | 63.7-82.3 | 33 | 25.9 | 17.7-36.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 167 | 145 | 84.8 | 76.7-90.5 | 22 | 15.2 | 9.5-23.3 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 211 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$75,000+ | 524 | 511 | 97.4 | 95.4-98.5 | 13 | 2.6 | 1.5- 4.6 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 138 | 118 | 85.2 | 75.9-91.3 | 20 | 14.8 | 8.7-24.1 |
No | 1,304 | 1,113 | 84.4 | 81.9-86.6 | 191 | 15.6 | 13.4-18.1 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 119 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Veteran | 1,346 | 1,137 | 83.7 | 81.1-85.9 | 209 | 16.3 | 14.1-18.9 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Urban | 889 | 768 | 86.7 | 84.1-89.0 | 121 | 13.3 | 11.0-15.9 |
Regional City or Suburban | 352 | 301 | 83.7 | 78.5-87.9 | 51 | 16.3 | 12.1-21.5 |
Rural | 228 | 185 | 78.4 | 70.5-84.6 | 43 | 21.6 | 15.4-29.5 |
*Data in this table were derived from health insurance question and only those under age 65 and employed for wages included.
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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