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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 |
Region 5 | 346 | 65 | 18.2 | 14.1-23.2 | 139 | 43.4 | 37.4-49.6 | 60 | 17.0 | 13.1-21.9 | 82 | 21.4 | 17.0-26.6 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 141 | 27 | 16.5 | 11.1-23.6 | 52 | 40.6 | 31.6-50.3 | 28 | 20.1 | 13.8-28.4 | 34 | 22.8 | 16.1-31.3 |
Female | 205 | 38 | 19.5 | 13.9-26.8 | 87 | 45.6 | 37.7-53.8 | 32 | 14.5 | 10.0-20.6 | 48 | 20.3 | 14.9-27.0 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 201 | 32 | 14.8 | 10.3-20.8 | 77 | 40.2 | 32.5-48.5 | 38 | 19.8 | 14.3-26.7 | 54 | 25.2 | 19.1-32.4 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 95 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 17 | 13.0 | 7.7-21.1 | 15 | 13.0 | 7.3-22.2 |
Other | 45 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-44 | 103 | 26 | 22.0 | 14.5-31.9 | *** | *** | *** | 11 | 8.8 | 4.6-16.3 | 17 | 13.4 | 7.9-21.8 |
44-64 | 123 | 18 | 13.8 | 8.5-21.8 | 51 | 41.3 | 31.9-51.4 | 26 | 23.1 | 15.7-32.6 | 28 | 21.8 | 14.8-30.7 |
65+ | 113 | 20 | 19.1 | 12.3-28.5 | 36 | 28.6 | 20.5-38.3 | 22 | 21.3 | 14.0-31.1 | 35 | 31.0 | 22.3-41.4 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 122 | 30 | 26.1 | 18.2-36.0 | *** | *** | *** | 15 | 10.9 | 6.3-18.2 | 27 | 21.4 | 14.3-30.8 |
Some College + | 221 | 34 | 12.7 | 8.8-18.0 | 88 | 44.9 | 37.4-52.7 | 45 | 21.3 | 15.8-28.1 | 54 | 21.0 | 15.8-27.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 155 | 34 | 23.4 | 16.7-31.8 | 58 | 38.7 | 30.3-47.9 | 26 | 14.2 | 9.3-20.9 | 37 | 23.7 | 17.0-31.9 |
$50,000+ | 119 | 12 | 9.1 | 5.0-16.1 | 47 | 41.1 | 31.1-51.8 | 29 | 26.2 | 18.2-36.1 | 31 | 23.7 | 16.2-33.2 |
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See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.
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.
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