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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,523 | 5,753 | 84.1 | 82.9-85.3 | 770 | 15.9 | 14.7-17.1 |
-Western | 1,100 | 986 | 86.3 | 82.9-89.0 | 114 | 13.7 | 11.0-17.1 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 481 | 426 | 86.9 | 82.2-90.5 | 55 | 13.1 | 9.5-17.8 |
Female | 619 | 560 | 85.7 | 80.8-89.5 | 59 | 14.3 | 10.5-19.2 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 948 | 878 | 89.0 | 85.6-91.7 | 70 | 11.0 | 8.3-14.4 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 38 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Other | 108 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 154 | 89 | 58.4 | 48.6-67.7 | 65 | 41.6 | 32.3-51.4 |
35-44 | 119 | 100 | 86.9 | 77.6-92.7 | 19 | 13.1 | 7.3-22.4 |
45-54 | 166 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
55-64 | 241 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
65-74 | 253 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
75+ | 156 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 118 | 96 | 79.1 | 67.5-87.3 | 22 | 20.9 | 12.7-32.5 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 308 | 267 | 83.4 | 76.4-88.6 | 41 | 16.6 | 11.4-23.6 |
Some Post-H.S. | 304 | 277 | 88.6 | 82.7-92.6 | 27 | 11.4 | 7.4-17.3 |
College Graduate | 367 | 343 | 92.0 | 87.3-95.0 | 24 | 8.0 | 5.0-12.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 116 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$15,000- 24,999 | 194 | 161 | 82.0 | 73.6-88.2 | 33 | 18.0 | 11.8-26.4 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 113 | 99 | 83.0 | 72.0-90.3 | 14 | 17.0 | 9.7-28.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 145 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$50,000- 74,999 | 147 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$75,000+ | 189 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 349 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
No | 733 | 636 | 82.4 | 78.0-86.2 | 97 | 17.6 | 13.8-22.0 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 156 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Veteran | 942 | 836 | 85.2 | 81.5-88.3 | 106 | 14.8 | 11.7-18.5 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Regional City or Suburban | 253 | 223 | 85.5 | 79.3-90.1 | 30 | 14.5 | 9.9-20.7 |
Rural | 847 | 763 | 86.5 | 82.4-89.7 | 84 | 13.5 | 10.3-17.6 |
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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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