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| Total Respond.^ |
Past 12 months | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | 5+ years | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,669 | 4,598 | 78.9 | 77.6-80.2 | 578 | 11.4 | 10.4-12.4 | 352 | 7.0 | 6.2- 7.8 | 141 | 2.7 | 2.3- 3.3 |
| -Western | 970 | 770 | 76.6 | 72.8-80.0 | 111 | 12.8 | 10.3-15.9 | 67 | 7.6 | 5.7-10.2 | 22 | 2.9 | 1.8- 4.8 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 421 | 332 | 75.4 | 69.6-80.4 | 42 | 10.9 | 7.6-15.4 | 35 | 9.4 | 6.3-13.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| Female | 549 | 438 | 77.7 | 72.7-82.0 | 69 | 14.6 | 11.0-19.1 | 32 | 6.0 | 4.0- 9.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 865 | 693 | 77.5 | 73.6-81.0 | 97 | 12.3 | 9.7-15.6 | 57 | 7.2 | 5.2- 9.9 | 18 | 3.0 | 1.7- 5.0 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 31 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 69 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 88 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 97 | *** | *** | *** | 17 | 17.6 | 10.3-28.4 | 15 | 14.1 | 8.0-23.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 152 | 111 | 78.8 | 70.8-85.0 | 23 | 11.1 | 6.9-17.5 | 14 | 7.1 | 4.0-12.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 227 | 187 | 78.8 | 70.8-85.0 | 26 | 12.5 | 8.0-18.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 246 | 220 | 90.4 | 84.3-94.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 149 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 92 | 76 | 85.6 | 75.8-91.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 259 | 212 | 75.7 | 67.8-82.1 | 26 | 14.5 | 9.3-21.7 | 16 | 7.9 | 4.5-13.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 276 | 224 | 77.1 | 70.0-82.9 | 25 | 10.8 | 6.9-16.5 | 17 | 6.6 | 3.7-11.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 340 | 256 | 71.0 | 64.3-76.8 | 50 | 17.7 | 12.7-24.0 | 28 | 9.7 | 6.4-14.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 95 | 78 | 83.8 | 72.8-90.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 157 | 122 | 76.2 | 66.5-83.7 | 16 | 10.2 | 5.7-17.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 98 | *** | *** | *** | 16 | 16.6 | 9.8-26.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 132 | 110 | 80.3 | 69.8-87.8 | 15 | 14.3 | 7.8-24.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 136 | 107 | 77.5 | 66.6-85.6 | 16 | 14.7 | 8.1-25.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 179 | 134 | 68.3 | 58.4-76.8 | 26 | 15.3 | 9.7-23.3 | 16 | 12.8 | 7.2-21.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 327 | 290 | 88.0 | 82.4-92.0 | 23 | 6.2 | 3.7-10.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 627 | 471 | 71.7 | 66.8-76.1 | 86 | 16.3 | 12.7-20.6 | 54 | 9.1 | 6.6-12.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 147 | 125 | 83.0 | 73.1-89.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 822 | 644 | 75.5 | 71.4-79.2 | 99 | 13.5 | 10.6-16.9 | 59 | 8.0 | 5.9-10.8 | 20 | 3.0 | 1.8- 5.2 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||||||||
| Regional City or Suburban | 220 | 160 | 70.1 | 62.4-76.9 | 36 | 18.1 | 12.8-25.0 | 18 | 8.4 | 4.9-14.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| Rural | 750 | 610 | 78.9 | 74.5-82.6 | 75 | 11.0 | 8.2-14.5 | 49 | 7.4 | 5.2-10.3 | *** | *** | *** |
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*Asked of those 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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