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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,548 | 752 | 11.6 | 10.7-12.5 | 5,796 | 88.4 | 87.5-89.3 |
-Western | 1,112 | 140 | 13.3 | 10.8-16.3 | 972 | 86.7 | 83.7-89.2 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 490 | 54 | 11.9 | 8.5-16.4 | 436 | 88.1 | 83.6-91.5 |
Female | 622 | 86 | 14.6 | 11.1-19.0 | 536 | 85.4 | 81.0-88.9 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 960 | 120 | 13.0 | 10.4-16.2 | 840 | 87.0 | 83.8-89.6 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 37 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Other | 109 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 170 | 22 | 15.5 | 9.6-24.1 | 148 | 84.5 | 75.9-90.4 |
35-44 | 121 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
45-54 | 165 | 24 | 15.5 | 9.6-24.1 | 141 | 84.5 | 75.9-90.4 |
55-64 | 235 | 38 | 18.1 | 12.3-25.8 | 197 | 81.9 | 74.2-87.7 |
65-74 | 253 | 20 | 9.0 | 5.4-14.6 | 233 | 91.0 | 85.4-94.6 |
75+ | 157 | 22 | 11.8 | 7.1-19.0 | 135 | 88.2 | 81.0-92.9 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 117 | 24 | 21.9 | 13.6-33.4 | 93 | 78.1 | 66.6-86.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 311 | 52 | 17.3 | 12.2-23.9 | 259 | 82.7 | 76.1-87.8 |
Some Post-H.S. | 308 | 35 | 9.0 | 6.0-13.3 | 273 | 91.0 | 86.7-94.0 |
College Graduate | 373 | 28 | 8.2 | 5.2-12.7 | 345 | 91.8 | 87.3-94.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 110 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$15,000- 24,999 | 197 | 36 | 18.8 | 12.8-26.8 | 161 | 81.2 | 73.2-87.2 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 114 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$35,000- 49,999 | 148 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$50,000- 74,999 | 148 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$75,000+ | 191 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 354 | 100 | 29.7 | 23.7-36.4 | 254 | 70.3 | 63.6-76.3 |
No | 752 | 37 | 6.2 | 4.0- 9.4 | 715 | 93.8 | 90.6-96.0 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 157 | 18 | 10.7 | 6.3-17.6 | 139 | 89.3 | 82.4-93.7 |
Non-Veteran | 953 | 122 | 13.7 | 10.9-17.1 | 831 | 86.3 | 82.9-89.1 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Regional City or Suburban | 261 | 31 | 13.8 | 9.2-20.2 | 230 | 86.2 | 79.8-90.8 |
Rural | 851 | 109 | 13.1 | 10.3-16.7 | 742 | 86.9 | 83.3-89.7 |
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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