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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 5,777 | 1,635 | 25.4 | 24.1-26.8 | 4,142 | 74.6 | 73.2-75.9 |
-Western | 1,031 | 281 | 25.5 | 22.1-29.2 | 750 | 74.5 | 70.8-77.9 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 453 | 135 | 27.2 | 22.4-32.7 | 318 | 72.8 | 67.3-77.6 |
Female | 578 | 146 | 23.9 | 19.4-29.1 | 432 | 76.1 | 70.9-80.6 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 890 | 247 | 26.1 | 22.5-30.2 | 643 | 73.9 | 69.8-77.5 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 37 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Other | 99 | 19 | 16.6 | 9.6-27.2 | 80 | 83.4 | 72.8-90.4 |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 142 | 18 | 13.9 | 8.1-22.7 | 124 | 86.1 | 77.3-91.9 |
35-44 | 109 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
45-54 | 155 | 35 | 20.5 | 14.1-29.0 | 120 | 79.5 | 71.0-85.9 |
55-64 | 225 | 67 | 32.3 | 24.8-40.7 | 158 | 67.7 | 59.3-75.2 |
65-74 | 238 | 79 | 32.8 | 25.8-40.6 | 159 | 67.2 | 59.4-74.2 |
75+ | 151 | 59 | 40.0 | 30.8-50.0 | 92 | 60.0 | 50.0-69.2 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 110 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 289 | 86 | 28.1 | 22.0-35.1 | 203 | 71.9 | 64.9-78.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 289 | 71 | 20.8 | 15.8-26.8 | 218 | 79.2 | 73.2-84.2 |
College Graduate | 340 | 87 | 25.2 | 20.0-31.2 | 253 | 74.8 | 68.8-80.0 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 101 | 31 | 21.8 | 13.7-32.8 | 70 | 78.2 | 67.2-86.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 183 | 57 | 30.4 | 22.5-39.6 | 126 | 69.6 | 60.4-77.5 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 107 | 27 | 23.9 | 15.7-34.7 | 80 | 76.1 | 65.3-84.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 139 | 36 | 24.0 | 15.7-34.8 | 103 | 76.0 | 65.2-84.3 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 143 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$75,000+ | 175 | 47 | 25.5 | 18.4-34.2 | 128 | 74.5 | 65.8-81.6 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 332 | 130 | 36.5 | 30.1-43.5 | 202 | 63.5 | 56.5-69.9 |
No | 695 | 151 | 20.8 | 16.9-25.2 | 544 | 79.2 | 74.8-83.1 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 145 | 49 | 28.2 | 20.6-37.2 | 96 | 71.8 | 62.8-79.4 |
Non-Veteran | 885 | 232 | 25.1 | 21.5-29.2 | 653 | 74.9 | 70.8-78.5 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Regional City or Suburban | 241 | 57 | 22.9 | 17.0-30.1 | 184 | 77.1 | 69.9-83.0 |
Rural | 790 | 224 | 26.4 | 22.5-30.8 | 566 | 73.6 | 69.2-77.5 |
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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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