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| Total Respond.^ |
Less than 1 year ago | 1 to 5 years ago | 5 to 10 years ago | 10 or more years ago | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 1,825 | 169 | 12.0 | 10.1-14.2 | 293 | 19.3 | 17.1-21.7 | 209 | 13.2 | 11.3-15.3 | 1,154 | 55.6 | 52.7-58.4 |
| -Western | 376 | 26 | 9.5 | 5.9-14.9 | 54 | 17.3 | 12.7-23.2 | 42 | 11.6 | 8.1-16.3 | 254 | 61.6 | 55.0-67.9 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 195 | *** | *** | *** | 29 | 16.6 | 10.6-25.1 | 19 | 9.6 | 5.5-16.1 | 133 | 62.9 | 53.5-71.4 |
| Female | 181 | *** | *** | *** | 25 | 18.1 | 11.7-27.0 | 23 | 14.1 | 8.7-21.9 | 121 | 60.1 | 50.6-68.8 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 346 | 22 | 9.3 | 5.6-15.0 | 48 | 17.3 | 12.5-23.5 | 38 | 11.3 | 7.8-16.2 | 238 | 62.1 | 55.2-68.5 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 23 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 35 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 30 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 35 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 78 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 120 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 95 | 76.7 | 65.6-85.1 |
| 75+ | 76 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 32 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 117 | *** | *** | *** | 19 | 17.1 | 10.2-27.3 | 20 | 18.6 | 11.0-29.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 102 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 124 | *** | *** | *** | 14 | 16.3 | 9.5-26.7 | *** | *** | *** | 94 | 67.2 | 56.0-76.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 34 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 53 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 51 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 53 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 47 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 72 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 148 | *** | *** | *** | 16 | 11.2 | 6.2-19.5 | 16 | 9.5 | 5.3-16.4 | 102 | 70.6 | 60.8-78.8 |
| No | 226 | *** | *** | *** | 38 | 21.1 | 14.7-29.3 | 26 | 12.9 | 8.2-19.7 | 150 | 56.1 | 47.6-64.3 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 75 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 301 | 24 | 10.9 | 6.6-17.3 | 46 | 18.7 | 13.3-25.5 | 36 | 12.8 | 8.7-18.4 | 195 | 57.7 | 50.2-64.8 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||||||||
| Regional City or Suburban | 102 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Rural | 274 | *** | *** | *** | 36 | 14.2 | 9.6-20.5 | 35 | 13.0 | 8.7-19.1 | 187 | 64.0 | 56.1-71.3 |
*This question was asked of those who reported smoking 100+ cigarettes, but no longer smoke.
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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