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Total Respond.^ |
None | 1-2 days | 3-7 days | 8-29 days | 30 days | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,550 | 4,274 | 66.0 | 64.6-67.4 | 571 | 9.1 | 8.2-10.0 | 590 | 9.4 | 8.5-10.3 | 527 | 7.4 | 6.7- 8.2 | 588 | 8.1 | 7.4- 9.0 |
-Western | 1,107 | 688 | 61.8 | 57.9-65.5 | 87 | 9.0 | 7.0-11.5 | 98 | 9.3 | 6.9-12.2 | 114 | 10.0 | 8.0-12.5 | 120 | 10.0 | 7.9-12.6 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 495 | 327 | 69.7 | 64.5-74.4 | 35 | 7.0 | 4.7-10.3 | 37 | 5.9 | 3.9- 8.9 | 42 | 7.5 | 5.2-10.7 | 54 | 9.9 | 7.2-13.5 |
Female | 612 | 361 | 54.4 | 48.9-59.8 | 52 | 10.8 | 7.8-14.7 | 61 | 12.4 | 8.6-17.5 | 72 | 12.4 | 9.3-16.3 | 66 | 10.1 | 7.2-14.1 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 952 | 590 | 61.7 | 57.5-65.7 | 76 | 8.9 | 6.8-11.5 | 83 | 9.1 | 6.7-12.3 | 99 | 10.3 | 8.1-13.0 | 104 | 10.0 | 7.8-12.9 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 40 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Other | 108 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-34 | 174 | 132 | 74.8 | 66.0-81.9 | 22 | 12.3 | 7.5-19.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
35-44 | 120 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
45-54 | 165 | 94 | 56.4 | 46.3-66.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 19 | 9.6 | 5.6-16.1 | 24 | 17.9 | 10.5-28.7 |
55-64 | 238 | 131 | 51.8 | 43.9-59.6 | 20 | 8.7 | 5.3-14.1 | 27 | 11.8 | 7.2-18.7 | 20 | 11.2 | 6.6-18.6 | 40 | 16.4 | 11.5-22.9 |
65-74 | 248 | 146 | 54.9 | 46.8-62.7 | *** | *** | *** | 27 | 8.9 | 5.7-13.7 | 36 | 16.7 | 11.6-23.5 | 27 | 12.8 | 7.6-20.7 |
75+ | 152 | 97 | 58.5 | 48.8-67.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 20 | 15.4 | 9.5-24.0 | 23 | 16.6 | 10.7-24.9 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 114 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 27 | 19.2 | 12.0-29.4 | *** | *** | *** |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 310 | 184 | 61.0 | 54.0-67.7 | 17 | 7.4 | 4.2-12.7 | 24 | 7.6 | 4.7-12.0 | 39 | 12.1 | 8.2-17.4 | 46 | 11.9 | 8.3-16.7 |
Some Post-H.S. | 309 | 186 | 66.6 | 60.1-72.4 | 34 | 11.7 | 8.0-16.8 | 27 | 6.3 | 3.9-10.1 | 26 | 7.1 | 4.6-10.8 | 36 | 8.3 | 5.8-12.0 |
College Graduate | 371 | 262 | 71.2 | 65.4-76.4 | 30 | 8.8 | 5.9-13.1 | 36 | 9.2 | 6.4-13.2 | 22 | 5.4 | 3.2- 8.9 | 21 | 5.3 | 3.4- 8.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 116 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 21 | 13.7 | 8.2-21.9 | 26 | 22.9 | 14.2-34.7 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 193 | 96 | 48.5 | 39.4-57.8 | 18 | 11.0 | 6.3-18.6 | *** | *** | *** | 31 | 17.5 | 11.2-26.1 | 33 | 16.5 | 10.5-25.0 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 113 | *** | *** | *** | 12 | 12.8 | 7.0-22.1 | 14 | 12.8 | 7.2-21.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$35,000- 49,999 | 146 | 94 | 66.0 | 55.3-75.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 16 | 11.7 | 6.4-20.3 | *** | *** | *** |
$50,000- 74,999 | 147 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$75,000+ | 191 | 141 | 75.8 | 68.0-82.2 | 16 | 9.7 | 5.7-16.3 | 19 | 6.9 | 4.1-11.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 346 | 109 | 30.2 | 24.3-36.8 | 20 | 7.4 | 4.4-12.1 | 35 | 9.7 | 6.0-15.3 | 80 | 23.2 | 18.0-29.3 | 102 | 29.5 | 23.4-36.5 |
No | 741 | 567 | 75.1 | 70.5-79.1 | 63 | 9.3 | 6.9-12.5 | 62 | 9.3 | 6.5-13.1 | 32 | 4.5 | 2.8- 6.9 | 17 | 1.9 | 1.1- 3.3 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 158 | 107 | 72.5 | 63.9-79.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 18 | 9.9 | 5.8-16.4 | 14 | 8.4 | 4.7-14.7 |
Non-Veteran | 947 | 580 | 60.3 | 56.0-64.4 | 81 | 9.6 | 7.4-12.4 | 85 | 9.9 | 7.3-13.3 | 96 | 10.1 | 7.9-12.8 | 105 | 10.1 | 7.8-13.0 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | ||||||||||||||||
Regional City or Suburban | 255 | 162 | 66.5 | 59.4-72.9 | 24 | 9.5 | 6.1-14.5 | 23 | 8.7 | 5.3-14.0 | 23 | 8.6 | 5.3-13.6 | 23 | 6.8 | 4.3-10.5 |
Rural | 852 | 526 | 60.1 | 55.4-64.5 | 63 | 8.8 | 6.5-11.8 | 75 | 9.4 | 6.7-13.2 | 91 | 10.6 | 8.2-13.5 | 97 | 11.2 | 8.5-14.5 |
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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