2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,704 2,231 34.0 32.5-35.5 3,473 66.0 64.5-67.5
-Western 1,008 451 39.0 35.1-42.9 557 61.0 57.1-64.9
GENDER
Male 434 180 39.6 33.9-45.6 254 60.4 54.4-66.1
Female 574 271 38.4 33.4-43.7 303 61.6 56.3-66.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 876 420 41.5 37.3-45.8 456 58.5 54.2-62.7
Non-Hispanic Black 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 92 20 16.4 9.2-27.4 72 83.6 72.6-90.8
AGE
18-34 130 23 22.3 14.4-32.7 107 77.7 67.3-85.6
35-44 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 153 25 17.4 10.8-26.7 128 82.6 73.3-89.2
55-64 222 83 42.4 34.5-50.8 139 57.6 49.2-65.5
65-74 241 182 71.5 62.6-78.9 59 28.5 21.1-37.4
75+ 149 124 85.2 77.8-90.5 25 14.8 9.5-22.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 286 118 39.7 32.7-47.1 168 60.3 52.9-67.3
Some Post-H.S. 276 131 41.1 34.2-48.2 145 58.9 51.8-65.8
College Graduate 342 149 34.7 29.1-40.7 193 65.3 59.3-70.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 174 72 38.9 30.0-48.6 102 61.1 51.4-70.0
$25,000- 34,999 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 140 60 36.8 27.4-47.4 80 63.2 52.6-72.6
$50,000- 74,999 135 50 30.4 21.3-41.3 85 69.6 58.7-78.7
$75,000+ 175 75 35.2 26.9-44.4 100 64.8 55.6-73.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 334 209 61.9 54.6-68.7 125 38.1 31.3-45.4
No 670 241 28.6 24.5-33.1 429 71.4 66.9-75.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 147 92 60.2 49.8-69.8 55 39.8 30.2-50.2
Non-Veteran 860 359 35.7 31.6-39.9 501 64.3 60.1-68.4
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Regional City or Suburban 229 97 38.8 31.6-46.5 132 61.2 53.5-68.4
Rural 779 354 39.0 34.5-43.7 425 61.0 56.3-65.5

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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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