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| Total Respond.^ |
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,674 | 1,023 | 21.8 | 20.4-23.3 | 1,300 | 24.4 | 23.0-25.8 | 768 | 12.9 | 11.9-14.0 | 2,583 | 40.9 | 39.3-42.4 |
| -Western | 1,023 | 174 | 24.0 | 20.3-28.3 | 232 | 21.9 | 18.8-25.4 | 125 | 10.7 | 8.6-13.2 | 492 | 43.4 | 39.4-47.4 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 448 | 78 | 24.3 | 19.1-30.3 | 105 | 22.4 | 17.8-27.7 | 65 | 13.0 | 9.5-17.4 | 200 | 40.4 | 34.9-46.2 |
| Female | 575 | 96 | 23.8 | 18.7-29.9 | 127 | 21.5 | 17.5-26.2 | 60 | 8.6 | 6.4-11.6 | 292 | 46.0 | 40.6-51.5 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 883 | 147 | 23.8 | 19.8-28.4 | 182 | 20.6 | 17.3-24.3 | 113 | 11.0 | 8.8-13.7 | 441 | 44.6 | 40.4-48.9 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 37 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 98 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 139 | 38 | 35.6 | 26.2-46.3 | 45 | 30.0 | 21.7-39.9 | *** | *** | *** | 43 | 25.7 | 18.5-34.6 |
| 35-44 | 110 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 154 | *** | *** | *** | 34 | 18.7 | 12.4-27.0 | 21 | 10.1 | 6.1-16.2 | 66 | 41.2 | 31.6-51.6 |
| 55-64 | 224 | 33 | 14.8 | 9.9-21.6 | 39 | 14.5 | 10.2-20.3 | 33 | 15.1 | 10.0-22.0 | 119 | 55.6 | 47.5-63.4 |
| 65-74 | 238 | 29 | 15.6 | 10.0-23.4 | 52 | 20.5 | 14.8-27.6 | 37 | 14.5 | 9.9-20.8 | 120 | 49.4 | 41.3-57.7 |
| 75+ | 147 | 14 | 9.8 | 5.4-17.2 | 20 | 13.7 | 8.3-21.8 | *** | *** | *** | 96 | 64.0 | 53.8-73.0 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 107 | *** | *** | *** | 20 | 13.6 | 7.7-22.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 284 | 65 | 30.8 | 23.8-38.7 | 68 | 21.2 | 16.2-27.2 | 30 | 10.9 | 6.9-16.6 | 121 | 37.2 | 30.7-44.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 289 | 51 | 20.6 | 15.2-27.4 | 73 | 27.6 | 21.5-34.6 | 29 | 8.3 | 5.5-12.4 | 136 | 43.5 | 36.7-50.6 |
| College Graduate | 340 | 21 | 6.3 | 3.7-10.5 | 71 | 20.0 | 15.3-25.7 | 57 | 17.2 | 12.9-22.6 | 191 | 56.4 | 49.9-62.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 99 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 181 | 43 | 27.0 | 18.8-37.1 | 38 | 22.5 | 15.6-31.4 | 19 | 9.1 | 5.1-15.8 | 81 | 41.4 | 32.6-50.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 104 | 16 | 19.5 | 11.4-31.4 | 32 | 26.6 | 17.9-37.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 137 | 20 | 20.6 | 12.1-32.8 | 30 | 23.2 | 14.8-34.6 | 17 | 12.4 | 6.8-21.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 143 | *** | *** | *** | 38 | 24.9 | 16.9-35.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 177 | 16 | 16.0 | 9.2-26.3 | 36 | 17.9 | 11.9-26.0 | 33 | 15.9 | 10.5-23.3 | 92 | 50.1 | 40.8-59.4 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 328 | 60 | 20.2 | 14.6-27.4 | 67 | 20.7 | 15.6-27.0 | 36 | 8.9 | 5.9-13.4 | 165 | 50.1 | 43.0-57.3 |
| No | 692 | 114 | 25.8 | 21.1-31.1 | 165 | 22.5 | 18.8-26.8 | 89 | 11.5 | 8.9-14.7 | 324 | 40.2 | 35.6-45.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 143 | *** | *** | *** | 36 | 25.7 | 17.7-35.9 | 25 | 18.3 | 11.4-28.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 878 | 161 | 26.4 | 22.2-31.0 | 195 | 21.4 | 18.1-25.1 | 99 | 9.5 | 7.4-12.0 | 423 | 42.8 | 38.6-47.1 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||||||||
| Regional City or Suburban | 237 | 20 | 10.9 | 6.8-16.9 | 55 | 25.8 | 19.4-33.4 | 35 | 13.5 | 9.5-18.8 | 127 | 49.9 | 42.4-57.3 |
| Rural | 786 | 154 | 28.8 | 24.1-34.0 | 177 | 20.5 | 17.2-24.4 | 90 | 9.7 | 7.3-12.7 | 365 | 41.0 | 36.5-45.7 |
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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