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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,779 | 3,608 | 58.7 | 57.1-60.3 | 2,171 | 41.3 | 39.7-42.9 |
| -Western | 1,036 | 623 | 56.1 | 52.0-60.1 | 413 | 43.9 | 39.9-48.0 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 453 | 259 | 55.8 | 49.8-61.5 | 194 | 44.2 | 38.5-50.2 |
| Female | 583 | 364 | 56.3 | 50.6-61.9 | 219 | 43.7 | 38.1-49.4 |
| RACE | |||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 893 | 543 | 56.6 | 52.2-60.9 | 350 | 43.4 | 39.1-47.8 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 37 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 101 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-34 | 142 | 61 | 41.5 | 32.0-51.6 | 81 | 58.5 | 48.4-68.0 |
| 35-44 | 110 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 155 | 77 | 49.4 | 39.3-59.5 | 78 | 50.6 | 40.5-60.7 |
| 55-64 | 224 | 139 | 66.1 | 58.4-73.0 | 85 | 33.9 | 27.0-41.6 |
| 65-74 | 242 | 173 | 67.0 | 58.8-74.4 | 69 | 33.0 | 25.6-41.2 |
| 75+ | 152 | 115 | 76.6 | 67.7-83.6 | 37 | 23.4 | 16.4-32.3 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 110 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 291 | 171 | 57.5 | 50.2-64.5 | 120 | 42.5 | 35.5-49.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 291 | 170 | 53.8 | 46.6-60.9 | 121 | 46.2 | 39.1-53.4 |
| College Graduate | 341 | 210 | 55.4 | 48.7-61.9 | 131 | 44.6 | 38.1-51.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 103 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 184 | 114 | 60.3 | 50.3-69.5 | 70 | 39.7 | 30.5-49.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 107 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 139 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 143 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 175 | 100 | 49.1 | 39.8-58.5 | 75 | 50.9 | 41.5-60.2 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 334 | 226 | 66.8 | 59.6-73.2 | 108 | 33.2 | 26.8-40.4 |
| No | 698 | 396 | 51.5 | 46.6-56.5 | 302 | 48.5 | 43.5-53.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 145 | 86 | 57.1 | 46.7-66.9 | 59 | 42.9 | 33.1-53.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 890 | 537 | 56.0 | 51.6-60.4 | 353 | 44.0 | 39.6-48.4 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
| Regional City or Suburban | 243 | 137 | 53.1 | 45.6-60.5 | 106 | 46.9 | 39.5-54.4 |
| Rural | 793 | 486 | 57.1 | 52.3-61.9 | 307 | 42.9 | 38.1-47.7 |
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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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