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| Total Respond.^ |
Within the past year (<12 months) | Within the past 2 years | Within the past 5 years | 5 or more years ago | Never | |||||||||||
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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 | 6,614 | 5,020 | 73.5 | 72.1-74.8 | 769 | 12.6 | 11.6-13.6 | 419 | 7.3 | 6.6- 8.1 | 345 | 5.6 | 5.0- 6.4 | 61 | 1.0 | 0.7- 1.4 |
| -Western | 1,114 | 841 | 72.1 | 68.4-75.5 | 144 | 15.7 | 12.9-18.9 | 56 | 5.6 | 4.0- 7.7 | 62 | 6.0 | 4.5- 8.1 | 11 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.2 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 494 | 360 | 68.9 | 63.3-74.0 | 62 | 16.0 | 11.9-21.0 | 30 | 6.2 | 4.1- 9.3 | 35 | 8.0 | 5.4-11.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| Female | 620 | 481 | 74.9 | 69.9-79.4 | 82 | 15.4 | 11.8-19.9 | 26 | 5.0 | 3.0- 8.3 | 27 | 4.2 | 2.7- 6.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 960 | 748 | 73.9 | 70.0-77.5 | 119 | 15.4 | 12.5-18.9 | 40 | 4.6 | 3.1- 6.9 | 50 | 5.9 | 4.2- 8.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 38 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 109 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 173 | 85 | 53.3 | 44.2-62.1 | 45 | 27.9 | 20.4-37.0 | *** | *** | *** | 26 | 12.1 | 7.8-18.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 120 | *** | *** | *** | 22 | 17.4 | 10.5-27.4 | 14 | 14.3 | 7.7-24.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 165 | 123 | 80.2 | 72.7-86.1 | 24 | 11.7 | 7.3-18.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 240 | 193 | 79.4 | 72.3-85.0 | 23 | 10.4 | 6.5-16.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 249 | 220 | 86.9 | 79.4-92.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 157 | 141 | 88.9 | 81.4-93.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 116 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 313 | 227 | 68.6 | 61.6-74.8 | 37 | 15.4 | 10.6-21.8 | 16 | 4.5 | 2.6- 7.7 | 30 | 11.0 | 7.3-16.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 309 | 247 | 76.9 | 70.3-82.4 | 35 | 12.6 | 8.6-18.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 374 | 290 | 75.1 | 69.2-80.2 | 49 | 15.3 | 11.1-20.6 | 17 | 4.5 | 2.6- 7.8 | 16 | 4.5 | 2.5- 7.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 115 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 197 | 123 | 61.6 | 52.5-69.9 | 31 | 17.3 | 11.4-25.2 | 17 | 9.6 | 5.4-16.5 | 21 | 10.0 | 6.0-16.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 114 | *** | *** | *** | 16 | 14.3 | 8.5-23.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 148 | 121 | 76.7 | 65.6-85.0 | 17 | 16.9 | 9.7-27.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 149 | 116 | 80.5 | 71.6-87.2 | 20 | 12.3 | 7.3-20.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 191 | 154 | 77.4 | 68.4-84.4 | 19 | 11.3 | 6.4-19.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 350 | 292 | 80.8 | 74.3-86.0 | 30 | 9.9 | 6.2-15.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 744 | 538 | 68.9 | 64.2-73.1 | 111 | 18.3 | 14.7-22.6 | 45 | 6.3 | 4.4- 9.0 | 41 | 5.9 | 4.1- 8.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 159 | 137 | 86.1 | 78.3-91.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 954 | 704 | 70.1 | 66.0-73.8 | 133 | 17.0 | 13.9-20.7 | 49 | 5.6 | 4.0- 8.0 | 58 | 6.6 | 4.9- 8.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | ||||||||||||||||
| Regional City or Suburban | 258 | 176 | 64.2 | 56.8-71.0 | 46 | 19.7 | 14.4-26.4 | 17 | 6.5 | 3.6-11.4 | 16 | 8.7 | 5.1-14.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| Rural | 856 | 665 | 74.9 | 70.6-78.7 | 98 | 14.2 | 11.1-18.1 | 39 | 5.3 | 3.5- 7.8 | 46 | 5.1 | 3.6- 7.2 | *** | *** | *** |
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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