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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,644 | 755 | 9.2 | 8.4-10.0 | 5,889 | 90.8 | 90.0-91.6 |
-Western | 1,119 | 154 | 10.5 | 8.6-12.8 | 965 | 89.5 | 87.2-91.4 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 494 | 80 | 12.3 | 9.3-16.1 | 414 | 87.7 | 83.9-90.7 |
Female | 625 | 74 | 8.8 | 6.6-11.8 | 551 | 91.2 | 88.2-93.4 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 960 | 138 | 11.1 | 9.0-13.7 | 822 | 88.9 | 86.3-91.0 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 40 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Other | 112 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 175 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
35-44 | 121 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
45-54 | 167 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
55-64 | 239 | 37 | 17.2 | 11.6-24.8 | 202 | 82.8 | 75.2-88.4 |
65-74 | 250 | 52 | 20.9 | 15.3-27.9 | 198 | 79.1 | 72.1-84.7 |
75+ | 156 | 46 | 26.9 | 19.0-36.6 | 110 | 73.1 | 63.4-81.0 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 119 | 26 | 17.3 | 10.6-26.9 | 93 | 82.7 | 73.1-89.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 315 | 47 | 11.6 | 8.2-16.3 | 268 | 88.4 | 83.7-91.8 |
Some Post-H.S. | 311 | 38 | 8.2 | 5.6-11.9 | 273 | 91.8 | 88.1-94.4 |
College Graduate | 372 | 43 | 7.4 | 5.3-10.4 | 329 | 92.6 | 89.6-94.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 119 | 30 | 17.9 | 10.9-28.1 | 89 | 82.1 | 71.9-89.1 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 197 | 24 | 8.6 | 5.3-13.7 | 173 | 91.4 | 86.3-94.7 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 111 | 20 | 14.7 | 8.8-23.5 | 91 | 85.3 | 76.5-91.2 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 148 | 18 | 14.3 | 8.1-24.2 | 130 | 85.7 | 75.8-91.9 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 150 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$75,000+ | 189 | 18 | 5.8 | 3.3-10.2 | 171 | 94.2 | 89.8-96.7 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 347 | 93 | 22.7 | 17.6-28.7 | 254 | 77.3 | 71.3-82.4 |
No | 753 | 61 | 5.6 | 4.1- 7.8 | 692 | 94.4 | 92.2-95.9 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 157 | 33 | 17.3 | 11.1-25.9 | 124 | 82.7 | 74.1-88.9 |
Non-Veteran | 960 | 120 | 9.4 | 7.5-11.8 | 840 | 90.6 | 88.2-92.5 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Regional City or Suburban | 259 | 24 | 6.4 | 4.1- 9.9 | 235 | 93.6 | 90.1-95.9 |
Rural | 860 | 130 | 12.0 | 9.5-14.9 | 730 | 88.0 | 85.1-90.5 |
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*Data for this table were derived from the cardiovascular disease history questions.
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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