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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,278 | 4,607 | 73.8 | 72.5-75.1 | 1,671 | 26.2 | 24.9-27.5 |
-Western | 1,082 | 775 | 72.4 | 68.7-75.9 | 307 | 27.6 | 24.1-31.3 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 477 | 351 | 74.9 | 69.5-79.6 | 126 | 25.1 | 20.4-30.5 |
Female | 605 | 424 | 70.2 | 64.9-75.1 | 181 | 29.8 | 24.9-35.1 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 935 | 670 | 72.5 | 68.4-76.2 | 265 | 27.5 | 23.8-31.6 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 37 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Other | 105 | 76 | 75.8 | 64.7-84.2 | 29 | 24.2 | 15.8-35.3 |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 157 | 133 | 83.8 | 75.1-89.8 | 24 | 16.2 | 10.2-24.9 |
35-44 | 117 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
45-54 | 160 | 117 | 76.2 | 67.1-83.3 | 43 | 23.8 | 16.7-32.9 |
55-64 | 232 | 152 | 65.1 | 57.1-72.4 | 80 | 34.9 | 27.6-42.9 |
65-74 | 248 | 191 | 77.3 | 69.4-83.6 | 57 | 22.7 | 16.4-30.6 |
75+ | 157 | 96 | 57.2 | 47.3-66.6 | 61 | 42.8 | 33.4-52.7 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 113 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 301 | 194 | 64.9 | 57.7-71.5 | 107 | 35.1 | 28.5-42.3 |
Some Post-H.S. | 299 | 214 | 76.8 | 70.7-81.9 | 85 | 23.2 | 18.1-29.3 |
College Graduate | 366 | 300 | 85.4 | 80.9-88.9 | 66 | 14.6 | 11.1-19.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 108 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$15,000- 24,999 | 191 | 123 | 63.7 | 54.3-72.2 | 68 | 36.3 | 27.8-45.7 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 110 | 78 | 70.2 | 59.2-79.3 | 32 | 29.8 | 20.7-40.8 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 145 | 107 | 72.7 | 61.3-81.8 | 38 | 27.3 | 18.2-38.7 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 145 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$75,000+ | 189 | 154 | 82.4 | 74.4-88.4 | 35 | 17.6 | 11.6-25.6 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 349 | 204 | 61.1 | 54.2-67.6 | 145 | 38.9 | 32.4-45.8 |
No | 728 | 567 | 77.2 | 72.7-81.2 | 161 | 22.8 | 18.8-27.3 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 155 | 113 | 76.6 | 67.5-83.8 | 42 | 23.4 | 16.2-32.5 |
Non-Veteran | 925 | 662 | 71.9 | 67.8-75.7 | 263 | 28.1 | 24.3-32.2 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Regional City or Suburban | 256 | 206 | 80.4 | 74.0-85.5 | 50 | 19.6 | 14.5-26.0 |
Rural | 826 | 569 | 69.5 | 64.9-73.7 | 257 | 30.5 | 26.3-35.1 |
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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