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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,967 | 2,352 | 42.9 | 41.4-44.5 | 3,615 | 57.1 | 55.5-58.6 |
| -Western | 1,027 | 318 | 34.4 | 30.5-38.4 | 709 | 65.6 | 61.6-69.5 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 450 | 142 | 32.0 | 26.7-37.9 | 308 | 68.0 | 62.1-73.3 |
| Female | 577 | 176 | 36.5 | 31.1-42.2 | 401 | 63.5 | 57.8-68.9 |
| RACE | |||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 885 | 260 | 33.0 | 28.9-37.3 | 625 | 67.0 | 62.7-71.1 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 36 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 101 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-34 | 148 | 71 | 44.2 | 34.9-54.0 | 77 | 55.8 | 46.0-65.1 |
| 35-44 | 113 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 154 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 223 | 67 | 29.2 | 22.3-37.2 | 156 | 70.8 | 62.8-77.7 |
| 65-74 | 235 | 35 | 12.8 | 8.7-18.6 | 200 | 87.2 | 81.4-91.3 |
| 75+ | 144 | 17 | 8.4 | 4.8-14.4 | 127 | 91.6 | 85.6-95.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 110 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 283 | 81 | 31.9 | 25.3-39.2 | 202 | 68.1 | 60.8-74.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 287 | 90 | 34.4 | 27.8-41.6 | 197 | 65.6 | 58.4-72.2 |
| College Graduate | 344 | 110 | 36.0 | 29.8-42.6 | 234 | 64.0 | 57.4-70.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 97 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 186 | 64 | 39.5 | 30.4-49.5 | 122 | 60.5 | 50.5-69.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 109 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 138 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 137 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 179 | 53 | 32.9 | 24.5-42.6 | 126 | 67.1 | 57.4-75.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 320 | 102 | 35.4 | 28.4-43.0 | 218 | 64.6 | 57.0-71.6 |
| No | 702 | 214 | 33.9 | 29.3-38.7 | 488 | 66.1 | 61.3-70.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 144 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 881 | 260 | 33.5 | 29.3-37.9 | 621 | 66.5 | 62.1-70.7 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
| Regional City or Suburban | 245 | 85 | 39.9 | 32.7-47.5 | 160 | 60.1 | 52.5-67.3 |
| Rural | 782 | 233 | 32.3 | 27.8-37.1 | 549 | 67.7 | 62.9-72.2 |
*NOTE: this question was asked of respondents of all ages.
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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