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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,679 | 5,812 | 84.6 | 83.5-85.7 | 867 | 15.4 | 14.3-16.5 |
-Western | 1,132 | 1,000 | 86.3 | 83.2-88.9 | 132 | 13.7 | 11.1-16.8 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 502 | 440 | 85.8 | 81.1-89.5 | 62 | 14.2 | 10.5-18.9 |
Female | 630 | 560 | 86.7 | 82.4-90.0 | 70 | 13.3 | 10.0-17.6 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 971 | 896 | 89.3 | 86.1-91.8 | 75 | 10.7 | 8.2-13.9 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 41 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Other | 113 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 175 | 125 | 71.6 | 62.6-79.1 | 50 | 28.4 | 20.9-37.4 |
35-44 | 122 | 95 | 81.2 | 71.3-88.2 | 27 | 18.8 | 11.8-28.7 |
45-54 | 167 | 141 | 87.4 | 80.6-92.1 | 26 | 12.6 | 7.9-19.4 |
55-64 | 243 | 216 | 91.1 | 86.3-94.3 | 27 | 8.9 | 5.7-13.7 |
65-74 | 255 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
75+ | 159 | 159 | 100 | . - . | *** | *** | *** |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 121 | 90 | 78.4 | 67.5-86.4 | 31 | 21.6 | 13.6-32.5 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 318 | 265 | 81.9 | 75.7-86.7 | 53 | 18.1 | 13.3-24.3 |
Some Post-H.S. | 314 | 283 | 87.8 | 82.0-91.9 | 31 | 12.2 | 8.1-18.0 |
College Graduate | 376 | 359 | 95.8 | 92.7-97.6 | 17 | 4.2 | 2.4- 7.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 121 | *** | *** | *** | 25 | 20.5 | 12.0-32.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 200 | 152 | 75.0 | 66.6-81.9 | 48 | 25.0 | 18.1-33.4 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 115 | 101 | 84.8 | 74.7-91.4 | 14 | 15.2 | 8.6-25.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 149 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$50,000- 74,999 | 150 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$75,000+ | 191 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 355 | 336 | 94.7 | 90.7-97.0 | 19 | 5.3 | 3.0- 9.3 |
No | 757 | 649 | 83.1 | 78.9-86.5 | 108 | 16.9 | 13.5-21.1 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 160 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Veteran | 970 | 847 | 85.0 | 81.5-87.9 | 123 | 15.0 | 12.1-18.5 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Regional City or Suburban | 262 | 227 | 83.8 | 77.3-88.8 | 35 | 16.2 | 11.2-22.7 |
Rural | 870 | 773 | 87.1 | 83.5-90.1 | 97 | 12.9 | 9.9-16.5 |
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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