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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,685 | 949 | 15.5 | 14.4-16.6 | 5,736 | 84.5 | 83.4-85.6 |
-Western | 1,130 | 153 | 15.7 | 12.9-18.8 | 977 | 84.3 | 81.2-87.1 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 502 | 64 | 13.9 | 10.4-18.4 | 438 | 86.1 | 81.6-89.6 |
Female | 628 | 89 | 17.3 | 13.4-22.0 | 539 | 82.7 | 78.0-86.6 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 970 | 114 | 14.6 | 11.8-18.0 | 856 | 85.4 | 82.0-88.2 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 41 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Other | 113 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 175 | 41 | 25.0 | 17.9-33.7 | 134 | 75.0 | 66.3-82.1 |
35-44 | 121 | 20 | 13.8 | 7.5-23.8 | 101 | 86.2 | 76.2-92.5 |
45-54 | 167 | 32 | 14.2 | 9.2-21.1 | 135 | 85.8 | 78.9-90.8 |
55-64 | 242 | 34 | 17.3 | 11.7-24.7 | 208 | 82.7 | 75.3-88.3 |
65-74 | 254 | 18 | 7.7 | 4.5-12.8 | 236 | 92.3 | 87.2-95.5 |
75+ | 160 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 120 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 318 | 51 | 18.3 | 13.3-24.5 | 267 | 81.7 | 75.5-86.7 |
Some Post-H.S. | 313 | 51 | 14.8 | 10.8-19.9 | 262 | 85.2 | 80.1-89.2 |
College Graduate | 376 | 26 | 6.8 | 4.3-10.6 | 350 | 93.2 | 89.4-95.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 120 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$15,000- 24,999 | 198 | 56 | 30.2 | 22.2-39.6 | 142 | 69.8 | 60.4-77.8 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 115 | 27 | 26.6 | 18.0-37.6 | 88 | 73.4 | 62.4-82.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 149 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$50,000- 74,999 | 150 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$75,000+ | 191 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 354 | 67 | 20.6 | 15.5-26.7 | 287 | 79.4 | 73.3-84.5 |
No | 756 | 80 | 12.9 | 9.8-16.7 | 676 | 87.1 | 83.3-90.2 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 160 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Veteran | 968 | 143 | 17.0 | 14.0-20.6 | 825 | 83.0 | 79.4-86.0 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Regional City or Suburban | 260 | 36 | 17.0 | 11.8-23.7 | 224 | 83.0 | 76.3-88.2 |
Rural | 870 | 117 | 15.2 | 12.1-18.9 | 753 | 84.8 | 81.1-87.9 |
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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