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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 2,659 | 2,271 | 84.5 | 82.7-86.1 | 388 | 15.5 | 13.9-17.3 |
-Western | 362 | 310 | 86.3 | 81.2-90.2 | 52 | 13.7 | 9.8-18.8 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 175 | 150 | 85.6 | 77.6-91.1 | 25 | 14.4 | 8.9-22.4 |
Female | 187 | 160 | 86.9 | 79.9-91.8 | 27 | 13.1 | 8.2-20.1 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 298 | 271 | 89.1 | 83.4-93.0 | 27 | 10.9 | 7.0-16.6 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 17 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Other | 45 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 106 | 81 | 77.3 | 66.4-85.5 | 25 | 22.7 | 14.5-33.6 |
35-44 | 80 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
45-54 | 87 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
55-64 | 89 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 19 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 97 | 75 | 80.7 | 70.3-88.0 | 22 | 19.3 | 12.0-29.7 |
Some Post-H.S. | 113 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
College Graduate | 133 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 17 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$15,000- 24,999 | 48 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$25,000- 34,999 | 35 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$35,000- 49,999 | 52 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$50,000- 74,999 | 72 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$75,000+ | 92 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 39 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
No | 315 | 273 | 87.2 | 81.8-91.2 | 42 | 12.8 | 8.8-18.2 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 22 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Veteran | 340 | 288 | 85.3 | 79.9-89.4 | 52 | 14.7 | 10.6-20.1 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Regional City or Suburban | 96 | 82 | 82.9 | 71.0-90.6 | 14 | 17.1 | 9.4-29.0 |
Rural | 266 | 228 | 87.6 | 81.9-91.7 | 38 | 12.4 | 8.3-18.1 |
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* Data in this table were derived from health insurance question and only those under age 65 and employed for wages included
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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