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| Total Respond.^ |
No | Yes | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,499 | 5,411 | 81.0 | 79.7-82.2 | 1,088 | 19.0 | 17.8-20.3 |
| -Western | 1,105 | 909 | 78.0 | 74.1-81.4 | 196 | 22.0 | 18.6-25.9 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 486 | 397 | 79.6 | 74.4-84.0 | 89 | 20.4 | 16.0-25.6 |
| Female | 619 | 512 | 76.6 | 70.8-81.5 | 107 | 23.4 | 18.5-29.2 |
| RACE | |||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 953 | 792 | 78.1 | 73.9-81.8 | 161 | 21.9 | 18.2-26.1 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 38 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 108 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-34 | 167 | 120 | 68.3 | 58.8-76.5 | 47 | 31.7 | 23.5-41.2 |
| 35-44 | 120 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 164 | 123 | 72.2 | 61.7-80.7 | 41 | 27.8 | 19.3-38.3 |
| 55-64 | 234 | 191 | 83.1 | 76.4-88.2 | 43 | 16.9 | 11.8-23.6 |
| 65-74 | 253 | 222 | 89.4 | 84.3-93.0 | 31 | 10.6 | 7.0-15.7 |
| 75+ | 156 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 118 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 309 | 241 | 74.5 | 67.3-80.5 | 68 | 25.5 | 19.5-32.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 308 | 243 | 81.3 | 75.4-86.1 | 65 | 18.7 | 13.9-24.6 |
| College Graduate | 367 | 343 | 92.1 | 87.7-95.0 | 24 | 7.9 | 5.0-12.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 112 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 197 | 136 | 63.3 | 53.5-72.1 | 61 | 36.7 | 27.9-46.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 112 | 97 | 85.8 | 76.5-91.8 | 15 | 14.2 | 8.2-23.5 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 148 | 127 | 84.4 | 74.1-91.1 | 21 | 15.6 | 8.9-25.9 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 147 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 191 | 173 | 84.7 | 75.4-91.0 | 18 | 15.3 | 9.0-24.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 354 | 282 | 77.3 | 70.4-83.0 | 72 | 22.7 | 17.0-29.6 |
| No | 746 | 624 | 78.4 | 73.6-82.6 | 122 | 21.6 | 17.4-26.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 155 | 133 | 86.4 | 77.9-92.0 | 22 | 13.6 | 8.0-22.1 |
| Non-Veteran | 948 | 775 | 76.9 | 72.6-80.7 | 173 | 23.1 | 19.3-27.4 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
| Regional City or Suburban | 259 | 229 | 87.3 | 81.7-91.3 | 30 | 12.7 | 8.7-18.3 |
| Rural | 846 | 680 | 74.6 | 69.8-78.9 | 166 | 25.4 | 21.1-30.2 |
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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
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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