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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 5,712 | 2,352 | 37.0 | 35.5-38.5 | 3,360 | 63.0 | 61.5-64.5 |
-Western | 979 | 440 | 40.6 | 36.6-44.7 | 539 | 59.4 | 55.3-63.4 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 421 | 190 | 41.3 | 35.5-47.3 | 231 | 58.7 | 52.7-64.5 |
Female | 558 | 250 | 39.9 | 34.5-45.7 | 308 | 60.1 | 54.3-65.5 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 872 | 394 | 40.6 | 36.4-45.0 | 478 | 59.4 | 55.0-63.6 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 31 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Other | 71 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 89 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
35-44 | 100 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
45-54 | 154 | 66 | 45.3 | 35.3-55.8 | 88 | 54.7 | 44.2-64.7 |
55-64 | 228 | 116 | 51.4 | 43.3-59.4 | 112 | 48.6 | 40.6-56.7 |
65-74 | 246 | 138 | 52.9 | 44.7-60.9 | 108 | 47.1 | 39.1-55.3 |
75+ | 151 | 82 | 49.0 | 39.4-58.6 | 69 | 51.0 | 41.4-60.6 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 96 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 265 | 130 | 41.5 | 34.4-48.9 | 135 | 58.5 | 51.1-65.6 |
Some Post-H.S. | 275 | 126 | 39.9 | 33.1-47.2 | 149 | 60.1 | 52.8-66.9 |
College Graduate | 340 | 130 | 32.7 | 27.3-38.7 | 210 | 67.3 | 61.3-72.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 96 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$15,000- 24,999 | 160 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$25,000- 34,999 | 98 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$35,000- 49,999 | 134 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$50,000- 74,999 | 137 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$75,000+ | 179 | 72 | 29.7 | 22.3-38.4 | 107 | 70.3 | 61.6-77.7 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 333 | 212 | 63.8 | 56.7-70.3 | 121 | 36.2 | 29.7-43.3 |
No | 630 | 225 | 29.4 | 24.9-34.2 | 405 | 70.6 | 65.8-75.1 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 146 | 73 | 45.5 | 35.8-55.6 | 73 | 54.5 | 44.4-64.2 |
Non-Veteran | 832 | 367 | 39.8 | 35.4-44.3 | 465 | 60.2 | 55.7-64.6 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Regional City or Suburban | 221 | 92 | 40.6 | 33.2-48.5 | 129 | 59.4 | 51.5-66.8 |
Rural | 758 | 348 | 40.5 | 35.9-45.4 | 410 | 59.5 | 54.6-64.1 |
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*Asked of respondents who have ever had their blood cholesterol checked.
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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