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Total Respond.^ |
Every day | Some days | Not at all | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,529 | 143 | 2.6 | 2.1- 3.2 | 123 | 2.3 | 1.8- 2.8 | 6,263 | 95.1 | 94.4-95.8 |
-Western | 1,112 | 48 | 5.0 | 3.5- 7.1 | 24 | 2.6 | 1.6- 4.2 | 1,040 | 92.4 | 89.9-94.3 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 489 | 40 | 9.6 | 6.6-13.8 | 19 | 4.2 | 2.4- 7.3 | 430 | 86.2 | 81.6-89.8 |
Female | 623 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
RACE | ||||||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 960 | 40 | 5.3 | 3.6- 7.6 | 18 | 2.4 | 1.3- 4.2 | 902 | 92.3 | 89.6-94.4 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 38 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Other | 108 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-34 | 168 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 150 | 88.4 | 80.9-93.2 |
35-44 | 121 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
45-54 | 165 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 150 | 91.5 | 85.6-95.1 |
55-64 | 235 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 221 | 94.6 | 90.7-96.9 |
65-74 | 253 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
75+ | 159 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 118 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 311 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 292 | 92.1 | 86.6-95.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 308 | 19 | 5.3 | 3.1- 9.1 | *** | *** | *** | 279 | 91.0 | 86.2-94.2 |
College Graduate | 372 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 112 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$15,000- 24,999 | 197 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$25,000- 34,999 | 114 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$35,000- 49,999 | 148 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$50,000- 74,999 | 148 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$75,000+ | 191 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 176 | 88.5 | 79.9-93.7 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 355 | 20 | 4.6 | 2.8- 7.7 | *** | *** | *** | 331 | 93.9 | 90.2-96.2 |
No | 752 | 28 | 5.2 | 3.3- 8.1 | 20 | 3.1 | 1.8- 5.2 | 704 | 91.7 | 88.5-94.1 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 157 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Veteran | 953 | 44 | 5.1 | 3.5- 7.3 | 18 | 2.4 | 1.4- 4.2 | 891 | 92.5 | 89.9-94.5 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | ||||||||||
Regional City or Suburban | 261 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Rural | 851 | 41 | 5.6 | 3.8- 8.3 | 22 | 3.3 | 2.0- 5.5 | 788 | 91.0 | 87.9-93.4 |
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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