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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,487 | 4,078 | 72.9 | 71.4-74.4 | 917 | 17.5 | 16.2-18.8 | 161 | 3.2 | 2.6- 3.9 | 76 | 1.4 | 1.0- 1.9 | 255 | 5.0 | 4.3- 5.8 |
| Regions 1 & 2 | 942 | 703 | 72.2 | 68.0-76.1 | 161 | 18.8 | 15.6-22.5 | 21 | 2.6 | 1.4- 4.8 | 16 | 1.8 | 0.8- 3.8 | 41 | 4.6 | 3.1- 6.8 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 401 | 292 | 70.8 | 64.3-76.5 | 71 | 19.9 | 15.0-25.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 22 | 5.3 | 3.2- 8.7 |
| Female | 541 | 411 | 73.5 | 67.9-78.5 | 90 | 17.8 | 13.9-22.6 | 12 | 3.2 | 1.4- 7.4 | *** | *** | *** | 19 | 3.9 | 2.1- 7.3 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 822 | 625 | 72.9 | 68.4-77.0 | 130 | 17.7 | 14.3-21.6 | 19 | 2.9 | 1.5- 5.4 | 12 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.1 | 36 | 4.8 | 3.1- 7.3 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 37 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 77 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 236 | 171 | 71.2 | 62.7-78.4 | 46 | 19.2 | 13.5-26.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-64 | 333 | 252 | 74.3 | 67.8-79.9 | 52 | 17.9 | 13.0-24.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 14 | 4.4 | 2.3- 8.3 |
| 65+ | 361 | 275 | 74.1 | 67.8-79.5 | 58 | 16.7 | 12.4-22.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 17 | 4.6 | 2.5- 8.2 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 387 | 251 | 65.2 | 58.3-71.5 | 85 | 22.8 | 17.6-29.1 | 13 | 3.8 | 1.6- 8.4 | 12 | 3.4 | 1.5- 7.7 | 26 | 4.8 | 3.0- 7.6 |
| Some College + | 556 | 453 | 78.6 | 73.5-82.9 | 76 | 15.2 | 11.6-19.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 15 | 4.4 | 2.3- 8.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 492 | 335 | 64.8 | 58.6-70.6 | 107 | 25.0 | 19.9-30.9 | 13 | 2.6 | 1.4- 4.8 | 14 | 3.2 | 1.4- 7.2 | 23 | 4.4 | 2.6- 7.4 |
| $50,000+ | 292 | 253 | 84.2 | 77.6-89.2 | 27 | 9.5 | 5.8-15.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2016 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2016 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.
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