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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 |
Region 3 | 510 | 370 | 69.4 | 64.3-74.0 | 92 | 20.0 | 16.1-24.7 | 17 | 3.5 | 2.1- 5.9 | *** | *** | *** | 25 | 6.3 | 4.0- 9.8 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 221 | 146 | 61.4 | 53.4-68.9 | 50 | 25.7 | 19.2-33.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 16 | 9.2 | 5.2-15.8 |
Female | 289 | 224 | 76.9 | 70.8-82.0 | 42 | 14.6 | 10.5-20.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 385 | 286 | 70.3 | 64.4-75.7 | 69 | 20.3 | 15.7-25.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 18 | 6.4 | 3.7-10.8 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 70 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Other | 50 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-44 | 151 | 101 | 65.8 | 56.5-74.0 | 34 | 23.6 | 16.5-32.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
45-64 | 195 | 143 | 70.6 | 62.5-77.6 | 32 | 18.2 | 12.5-25.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
65+ | 157 | 119 | 72.4 | 63.5-79.8 | 26 | 17.5 | 11.7-25.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 205 | 121 | 58.6 | 50.5-66.3 | 53 | 26.3 | 19.7-34.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 17 | 9.5 | 5.4-16.2 |
Some College + | 305 | 249 | 78.5 | 72.4-83.6 | 39 | 14.7 | 10.4-20.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 259 | 170 | 64.1 | 56.8-70.8 | 58 | 23.9 | 18.0-31.1 | 14 | 5.5 | 3.1- 9.6 | *** | *** | *** | 13 | 5.4 | 3.1- 9.3 |
$50,000+ | 164 | 136 | 75.7 | 66.0-83.3 | 21 | 17.3 | 11.2-25.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
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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