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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 | 5,505 | 3,384 | 61.1 | 59.5-62.7 | 1,471 | 26.1 | 24.7-27.6 | 310 | 6.1 | 5.3- 7.0 | 99 | 1.9 | 1.4- 2.4 | 241 | 4.8 | 4.1- 5.6 |
Region 3 | 509 | 322 | 61.5 | 56.4-66.4 | 130 | 25.2 | 21.0-29.9 | 24 | 5.3 | 3.4- 8.3 | *** | *** | *** | 24 | 6.0 | 3.9- 9.1 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 220 | 129 | 54.9 | 47.1-62.5 | 58 | 26.7 | 20.3-34.3 | 12 | 6.1 | 3.2-11.3 | *** | *** | *** | 16 | 9.4 | 5.6-15.4 |
Female | 289 | 193 | 67.7 | 61.2-73.5 | 72 | 23.7 | 18.6-29.7 | 12 | 4.5 | 2.4- 8.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 384 | 250 | 62.5 | 56.5-68.1 | 95 | 24.4 | 19.7-29.8 | 15 | 4.9 | 2.7- 8.5 | *** | *** | *** | 20 | 6.5 | 4.0-10.3 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 70 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Other | 50 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-44 | 151 | 101 | 65.7 | 56.6-73.9 | 38 | 25.7 | 18.4-34.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
45-64 | 193 | 115 | 57.5 | 49.2-65.4 | 53 | 25.4 | 19.1-32.8 | 13 | 9.4 | 5.1-16.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
65+ | 158 | 100 | 58.7 | 49.8-67.2 | 38 | 24.4 | 17.8-32.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 204 | 102 | 52.6 | 44.5-60.5 | 63 | 27.1 | 20.7-34.6 | 19 | 9.7 | 5.9-15.8 | *** | *** | *** | 17 | 9.1 | 5.4-15.0 |
Some College + | 305 | 220 | 69.1 | 62.5-74.9 | 67 | 23.5 | 18.2-29.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 259 | 143 | 54.0 | 46.7-61.1 | 75 | 27.7 | 21.7-34.6 | 20 | 8.7 | 5.3-14.0 | *** | *** | *** | 14 | 6.2 | 3.5-10.8 |
$50,000+ | 164 | 124 | 72.3 | 63.4-79.7 | 34 | 22.1 | 15.4-30.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
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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