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| Total Respond.^ |
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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 4 | 820 | 607 | 72.4 | 68.7-75.9 | 135 | 17.3 | 14.5-20.5 | 27 | 3.4 | 2.3- 5.2 | 12 | 1.9 | 0.9- 3.6 | 39 | 5.0 | 3.5- 7.1 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 380 | 278 | 71.4 | 65.8-76.4 | 60 | 16.9 | 13.0-21.7 | 16 | 3.8 | 2.2- 6.4 | *** | *** | *** | 22 | 6.2 | 3.9- 9.8 |
| Female | 440 | 329 | 73.3 | 68.2-77.9 | 75 | 17.6 | 13.8-22.2 | 11 | 3.2 | 1.7- 5.9 | *** | *** | *** | 17 | 3.9 | 2.3- 6.6 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 543 | 408 | 73.6 | 69.1-77.8 | 86 | 16.9 | 13.5-20.9 | 19 | 3.2 | 2.0- 5.3 | *** | *** | *** | 22 | 4.2 | 2.6- 6.6 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 158 | 124 | 76.5 | 68.0-83.2 | 22 | 14.9 | 9.7-22.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 110 | *** | *** | *** | 26 | 24.1 | 16.0-34.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 276 | 198 | 70.5 | 63.9-76.3 | 46 | 18.5 | 13.7-24.6 | 13 | 3.9 | 2.2- 6.9 | *** | *** | *** | 16 | 5.5 | 3.2- 9.1 |
| 45-64 | 307 | 234 | 74.8 | 68.9-79.8 | 49 | 15.8 | 11.8-20.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 12 | 4.7 | 2.5- 8.5 |
| 65+ | 229 | 169 | 72.1 | 64.7-78.5 | 38 | 16.9 | 12.0-23.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 11 | 4.9 | 2.4- 9.9 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 302 | 174 | 56.3 | 49.8-62.6 | 78 | 26.6 | 21.3-32.7 | 14 | 5.2 | 3.0- 8.8 | 11 | 4.3 | 2.2- 8.6 | 25 | 7.6 | 4.9-11.7 |
| Some College + | 513 | 429 | 83.9 | 80.0-87.2 | 57 | 10.9 | 8.2-14.4 | 13 | 2.3 | 1.2- 4.2 | *** | *** | *** | 13 | 2.8 | 1.6- 4.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 348 | 216 | 59.5 | 53.4-65.3 | 83 | 25.3 | 20.3-31.1 | 16 | 4.8 | 2.8- 7.9 | *** | *** | *** | 26 | 7.2 | 4.7-10.9 |
| $50,000+ | 332 | 286 | 83.9 | 78.8-88.0 | 34 | 11.8 | 8.3-16.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
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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