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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 5 | 598 | 454 | 76.1 | 71.8-79.9 | 98 | 15.7 | 12.5-19.4 | 16 | 3.6 | 2.0- 6.2 | *** | *** | *** | 23 | 3.7 | 2.3- 5.7 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 292 | 215 | 72.7 | 66.2-78.4 | 52 | 17.2 | 12.6-23.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 14 | 5.0 | 2.8- 8.7 |
| Female | 306 | 239 | 79.1 | 73.4-83.9 | 46 | 14.3 | 10.3-19.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 379 | 308 | 82.0 | 77.2-85.9 | 55 | 13.3 | 9.9-17.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 143 | 103 | 74.5 | 65.9-81.6 | 23 | 13.9 | 8.7-21.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 74 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 210 | 156 | 73.7 | 66.2-80.1 | 31 | 15.6 | 10.6-22.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-64 | 197 | 150 | 79.7 | 73.2-84.9 | 36 | 15.3 | 10.8-21.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 65+ | 180 | 140 | 76.1 | 67.5-83.0 | 30 | 17.0 | 11.1-25.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 191 | 117 | 63.1 | 55.1-70.4 | 46 | 22.4 | 16.5-29.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 12 | 6.1 | 3.3-11.0 |
| Some College + | 407 | 337 | 83.4 | 78.6-87.3 | 52 | 11.8 | 8.5-16.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 11 | 2.3 | 1.2- 4.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 253 | 169 | 66.7 | 59.7-72.9 | 54 | 20.8 | 15.7-27.1 | 13 | 6.2 | 3.5-10.8 | *** | *** | *** | 14 | 5.2 | 2.9- 9.3 |
| $50,000+ | 237 | 210 | 91.2 | 86.7-94.2 | 24 | 7.2 | 4.6-11.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
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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