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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 5 | 597 | 404 | 68.9 | 64.5-73.0 | 129 | 20.1 | 16.7-23.9 | 39 | 7.1 | 4.9-10.1 | *** | *** | *** | 18 | 3.1 | 1.8- 5.2 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 290 | 192 | 68.2 | 61.7-74.0 | 62 | 19.5 | 14.9-25.2 | 18 | 6.4 | 3.6-11.1 | *** | *** | *** | 14 | 4.8 | 2.6- 8.6 |
Female | 307 | 212 | 69.5 | 63.3-75.1 | 67 | 20.5 | 15.9-26.1 | 21 | 7.7 | 4.7-12.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 377 | 270 | 73.6 | 68.4-78.2 | 75 | 18.2 | 14.3-22.8 | 17 | 4.5 | 2.6- 7.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Hispanic Black | 143 | 95 | 66.6 | 57.2-74.8 | 37 | 25.5 | 18.2-34.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Other | 75 | *** | *** | *** | 16 | 17.6 | 9.9-29.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-44 | 210 | 149 | 73.3 | 66.2-79.4 | 38 | 15.3 | 10.9-21.1 | 14 | 7.0 | 3.8-12.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
45-64 | 199 | 140 | 70.0 | 62.4-76.7 | 40 | 21.0 | 15.3-28.2 | 13 | 7.2 | 4.0-12.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
65+ | 177 | 108 | 59.0 | 50.2-67.3 | 48 | 27.1 | 20.0-35.6 | 12 | 7.5 | 3.6-15.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 191 | 95 | 52.2 | 44.2-60.0 | 51 | 25.4 | 19.2-32.7 | 26 | 14.3 | 9.2-21.4 | *** | *** | *** | 13 | 5.8 | 3.1-10.6 |
Some College + | 406 | 309 | 78.5 | 73.6-82.7 | 78 | 17.0 | 13.3-21.5 | 13 | 2.9 | 1.6- 5.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 254 | 152 | 62.9 | 56.0-69.4 | 63 | 23.8 | 18.3-30.3 | 26 | 9.2 | 6.0-13.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$50,000+ | 237 | 191 | 80.3 | 74.0-85.4 | 38 | 16.3 | 11.8-22.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
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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