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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 6 | 471 | 343 | 70.9 | 65.8-75.6 | 78 | 16.6 | 13.0-21.1 | 12 | 2.7 | 1.4- 5.0 | *** | *** | *** | 32 | 8.5 | 5.9-12.3 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 199 | 141 | 67.3 | 59.2-74.5 | 35 | 18.1 | 12.6-25.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 18 | 11.2 | 6.9-17.6 |
Female | 272 | 202 | 74.1 | 67.4-79.8 | 43 | 15.3 | 10.9-21.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 14 | 6.2 | 3.3-11.2 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 256 | 197 | 74.4 | 67.4-80.4 | 36 | 14.7 | 10.1-20.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 16 | 8.1 | 4.9-13.3 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 147 | 103 | 72.7 | 64.0-80.0 | 28 | 15.5 | 10.4-22.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 12 | 9.0 | 4.7-16.6 |
Other | 62 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-44 | 155 | 113 | 71.0 | 62.3-78.3 | 25 | 16.2 | 10.7-23.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 12 | 9.5 | 5.3-16.5 |
45-64 | 161 | 117 | 70.8 | 61.8-78.4 | 25 | 16.5 | 10.6-24.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 11 | 7.8 | 4.1-14.2 |
65+ | 150 | 110 | 71.7 | 62.7-79.3 | 27 | 16.9 | 11.3-24.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 198 | 126 | 64.6 | 56.5-72.0 | 38 | 18.8 | 13.1-26.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 19 | 10.0 | 6.1-16.0 |
Some College + | 271 | 216 | 76.6 | 69.9-82.2 | 39 | 14.6 | 10.3-20.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 13 | 7.3 | 4.0-12.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 256 | 180 | 69.0 | 61.8-75.4 | 45 | 16.9 | 12.1-23.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 18 | 8.7 | 5.2-14.2 |
$50,000+ | 129 | 105 | 76.8 | 67.0-84.4 | 17 | 15.7 | 9.5-24.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
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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