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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 6 | 471 | 277 | 57.3 | 52.0-62.5 | 140 | 30.1 | 25.4-35.2 | 21 | 5.3 | 3.2- 8.8 | *** | *** | *** | 24 | 5.8 | 3.8- 8.9 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 200 | 112 | 52.5 | 44.5-60.4 | 59 | 33.2 | 25.9-41.5 | 11 | 5.5 | 2.7-11.0 | *** | *** | *** | 14 | 7.0 | 4.0-12.1 |
Female | 271 | 165 | 61.6 | 54.6-68.1 | 81 | 27.3 | 21.7-33.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 254 | 160 | 62.4 | 55.0-69.3 | 71 | 27.4 | 21.2-34.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 11 | 5.3 | 2.9- 9.6 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 149 | 85 | 57.7 | 48.7-66.3 | 47 | 32.9 | 25.0-41.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Other | 62 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-44 | 155 | 102 | 63.4 | 54.4-71.6 | 41 | 27.3 | 20.0-36.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
45-64 | 160 | 99 | 59.1 | 50.1-67.5 | 40 | 26.0 | 19.0-34.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
65+ | 151 | 75 | 43.8 | 35.1-52.9 | 57 | 40.6 | 31.9-50.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 198 | 89 | 45.1 | 37.2-53.2 | 66 | 35.3 | 27.8-43.7 | 14 | 6.8 | 3.6-12.6 | *** | *** | *** | 20 | 9.7 | 6.1-15.2 |
Some College + | 271 | 187 | 68.3 | 61.5-74.3 | 74 | 25.5 | 20.2-31.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 255 | 145 | 54.1 | 46.7-61.2 | 79 | 32.4 | 25.8-39.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 16 | 7.0 | 4.1-11.6 |
$50,000+ | 129 | 90 | 69.1 | 59.5-77.3 | 34 | 25.5 | 18.2-34.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
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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