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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 8 | 479 | 349 | 72.7 | 67.8-77.1 | 83 | 18.4 | 14.7-22.8 | 14 | 2.9 | 1.6- 5.1 | *** | *** | *** | 23 | 3.9 | 2.5- 6.2 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 210 | 149 | 71.2 | 63.8-77.7 | 41 | 20.2 | 14.7-27.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 11 | 5.0 | 2.6- 9.4 |
| Female | 269 | 200 | 73.9 | 67.3-79.6 | 42 | 16.9 | 12.3-22.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 12 | 3.1 | 1.6- 5.8 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 288 | 219 | 75.3 | 69.1-80.6 | 48 | 17.1 | 12.7-22.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 11 | 3.4 | 1.7- 6.5 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 109 | 77 | 72.5 | 62.2-80.8 | 17 | 15.7 | 9.5-24.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 78 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 130 | 92 | 72.5 | 63.4-80.0 | 26 | 18.9 | 12.7-27.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-64 | 188 | 141 | 73.5 | 65.8-80.1 | 31 | 18.5 | 12.9-25.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 65+ | 159 | 114 | 71.7 | 63.1-78.9 | 26 | 17.7 | 12.0-25.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 12 | 6.7 | 3.3-12.9 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 218 | 136 | 63.7 | 55.9-70.8 | 49 | 22.7 | 17.0-29.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 15 | 5.7 | 3.2- 9.9 |
| Some College + | 260 | 212 | 81.5 | 75.5-86.3 | 34 | 14.2 | 9.9-20.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 245 | 156 | 62.9 | 55.5-69.7 | 58 | 26.1 | 20.2-33.1 | 11 | 4.0 | 2.0- 7.6 | *** | *** | *** | 13 | 4.0 | 2.1- 7.4 |
| $50,000+ | 133 | 120 | 90.9 | 84.2-95.0 | 11 | 7.6 | 3.9-14.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
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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