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| Total Respond.^ |
Very easy | Somewhat easy | Somewhat difficult | Very difficult | I don't pay attention to health information | |||||||||||
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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 8 | 485 | 281 | 55.8 | 50.6-60.9 | 129 | 27.3 | 22.9-32.1 | 33 | 7.6 | 5.2-11.0 | 13 | 2.6 | 1.3- 5.2 | 29 | 6.7 | 4.5-10.0 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 215 | 116 | 52.0 | 44.3-59.6 | 63 | 29.8 | 23.2-37.4 | 15 | 9.3 | 5.3-15.7 | *** | *** | *** | 16 | 7.4 | 4.3-12.6 |
| Female | 270 | 165 | 59.0 | 51.9-65.8 | 66 | 25.2 | 19.7-31.5 | 18 | 6.2 | 3.7-10.1 | *** | *** | *** | 13 | 6.1 | 3.4-10.9 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 293 | 175 | 56.5 | 49.9-63.0 | 73 | 25.3 | 20.0-31.3 | 21 | 8.3 | 5.1-13.1 | *** | *** | *** | 19 | 7.4 | 4.6-11.9 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 108 | *** | *** | *** | 29 | 29.4 | 20.2-40.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 80 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 131 | 77 | 57.3 | 47.7-66.4 | 32 | 23.4 | 16.5-32.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-64 | 189 | 118 | 58.5 | 50.5-66.2 | 50 | 30.7 | 23.7-38.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 65+ | 163 | 85 | 50.2 | 41.6-58.7 | 46 | 28.2 | 21.2-36.4 | 15 | 10.3 | 5.9-17.4 | *** | *** | *** | 12 | 8.0 | 4.2-14.9 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 224 | 89 | 39.3 | 31.8-47.4 | 81 | 36.0 | 29.0-43.6 | 23 | 10.3 | 6.6-15.7 | 11 | 4.8 | 2.3- 9.9 | 20 | 9.6 | 5.9-15.2 |
| Some College + | 260 | 191 | 72.3 | 65.5-78.1 | 48 | 18.6 | 13.8-24.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 248 | 120 | 45.4 | 38.2-52.9 | 82 | 34.3 | 27.7-41.5 | 19 | 9.2 | 5.5-14.8 | *** | *** | *** | 20 | 7.9 | 4.8-12.8 |
| $50,000+ | 134 | 101 | 74.5 | 65.1-82.0 | 23 | 17.1 | 11.1-25.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
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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