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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 2,659 | 2,271 | 84.5 | 82.7-86.1 | 388 | 15.5 | 13.9-17.3 |
-Eastern | 828 | 707 | 83.4 | 79.9-86.4 | 121 | 16.6 | 13.6-20.1 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 416 | 342 | 80.6 | 75.5-84.9 | 74 | 19.4 | 15.1-24.5 |
Female | 412 | 365 | 87.3 | 82.5-90.9 | 47 | 12.7 | 9.1-17.5 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 489 | 448 | 91.0 | 87.3-93.6 | 41 | 9.0 | 6.4-12.7 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 217 | 189 | 86.9 | 79.9-91.8 | 28 | 13.1 | 8.2-20.1 |
Other | 112 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 234 | 186 | 77.4 | 70.5-83.0 | 48 | 22.6 | 17.0-29.5 |
35-44 | 189 | 161 | 85.8 | 78.8-90.8 | 28 | 14.2 | 9.2-21.2 |
45-54 | 202 | 173 | 85.7 | 79.2-90.3 | 29 | 14.3 | 9.7-20.8 |
55-64 | 203 | 187 | 93.5 | 88.7-96.4 | 16 | 6.5 | 3.6-11.3 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 46 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 261 | 209 | 81.6 | 75.6-86.4 | 52 | 18.4 | 13.6-24.4 |
Some Post-H.S. | 250 | 218 | 86.6 | 80.5-91.0 | 32 | 13.4 | 9.0-19.5 |
College Graduate | 269 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 45 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$15,000- 24,999 | 134 | 96 | 74.9 | 65.7-82.3 | 38 | 25.1 | 17.7-34.3 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 84 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$35,000- 49,999 | 112 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$50,000- 74,999 | 141 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$75,000+ | 210 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 111 | 91 | 78.2 | 66.3-86.8 | 20 | 21.8 | 13.2-33.7 |
No | 697 | 600 | 84.3 | 80.5-87.4 | 97 | 15.7 | 12.6-19.5 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 145 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Veteran | 681 | 564 | 80.2 | 76.0-83.8 | 117 | 19.8 | 16.2-24.0 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Urban | 63 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Regional City or Suburban | 129 | 112 | 81.7 | 71.5-88.8 | 17 | 18.3 | 11.2-28.5 |
Rural | 636 | 543 | 84.1 | 80.1-87.4 | 93 | 15.9 | 12.6-19.9 |
*Data in this table were derived from health insurance question and only those under age 65 and employed for wages included.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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.
**Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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