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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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Respond.^
Within the past year (<12 months) Within the past 2 years Within the past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 14,583 11,165 71.0 69.8-72.2 1,593 12.7 11.9-13.7 884 7.9 7.2- 8.7 821 6.9 6.2- 7.6 120 1.5 1.1- 1.9
GENDER
Male 5,266 3,779 65.3 63.3-67.3 629 13.8 12.4-15.4 378 9.5 8.2-10.9 408 9.2 7.9-10.5 72 2.2 1.6- 2.9
Female 9,317 7,386 76.4 75.0-77.7 964 11.7 10.7-12.8 506 6.4 5.7- 7.2 413 4.7 4.1- 5.4 48 0.8 0.5- 1.3
RACE
White 11,424 8,705 70.7 69.3-72.0 1,247 13.1 12.1-14.1 711 8.0 7.2- 8.8 695 7.5 6.6- 8.4 66 0.8 0.5- 1.2
African American 2,148 1,786 79.8 76.8-82.4 210 10.8 9.0-12.9 86 5.7 4.0- 8.0 62 3.6 2.5- 5.2 4 0.2 0.1- 0.6
Asian 102 73 63.1 49.2-75.1 15 15.9 8.7-27.4 3 4.4 0.9-18.1 7 8.8 3.2-21.9 4 7.8 2.5-21.6
Native American 275 202 76.3 69.0-82.3 39 12.6 8.6-18.0 20 7.3 3.9-13.2 12 3.0 1.3- 6.9 2 0.8 0.1- 4.8
Other Minorities 580 356 55.2 49.1-61.2 78 13.9 10.0-19.1 60 12.2 8.6-17.1 42 9.2 6.3-13.3 44 9.4 6.6-13.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 585 377 59.4 53.4-65.1 72 11.6 8.6-15.5 54 11.2 7.7-16.1 36 7.8 5.1-11.7 46 10.1 7.1-14.1
-English Speaking 237 185 75.8 66.8-83.0 23 9.4 5.7-14.9 18 10.4 5.4-19.1 8 3.3 0.9-11.1 3 1.1 0.2- 5.2
-Spanish Speaking 348 192 53.5 46.1-60.7 49 12.4 8.6-17.5 36 11.5 7.3-17.7 28 9.4 5.9-14.5 43 13.3 9.3-18.7
Non-Hispanic 13,964 10,761 72.1 70.8-73.3 1,518 12.9 12.0-13.8 828 7.6 6.9- 8.4 783 6.8 6.1- 7.5 74 0.7 0.5- 1.1
AGE
18-24 477 311 65.6 59.8-70.9 77 15.0 11.3-19.6 48 9.1 6.4-12.8 29 8.1 5.1-12.7 12 2.2 1.0- 4.5
25-34 1,485 971 59.1 55.6-62.5 204 14.7 12.4-17.4 136 12.2 9.9-15.1 140 10.5 8.6-12.7 34 3.5 2.3- 5.2
35-44 2,318 1,561 65.6 63.0-68.1 347 15.6 13.8-17.7 226 10.0 8.5-11.8 157 7.5 6.1- 9.0 27 1.3 0.8- 2.2
45-54 2,895 2,052 70.1 67.9-72.3 396 14.4 12.8-16.2 222 8.0 6.8- 9.3 204 6.6 5.6- 7.8 21 0.8 0.5- 1.4
55-64 3,044 2,443 80.3 78.4-82.0 286 9.4 8.2-10.8 145 4.8 3.9- 5.9 158 5.1 4.2- 6.2 12 0.4 0.2- 0.8
65-74 2,449 2,147 88.4 86.8-89.8 158 6.0 4.9- 7.2 63 2.4 1.8- 3.2 73 2.9 2.1- 3.8 8 0.4 0.2- 0.9
75+ 1,828 1,606 87.7 85.6-89.5 118 7.0 5.6- 8.7 41 2.0 1.4- 2.9 58 2.9 2.1- 4.1 5 0.4 0.2- 1.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,075 1,592 68.1 64.3-71.7 180 10.3 8.3-12.7 126 8.8 6.7-11.6 142 9.0 6.8-11.8 35 3.8 2.5- 5.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,365 3,284 70.7 68.5-72.8 490 12.8 11.3-14.5 281 7.8 6.7- 9.1 268 7.3 6.0- 8.8 42 1.4 0.9- 2.1
Some Post-H.S. 3,775 2,896 71.5 69.0-73.9 422 12.5 10.9-14.3 232 8.7 7.0-10.6 199 6.3 5.1- 7.9 26 1.0 0.5- 2.0
College Graduate 4,348 3,378 72.4 70.3-74.4 499 14.1 12.5-15.9 244 6.9 5.9- 8.1 211 5.9 4.9- 6.9 16 0.8 0.4- 1.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,511 1,142 70.9 67.0-74.6 154 12.3 9.7-15.4 93 7.4 5.5- 9.8 102 6.7 5.0- 8.9 20 2.7 1.5- 4.9
$15,000- 24,999 2,380 1,761 66.2 62.6-69.5 241 12.2 10.1-14.6 165 9.1 6.9-11.8 185 10.1 7.9-12.8 28 2.5 1.5- 4.1
$25,000- 34,999 1,599 1,174 66.2 62.5-69.7 189 13.3 10.9-16.1 116 9.2 7.3-11.6 107 10.3 7.9-13.2 13 1.0 0.5- 1.9
$35,000- 49,999 2,082 1,601 72.3 69.2-75.2 231 13.0 10.9-15.5 127 8.3 6.5-10.4 112 5.5 4.2- 7.0 11 1.0 0.5- 2.0
$50,000-74,999 2,082 1,620 73.4 70.4-76.2 232 13.0 10.9-15.4 112 6.5 5.0- 8.3 105 6.2 4.8- 8.0 13 0.9 0.4- 1.9
$75,000+ 2,909 2,284 74.7 72.3-77.0 321 12.5 10.7-14.5 173 7.4 6.1- 9.0 121 5.0 4.0- 6.3 10 0.4 0.2- 0.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,203 4,143 74.7 72.6-76.8 489 10.7 9.3-12.4 283 7.7 6.3- 9.3 249 5.6 4.6- 6.8 39 1.2 0.8- 1.9
No 8,772 6,561 69.5 67.9-71.0 1,028 13.5 12.4-14.6 570 8.0 7.2- 9.0 537 7.5 6.6- 8.5 76 1.5 1.1- 2.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,157 1,743 77.8 74.9-80.4 202 11.4 9.4-13.8 100 5.5 4.1- 7.2 100 4.8 3.7- 6.3 12 0.5 0.3- 1.0
Non-Veteran 12,422 9,418 70.0 68.6-71.3 1,391 13.0 12.0-14.0 784 8.3 7.5- 9.2 721 7.2 6.4- 8.0 108 1.6 1.2- 2.1

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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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