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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 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
RACE
White 4,205 3,029 65.7 63.5-67.9 505 14.7 13.1-16.4 298 9.1 7.8-10.5 336 9.6 8.2-11.3 37 0.9 0.6- 1.4
African American 663 525 76.0 70.6-80.7 68 11.0 8.1-14.7 35 7.7 4.6-12.7 34 5.2 3.2- 8.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5
Asian 39 24 56.7 36.7-74.7 7 13.8 5.5-30.5 2 7.3 1.4-30.8 3 9.7 2.2-33.8 3 12.6 3.7-35.4
Native American 91 63 72.8 61.2-82.0 16 15.4 9.0-25.2 8 6.3 2.8-13.3 3 3.8 0.9-14.2 1 1.7 0.2-11.1
Other Minorities 243 121 44.6 36.1-53.5 30 12.8 7.5-21.2 33 15.7 10.1-23.5 29 13.2 8.6-19.8 30 13.6 9.0-20.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 238 126 49.2 40.7-57.8 28 9.9 6.2-15.5 29 14.3 8.9-22.3 24 11.8 7.4-18.4 31 14.8 9.9-21.4
-English Speaking 79 57 69.8 54.4-81.8 10 9.7 4.7-19.2 8 14.1 5.8-30.5 3 4.6 0.8-22.1 1 1.7 0.2-11.1
-Spanish Speaking 159 69 43.0 33.0-53.6 18 9.9 5.6-17.1 21 14.4 8.1-24.2 21 14.0 8.5-22.1 30 18.7 12.4-27.2
Non-Hispanic 5,013 3,643 67.1 65.0-69.1 599 14.3 12.8-15.9 348 8.9 7.7-10.3 382 8.8 7.6-10.2 41 0.9 0.6- 1.4
AGE
18-24 197 117 61.0 52.2-69.2 34 15.7 10.3-23.2 21 9.5 5.6-15.6 18 11.6 6.6-19.5 7 2.1 0.9- 4.9
25-34 464 224 47.7 42.0-53.4 75 15.9 12.3-20.3 71 17.1 13.0-22.3 75 13.9 10.8-17.8 19 5.4 3.3- 8.8
35-44 852 491 58.8 54.6-62.9 161 18.1 15.1-21.5 90 10.3 8.0-13.1 91 10.6 8.3-13.5 19 2.2 1.2- 4.0
45-54 1,114 742 66.6 63.1-70.0 161 15.4 12.8-18.3 102 9.3 7.4-11.7 96 7.7 6.0- 9.7 13 1.1 0.6- 2.1
55-64 1,164 916 78.8 75.6-81.6 99 8.9 7.0-11.2 60 5.2 3.7- 7.2 80 6.4 4.9- 8.4 9 0.7 0.3- 1.6
65-74 916 795 88.1 85.4-90.3 68 6.7 5.0- 8.8 21 1.9 1.2- 3.1 29 3.0 1.9- 4.7 3 0.4 0.1- 1.1
75+ 542 479 88.1 84.3-91.1 30 5.6 3.7- 8.5 13 2.9 1.6- 5.2 18 2.7 1.5- 4.8 2 0.7 0.1- 3.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 762 533 60.1 54.1-65.9 81 11.3 8.3-15.2 51 10.3 6.9-15.1 73 12.2 8.5-17.2 24 6.1 3.8- 9.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,531 1,082 66.0 62.2-69.6 183 13.6 11.2-16.4 115 8.7 6.9-11.1 128 9.7 7.4-12.6 23 1.9 1.1- 3.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,255 915 66.5 62.1-70.6 150 13.3 10.7-16.5 90 10.9 7.9-14.9 84 8.1 6.0-10.8 16 1.2 0.6- 2.2
College Graduate 1,709 1,243 66.5 63.1-69.8 214 15.8 13.2-18.9 121 8.7 6.9-10.7 122 7.9 6.3- 9.7 9 1.1 0.5- 2.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 395 272 66.0 58.1-73.2 47 13.3 8.5-20.1 22 6.7 3.8-11.5 43 9.6 6.2-14.4 11 4.4 2.0- 9.7
$15,000- 24,999 817 556 58.4 52.5-64.0 85 13.2 9.8-17.5 63 9.4 6.0-14.5 94 14.4 10.4-19.6 19 4.7 2.7- 7.9
$25,000- 34,999 597 402 59.1 53.0-64.9 71 13.6 9.9-18.4 59 12.6 9.1-17.0 53 12.8 9.0-18.0 12 1.9 1.0- 3.6
$35,000- 49,999 805 599 68.9 63.9-73.4 88 13.0 9.9-16.9 53 9.4 6.6-13.4 60 7.6 5.4-10.6 5 1.1 0.4- 3.0
$50,000-74,999 836 622 69.2 64.4-73.7 103 14.6 11.4-18.4 50 7.6 5.2-10.9 53 7.5 5.3-10.5 8 1.1 0.4- 3.2
$75,000+ 1,315 975 70.4 66.6-73.9 167 14.1 11.3-17.3 92 8.9 6.8-11.5 74 6.2 4.6- 8.3 7 0.5 0.2- 1.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,848 1,439 71.7 67.8-75.2 164 10.4 8.1-13.4 112 8.9 6.6-11.9 112 7.3 5.5- 9.6 21 1.7 1.0- 3.1
No 3,184 2,179 63.0 60.4-65.5 433 15.0 13.3-16.9 248 9.7 8.2-11.4 277 10.1 8.5-11.9 47 2.3 1.6- 3.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,936 1,566 77.7 74.6-80.4 174 11.1 9.0-13.7 93 5.8 4.4- 7.8 91 4.8 3.6- 6.4 12 0.5 0.3- 1.0
Non-Veteran 3,327 2,210 61.0 58.5-63.5 455 14.8 13.1-16.7 285 10.8 9.2-12.6 317 10.7 9.1-12.4 60 2.7 2.0- 3.8

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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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