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| Total Respond.^ |
Within the past month | Within the past year | Within the past 2 years | 2 or more years ago | Never | |||||||||||
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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 | 12,213 | 1,586 | 12.0 | 11.3-12.8 | 6,284 | 50.2 | 49.0-51.4 | 1,917 | 15.9 | 15.1-16.8 | 2,249 | 19.8 | 18.9-20.8 | 177 | 2.1 | 1.7- 2.5 |
| -Buncombe County | 286 | 44 | 14.6 | 10.8-19.6 | 136 | 44.7 | 38.4-51.3 | 38 | 15.5 | 11.2-21.1 | 65 | 23.5 | 18.3-29.6 | 3 | 1.7 | 0.5- 5.0 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 108 | 13 | 11.8 | 6.8-19.8 | 53 | 45.7 | 35.5-56.2 | 13 | 13.3 | 7.6-22.3 | 27 | 26.7 | 18.2-37.3 | 2 | 2.6 | 0.6- 9.7 |
| Female | 178 | 31 | 17.0 | 11.8-24.0 | 83 | 43.9 | 36.1-52.1 | 25 | 17.3 | 11.6-25.0 | 38 | 20.8 | 15.0-28.1 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.1 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 260 | 41 | 15.1 | 11.0-20.5 | 123 | 44.4 | 37.7-51.2 | 37 | 16.9 | 12.2-22.9 | 57 | 22.4 | 17.1-28.8 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.8 |
| Other | 25 | 3 | 9.9 | 3.0-28.0 | 12 | 47.6 | 27.2-68.8 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.3-13.0 | 8 | 34.6 | 16.8-58.1 | 1 | 6.0 | 0.8-32.4 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 40-44 | 24 | 2 | 7.2 | 1.8-25.0 | 7 | 26.7 | 12.5-48.0 | 3 | 10.8 | 3.5-29.1 | 10 | 47.1 | 27.5-67.6 | 2 | 8.2 | 2.0-27.9 |
| 45+ | 262 | 42 | 15.8 | 11.5-21.2 | 129 | 47.6 | 40.8-54.4 | 35 | 16.2 | 11.5-22.3 | 55 | 19.8 | 15.1-25.6 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.4 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 92 | 12 | 12.6 | 6.9-21.9 | 46 | 46.0 | 34.3-58.2 | 11 | 14.6 | 7.8-25.6 | 21 | 23.2 | 14.2-35.4 | 2 | 3.7 | 0.9-13.5 |
| Some College + | 193 | 32 | 15.7 | 10.9-22.0 | 89 | 43.9 | 36.5-51.5 | 27 | 16.0 | 10.9-22.9 | 44 | 23.8 | 17.7-31.1 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 158 | 21 | 11.7 | 7.4-18.2 | 69 | 41.6 | 33.0-50.7 | 16 | 11.5 | 6.8-18.9 | 50 | 33.0 | 25.0-42.0 | 2 | 2.2 | 0.5- 8.4 |
| $50,000+ | 99 | 15 | 15.1 | 9.1-23.9 | 53 | 49.7 | 39.3-60.0 | 18 | 19.8 | 12.5-30.0 | 12 | 14.2 | 8.0-24.0 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 8.4 |
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^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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