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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 |
-Durham County | 284 | 41 | 12.1 | 8.5-17.0 | 165 | 55.9 | 48.8-62.8 | 37 | 13.3 | 9.3-18.7 | 37 | 16.1 | 11.2-22.6 | 4 | 2.5 | 0.8- 7.2 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 104 | 15 | 10.8 | 6.2-18.3 | 60 | 53.1 | 41.8-64.1 | 12 | 14.1 | 7.9-23.9 | 15 | 18.9 | 11.0-30.6 | 2 | 3.1 | 0.6-13.6 |
Female | 180 | 26 | 13.3 | 8.5-20.3 | 105 | 58.4 | 49.7-66.6 | 25 | 12.7 | 8.2-19.0 | 22 | 13.6 | 8.5-21.2 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.5- 7.7 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 183 | 25 | 12.0 | 7.8-18.0 | 115 | 62.7 | 54.4-70.3 | 22 | 13.1 | 8.3-20.1 | 21 | 12.2 | 7.6-19.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Other | 99 | 16 | 12.9 | 7.2-21.9 | 48 | 45.9 | 34.5-57.8 | 15 | 14.1 | 8.0-23.7 | 16 | 21.5 | 12.7-33.9 | 4 | 5.6 | 1.9-15.4 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
40-44 | 33 | 4 | 7.3 | 2.6-18.8 | 18 | 57.2 | 38.3-74.1 | 3 | 8.3 | 2.4-24.8 | 6 | 19.5 | 8.5-38.7 | 2 | 7.8 | 1.8-28.7 |
45+ | 251 | 37 | 13.4 | 9.2-19.0 | 147 | 55.6 | 48.1-62.8 | 34 | 14.6 | 10.1-20.6 | 31 | 15.3 | 10.2-22.3 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.8 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 79 | 10 | 10.6 | 5.2-20.2 | 45 | 55.4 | 42.1-67.9 | 8 | 9.6 | 4.3-20.0 | 13 | 17.8 | 9.6-30.6 | 3 | 6.6 | 1.9-20.5 |
Some College + | 205 | 31 | 12.9 | 8.5-18.9 | 120 | 56.2 | 47.8-64.2 | 29 | 15.0 | 10.0-21.7 | 24 | 15.4 | 9.7-23.5 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 115 | 20 | 14.7 | 8.8-23.4 | 59 | 51.1 | 39.8-62.2 | 14 | 10.0 | 5.5-17.8 | 18 | 17.5 | 10.2-28.3 | 4 | 6.7 | 2.3-18.0 |
$50,000+ | 139 | 16 | 9.2 | 5.4-15.4 | 88 | 60.9 | 51.1-69.9 | 21 | 17.3 | 11.0-26.0 | 14 | 12.6 | 7.0-21.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
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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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