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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 | 10,126 | 949 | 8.4 | 7.7- 9.1 | 4,574 | 42.9 | 41.6-44.1 | 1,516 | 14.5 | 13.6-15.4 | 2,371 | 25.3 | 24.2-26.5 | 716 | 9.0 | 8.2- 9.8 |
-Mecklenburg County | 444 | 46 | 9.8 | 7.0-13.4 | 197 | 40.3 | 35.1-45.7 | 70 | 15.5 | 12.1-19.6 | 102 | 25.0 | 20.5-30.2 | 29 | 9.5 | 6.4-13.7 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 181 | 18 | 9.3 | 5.5-15.2 | 71 | 36.9 | 29.2-45.2 | 25 | 13.2 | 8.7-19.6 | 53 | 29.3 | 22.3-37.5 | 14 | 11.3 | 6.6-18.7 |
Female | 263 | 28 | 10.3 | 6.9-15.0 | 126 | 44.0 | 37.6-50.7 | 45 | 18.0 | 13.4-23.8 | 49 | 20.3 | 15.2-26.4 | 15 | 7.4 | 4.4-12.2 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 340 | 36 | 9.1 | 6.4-13.0 | 153 | 40.1 | 34.5-46.0 | 54 | 16.6 | 12.6-21.5 | 79 | 27.3 | 21.9-33.4 | 18 | 6.9 | 4.2-11.2 |
Other | 104 | 10 | 11.2 | 5.8-20.4 | 44 | 40.6 | 30.0-52.2 | 16 | 12.9 | 7.3-21.9 | 23 | 19.9 | 12.5-30.1 | 11 | 15.4 | 8.5-26.3 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
40-44 | 61 | 2 | 3.4 | 0.7-15.3 | 20 | 33.5 | 21.6-47.9 | 13 | 17.9 | 10.2-29.8 | 17 | 27.9 | 17.2-41.8 | 9 | 17.3 | 8.9-30.9 |
45+ | 383 | 44 | 11.6 | 8.4-15.8 | 177 | 42.2 | 36.7-47.9 | 57 | 14.8 | 11.2-19.2 | 85 | 24.2 | 19.5-29.7 | 20 | 7.3 | 4.5-11.5 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 111 | 14 | 10.9 | 6.2-18.5 | 42 | 29.1 | 20.2-39.8 | 16 | 15.3 | 8.9-25.2 | 28 | 28.5 | 19.4-39.8 | 11 | 16.2 | 8.6-28.3 |
Some College + | 333 | 32 | 9.3 | 6.3-13.7 | 155 | 44.3 | 38.3-50.5 | 54 | 15.5 | 11.7-20.2 | 74 | 23.8 | 18.8-29.6 | 18 | 7.1 | 4.4-11.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 170 | 21 | 11.7 | 7.4-18.2 | 62 | 31.8 | 24.0-40.8 | 34 | 21.0 | 14.6-29.3 | 40 | 22.0 | 15.7-29.9 | 13 | 13.4 | 7.5-22.8 |
$50,000+ | 210 | 17 | 8.9 | 5.3-14.6 | 99 | 43.3 | 36.0-50.9 | 29 | 12.5 | 8.5-18.0 | 52 | 27.6 | 21.1-35.2 | 13 | 7.6 | 4.2-13.3 |
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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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