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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 |
-AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES | 396 | 35 | 9.5 | 6.3-14.0 | 146 | 34.5 | 28.9-40.6 | 41 | 11.6 | 7.8-16.8 | 114 | 29.8 | 24.2-36.2 | 60 | 14.6 | 10.9-19.3 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
40-44 | 60 | 5 | 11.9 | 4.9-26.3 | 19 | 35.8 | 23.4-50.5 | 3 | 5.8 | 1.6-19.1 | 16 | 22.2 | 13.0-35.3 | 17 | 24.4 | 14.6-37.7 |
45-54 | 137 | 7 | 6.3 | 2.6-14.7 | 51 | 31.7 | 23.0-42.0 | 15 | 12.9 | 6.7-23.4 | 40 | 32.5 | 22.5-44.4 | 24 | 16.5 | 10.4-25.4 |
55-64 | 104 | 14 | 11.1 | 6.0-19.4 | 35 | 36.1 | 25.0-48.9 | 16 | 17.0 | 9.2-29.3 | 29 | 28.1 | 18.6-39.9 | 10 | 7.7 | 3.8-15.0 |
65-74 | 57 | 3 | 6.3 | 1.9-19.3 | 25 | 38.1 | 25.2-53.0 | 3 | 5.1 | 1.5-16.2 | 22 | 46.7 | 32.4-61.5 | 4 | 3.8 | 1.2-11.3 |
75+ | 38 | 6 | 18.0 | 6.1-42.4 | 16 | 35.6 | 19.8-55.3 | 4 | 12.7 | 3.2-39.2 | 7 | 23.5 | 8.5-50.3 | 5 | 10.2 | 4.0-23.8 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 66 | 3 | 4.9 | 1.3-17.1 | 28 | 42.2 | 27.9-57.9 | 4 | 6.8 | 2.1-20.1 | 17 | 29.6 | 16.6-46.9 | 14 | 16.5 | 9.1-28.0 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 161 | 12 | 8.3 | 3.9-16.6 | 52 | 25.8 | 18.7-34.5 | 21 | 16.9 | 9.8-27.6 | 51 | 32.6 | 23.8-42.8 | 25 | 16.4 | 10.5-24.9 |
Some Post-H.S. | 92 | 8 | 9.9 | 4.4-20.9 | 36 | 38.5 | 26.8-51.7 | 8 | 5.9 | 2.3-14.4 | 22 | 28.1 | 17.0-42.6 | 18 | 17.6 | 10.4-28.3 |
College Graduate | 77 | 12 | 14.3 | 7.3-26.0 | 30 | 41.8 | 29.1-55.6 | 8 | 10.9 | 5.0-22.3 | 24 | 26.9 | 16.9-39.8 | 3 | 6.2 | 1.8-19.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 53 | 3 | 5.6 | 1.4-20.2 | 15 | 32.6 | 16.6-54.1 | 5 | 8.5 | 2.8-23.3 | 20 | 37.6 | 22.1-56.0 | 10 | 15.7 | 7.3-30.4 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 65 | 5 | 5.7 | 2.0-15.5 | 23 | 32.3 | 20.9-46.2 | 4 | 5.3 | 1.6-16.5 | 20 | 37.4 | 23.8-53.3 | 13 | 19.3 | 10.5-32.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 53 | 3 | 7.6 | 1.7-28.3 | 21 | 39.4 | 25.0-56.0 | 5 | 7.8 | 2.6-20.8 | 15 | 28.5 | 16.6-44.5 | 9 | 16.6 | 8.1-31.1 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 74 | 8 | 16.3 | 7.7-31.3 | 25 | 30.9 | 20.0-44.5 | 9 | 9.9 | 4.3-20.9 | 20 | 24.7 | 14.1-39.7 | 12 | 18.1 | 9.5-31.8 |
$50,000-74,999 | 49 | 3 | 2.3 | 0.7- 7.5 | 22 | 43.6 | 26.2-62.7 | 7 | 12.0 | 4.8-27.2 | 14 | 35.9 | 18.8-57.6 | 3 | 6.2 | 1.6-21.5 |
$75,000+ | 63 | 9 | 14.7 | 7.0-28.3 | 23 | 31.4 | 20.3-45.1 | 8 | 17.6 | 8.4-33.3 | 13 | 18.9 | 10.5-31.6 | 10 | 17.3 | 8.9-31.1 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 153 | 16 | 10.9 | 6.0-19.1 | 53 | 34.5 | 25.2-45.0 | 11 | 10.7 | 4.6-23.1 | 46 | 27.4 | 19.2-37.4 | 27 | 16.5 | 10.5-25.0 |
No | 234 | 19 | 8.9 | 5.1-15.0 | 88 | 34.0 | 27.0-41.7 | 30 | 12.3 | 8.1-18.4 | 65 | 31.2 | 23.9-39.7 | 32 | 13.5 | 9.1-19.6 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 152 | 17 | 12.5 | 6.9-21.5 | 55 | 31.5 | 23.0-41.4 | 24 | 17.2 | 10.6-26.7 | 37 | 25.3 | 17.6-34.8 | 19 | 13.6 | 7.9-22.4 |
Non-Veteran | 244 | 18 | 7.7 | 4.4-13.2 | 91 | 36.3 | 29.0-44.2 | 17 | 8.3 | 4.3-15.3 | 77 | 32.5 | 25.1-41.0 | 41 | 15.3 | 10.8-21.2 |
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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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