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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 |
-FEMALES | 7,600 | 1,027 | 12.4 | 11.5-13.4 | 4,052 | 52.3 | 50.9-53.8 | 1,219 | 16.6 | 15.6-17.8 | 1,229 | 17.0 | 15.9-18.1 | 73 | 1.6 | 1.2- 2.3 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 6,060 | 819 | 12.3 | 11.3-13.4 | 3,259 | 53.2 | 51.6-54.9 | 988 | 17.1 | 15.9-18.4 | 949 | 16.2 | 15.1-17.5 | 45 | 1.1 | 0.8- 1.6 |
African American | 1,217 | 173 | 14.0 | 11.7-16.7 | 639 | 50.7 | 46.9-54.5 | 186 | 16.1 | 13.5-19.1 | 210 | 18.6 | 15.7-21.9 | 9 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.5 |
Other Minorities | 301 | 34 | 8.4 | 5.6-12.6 | 142 | 42.5 | 34.8-50.6 | 40 | 10.3 | 6.8-15.5 | 66 | 23.4 | 17.4-30.7 | 19 | 15.3 | 8.5-26.1 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
40-44 | 743 | 72 | 10.4 | 7.9-13.5 | 334 | 43.3 | 39.0-47.8 | 136 | 19.0 | 15.7-22.8 | 167 | 22.4 | 18.7-26.5 | 34 | 4.8 | 3.3- 7.1 |
45-54 | 1,826 | 210 | 10.3 | 8.8-12.2 | 863 | 46.8 | 43.9-49.8 | 339 | 19.3 | 17.1-21.7 | 391 | 21.5 | 19.2-24.0 | 23 | 2.0 | 1.0- 4.0 |
55-64 | 1,971 | 235 | 11.6 | 10.0-13.5 | 1,006 | 53.2 | 50.5-56.0 | 364 | 16.8 | 15.0-18.8 | 351 | 17.3 | 15.3-19.5 | 15 | 1.0 | 0.5- 2.0 |
65-74 | 1,716 | 243 | 13.5 | 11.6-15.7 | 1,018 | 60.0 | 57.1-62.9 | 254 | 15.7 | 13.7-18.0 | 200 | 10.7 | 9.2-12.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0- 0.1 |
75+ | 1,344 | 267 | 19.2 | 16.8-21.9 | 831 | 63.5 | 60.1-66.6 | 126 | 9.3 | 7.5-11.4 | 120 | 8.1 | 6.4-10.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,112 | 154 | 11.2 | 9.2-13.6 | 554 | 46.0 | 41.9-50.1 | 156 | 14.6 | 11.9-17.8 | 227 | 23.1 | 19.5-27.1 | 21 | 5.1 | 2.7- 9.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,340 | 302 | 12.4 | 10.7-14.3 | 1,227 | 49.8 | 47.1-52.4 | 374 | 17.4 | 15.4-19.5 | 414 | 19.1 | 17.1-21.4 | 23 | 1.3 | 0.8- 2.2 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,083 | 274 | 11.4 | 9.8-13.1 | 1,097 | 53.1 | 50.3-55.9 | 370 | 18.6 | 16.5-20.9 | 327 | 16.0 | 14.1-18.1 | 15 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.7 |
College Graduate | 2,052 | 295 | 14.1 | 12.3-16.2 | 1,167 | 57.0 | 54.3-59.7 | 317 | 15.0 | 13.2-17.0 | 259 | 12.9 | 11.1-14.9 | 14 | 1.0 | 0.5- 1.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 1,026 | 125 | 11.5 | 9.1-14.3 | 487 | 45.5 | 41.4-49.7 | 153 | 15.4 | 12.7-18.7 | 248 | 25.2 | 21.7-29.0 | 13 | 2.4 | 1.2- 4.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,282 | 172 | 11.3 | 9.4-13.4 | 657 | 47.3 | 43.6-51.1 | 188 | 17.6 | 14.7-20.9 | 244 | 20.8 | 18.0-24.0 | 21 | 3.0 | 1.3- 6.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 793 | 122 | 15.6 | 12.7-18.9 | 408 | 48.7 | 44.2-53.2 | 136 | 16.9 | 13.8-20.5 | 122 | 17.7 | 14.4-21.5 | 5 | 1.1 | 0.3- 4.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 997 | 132 | 11.0 | 8.8-13.6 | 513 | 50.2 | 46.1-54.4 | 184 | 18.6 | 15.7-22.0 | 159 | 18.6 | 15.4-22.4 | 9 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.2 |
$50,000-74,999 | 943 | 133 | 13.5 | 11.0-16.3 | 515 | 55.0 | 51.1-58.9 | 163 | 17.1 | 14.4-20.2 | 124 | 13.5 | 10.9-16.5 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.3 |
$75,000+ | 1,275 | 160 | 11.6 | 9.5-14.0 | 761 | 59.9 | 56.5-63.2 | 205 | 16.1 | 13.8-18.8 | 142 | 11.5 | 9.5-13.9 | 7 | 0.9 | 0.4- 2.0 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 3,217 | 447 | 12.9 | 11.5-14.4 | 1,714 | 52.9 | 50.6-55.2 | 496 | 16.2 | 14.5-18.0 | 537 | 17.1 | 15.4-18.9 | 23 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.5 |
No | 4,284 | 562 | 12.1 | 10.9-13.4 | 2,288 | 52.0 | 50.1-53.9 | 708 | 16.8 | 15.5-18.3 | 678 | 17.0 | 15.5-18.6 | 48 | 2.1 | 1.4- 3.1 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 157 | 21 | 10.3 | 6.1-16.9 | 79 | 50.1 | 39.7-60.4 | 27 | 18.4 | 11.7-27.6 | 30 | 21.2 | 13.7-31.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Non-Veteran | 7,443 | 1,006 | 12.5 | 11.6-13.5 | 3,973 | 52.4 | 50.9-53.9 | 1,192 | 16.6 | 15.5-17.7 | 1,199 | 16.9 | 15.8-18.0 | 73 | 1.7 | 1.2- 2.3 |
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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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