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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 Within the past year (<12 months) Within the past 2 years Within the past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,611 11,931 72.0 70.8-73.1 1,711 12.9 12.1-13.8 945 7.4 6.8- 8.2 902 6.6 5.9- 7.4 122 1.0 0.8- 1.3
-MALES 5,909 4,182 65.2 63.2-67.1 711 14.5 13.1-16.0 459 9.5 8.3-10.8 494 9.3 8.1-10.7 63 1.5 1.1- 2.1
RACE
White 4,693 3,311 65.3 63.2-67.4 566 14.7 13.3-16.3 373 9.7 8.4-11.2 409 9.4 8.2-10.7 34 0.8 0.5- 1.4
African American 722 580 76.4 71.4-80.8 74 11.5 8.5-15.4 40 7.7 5.0-11.8 28 4.3 2.7- 6.7 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 469 275 51.3 44.3-58.2 66 16.7 11.7-23.1 45 10.4 7.0-15.3 54 15.0 9.7-22.5 29 6.6 4.2-10.2
AGE
18-24 196 110 56.2 47.0-64.9 39 18.5 12.8-26.0 27 14.3 9.2-21.8 12 8.9 4.0-18.6 8 2.0 1.0- 4.2
25-34 554 301 53.0 47.8-58.1 100 18.2 14.4-22.6 59 11.0 8.0-14.9 80 14.3 11.0-18.4 14 3.5 1.9- 6.4
35-44 946 545 58.8 54.9-62.7 165 17.8 14.9-21.0 115 12.0 9.6-14.9 108 9.9 7.9-12.4 13 1.5 0.8- 2.6
45-54 1,185 744 65.5 62.0-68.9 169 14.2 11.8-16.9 125 9.5 7.6-11.8 137 10.2 8.3-12.5 10 0.7 0.3- 1.3
55-64 1,354 1,043 77.3 74.4-79.9 126 9.2 7.5-11.4 79 5.5 4.3- 7.2 96 7.3 5.8- 9.3 10 0.6 0.3- 1.3
65-74 987 835 83.8 80.7-86.4 76 8.7 6.7-11.3 36 3.8 2.6- 5.6 39 3.6 2.5- 5.2 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5
75+ 656 582 88.0 84.0-91.0 34 5.5 3.7- 8.1 18 3.4 1.6- 7.0 18 2.4 1.4- 4.3 4 0.7 0.2- 2.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 877 588 55.0 49.3-60.4 95 15.0 10.9-20.4 66 10.0 6.9-14.2 99 14.8 11.3-19.0 29 5.3 3.3- 8.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,740 1,207 62.7 58.7-66.6 213 15.9 13.2-19.0 134 10.0 7.6-13.1 169 9.9 7.4-13.2 17 1.4 0.8- 2.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,354 971 68.5 64.6-72.2 165 13.5 11.2-16.2 102 8.3 6.3-10.9 108 9.1 6.8-12.1 8 0.5 0.2- 1.2
College Graduate 1,924 1,403 70.4 67.6-73.1 237 13.7 11.7-15.8 157 9.6 7.9-11.6 118 6.0 4.8- 7.6 9 0.3 0.1- 0.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 517 340 55.5 48.3-62.4 49 13.8 9.1-20.3 46 10.3 6.9-15.0 70 16.6 11.9-22.6 12 3.9 1.8- 8.3
$15,000- 24,999 891 596 55.9 49.6-62.1 100 14.9 10.7-20.3 68 11.4 7.7-16.5 104 14.4 9.8-20.7 23 3.4 1.9- 6.0
$25,000- 34,999 639 448 64.4 58.0-70.2 78 16.1 11.9-21.4 48 7.2 5.0-10.4 59 10.4 6.7-15.9 6 1.9 0.7- 5.1
$35,000- 49,999 882 623 65.3 60.6-69.6 104 15.8 12.5-19.7 76 8.9 6.5-12.0 71 8.8 6.4-11.9 8 1.3 0.6- 2.8
$50,000-74,999 959 704 70.5 66.2-74.4 114 13.3 10.5-16.6 75 8.9 6.8-11.7 62 6.7 4.7- 9.3 4 0.6 0.2- 2.0
$75,000+ 1,493 1,091 70.4 67.1-73.6 207 14.7 12.4-17.3 112 9.4 7.3-12.0 77 5.2 4.0- 6.9 6 0.3 0.1- 0.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,128 1,635 72.8 69.8-75.6 205 11.4 9.5-13.6 121 6.8 5.2- 8.7 151 8.2 6.6-10.1 16 0.9 0.5- 1.6
No 3,598 2,423 61.9 59.3-64.4 480 15.7 13.9-17.7 329 10.9 9.3-12.8 323 9.8 8.2-11.8 43 1.6 1.1- 2.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,149 1,735 77.1 74.3-79.7 194 10.4 8.7-12.4 106 7.5 5.7- 9.8 109 4.7 3.7- 6.0 5 0.2 0.1- 0.6
Non-Veteran 3,754 2,442 60.8 58.3-63.2 517 16.0 14.3-18.0 353 10.2 8.7-11.9 384 11.0 9.4-12.9 58 2.0 1.4- 2.8

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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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