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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
-WHITES 12,103 9,197 72.2 71.0-73.5 1,306 12.5 11.6-13.4 767 7.8 7.0- 8.6 752 6.8 6.1- 7.6 81 0.7 0.5- 0.9
GENDER
Males 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
Females 7,410 5,886 78.5 77.0-79.9 740 10.5 9.4-11.6 394 6.0 5.3- 6.9 343 4.5 3.9- 5.3 47 0.5 0.3- 0.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 110 88 74.4 60.1-84.8 13 14.3 6.6-28.4 4 6.6 2.1-19.3 5 4.7 1.7-12.4 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 11,971 9,090 72.2 70.9-73.5 1,292 12.5 11.6-13.4 761 7.8 7.0- 8.6 747 6.9 6.2- 7.6 81 0.7 0.5- 0.9
AGE
18-24 253 177 68.0 60.4-74.7 38 15.4 10.9-21.4 24 10.1 6.2-15.9 12 6.0 3.0-11.5 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1
25-34 967 627 63.1 59.2-66.8 154 16.2 13.6-19.3 82 9.5 7.2-12.3 95 10.2 8.0-12.8 9 1.1 0.4- 2.5
35-44 1,744 1,128 64.8 62.0-67.5 276 15.9 13.9-18.2 183 11.2 9.5-13.2 147 7.4 6.1- 9.0 10 0.6 0.3- 1.2
45-54 2,327 1,615 70.2 67.8-72.5 303 12.6 11.0-14.3 206 8.5 7.1-10.0 188 8.1 6.8- 9.6 15 0.7 0.4- 1.2
55-64 2,742 2,157 78.9 76.9-80.7 254 9.2 8.0-10.7 142 5.1 4.2- 6.2 176 6.4 5.3- 7.6 13 0.4 0.2- 0.8
65-74 2,268 1,916 84.1 82.2-85.9 172 7.8 6.5- 9.3 87 4.3 3.3- 5.5 84 3.6 2.8- 4.6 9 0.3 0.1- 0.5
75+ 1,731 1,529 88.3 86.3-90.1 104 6.4 5.1- 8.1 38 2.2 1.5- 3.3 44 2.1 1.4- 3.0 16 1.0 0.5- 1.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,356 1,006 65.7 61.4-69.8 126 12.3 9.6-15.7 90 9.4 6.8-12.7 121 11.2 8.9-14.2 13 1.4 0.5- 3.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 3,462 2,615 70.6 67.9-73.1 354 13.1 11.2-15.3 226 8.3 6.7-10.3 236 7.1 5.9- 8.4 31 0.9 0.6- 1.5
Some Post-H.S. 3,273 2,493 73.2 70.7-75.6 356 11.8 10.2-13.5 210 7.3 6.0- 8.8 197 7.2 5.7- 9.0 17 0.6 0.3- 1.0
College Graduate 3,989 3,065 74.6 72.7-76.4 468 12.6 11.3-14.0 240 7.4 6.3- 8.6 197 5.1 4.3- 6.2 19 0.3 0.2- 0.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,101 780 67.3 62.7-71.6 121 12.5 9.5-16.2 75 8.3 6.0-11.2 113 11.1 8.7-14.1 12 0.9 0.4- 1.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,692 1,222 65.7 61.7-69.5 167 10.3 8.3-12.6 126 11.4 8.4-15.3 156 11.0 8.8-13.6 21 1.7 0.8- 3.4
$25,000- 34,999 1,219 908 68.3 63.7-72.6 133 14.4 11.3-18.2 85 7.8 5.9-10.3 86 8.6 5.7-12.6 7 0.8 0.4- 2.0
$35,000- 49,999 1,751 1,320 70.5 67.1-73.7 188 12.7 10.4-15.4 120 8.2 6.4-10.6 111 7.8 6.0-10.1 12 0.7 0.4- 1.4
$50,000-74,999 1,890 1,486 75.0 72.0-77.7 193 12.0 9.9-14.4 116 7.1 5.6- 8.9 88 5.4 4.0- 7.1 7 0.6 0.2- 1.4
$75,000+ 2,853 2,203 74.3 71.9-76.6 363 13.8 12.1-15.7 163 7.2 5.8- 8.9 115 4.5 3.5- 5.6 9 0.2 0.1- 0.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 4,472 3,549 76.9 75.0-78.7 403 10.1 8.9-11.6 250 6.5 5.5- 7.7 238 6.0 5.0- 7.1 32 0.5 0.4- 0.8
No 7,363 5,456 70.3 68.7-71.9 872 13.5 12.4-14.8 505 8.4 7.4- 9.6 485 7.1 6.2- 8.1 45 0.6 0.4- 0.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,965 1,583 77.3 74.4-79.8 173 10.5 8.7-12.7 95 6.5 4.9- 8.5 106 5.3 4.1- 6.7 8 0.4 0.2- 1.0
Non-Veteran 10,135 7,612 71.4 69.9-72.7 1,133 12.8 11.8-13.9 672 8.0 7.2- 9.0 645 7.1 6.3- 7.9 73 0.7 0.5- 1.0

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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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