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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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Respond.^		 Past month Past year Past 2 years 2+ 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 1,926 299 14.9 12.8-17.3 1,082 54.7 51.5-57.9 254 13.6 11.5-15.9 239 13.9 11.6-16.5 52 2.9 2.0- 4.2
-WHITES 1,338 202 14.4 11.8-17.4 755 56.4 52.6-60.0 178 13.9 11.4-16.9 175 13.4 11.1-16.1 28 2.0 1.2- 3.1
GENDER
Males 579 99 17.2 13.1-22.1 316 54.5 48.9-60.0 77 13.9 10.2-18.6 73 12.5 9.5-16.3 14 2.0 1.0- 3.8
Females 759 103 11.5 8.8-14.9 439 58.3 53.3-63.1 101 13.9 10.8-17.8 102 14.3 11.0-18.4 14 2.0 1.0- 3.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 11 1 4.8 0.6-29.3 6 66.8 33.1-89.1 3 13.9 3.6-41.2 1 14.4 2.0-58.1 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 1,325 200 14.4 11.9-17.4 749 56.3 52.6-60.1 175 13.9 11.4-16.9 173 13.3 11.0-16.0 28 2.0 1.2- 3.1
AGE
25-34 21 1 14.6 2.2-56.8 13 53.4 26.6-78.5 5 27.2 9.1-58.1 2 4.8 0.9-20.9 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 52 2 6.7 1.7-23.0 22 43.0 27.9-59.5 8 13.1 5.9-26.7 14 27.2 14.9-44.6 6 10.0 4.1-22.3
45-54 188 18 11.0 6.3-18.5 92 49.6 40.8-58.4 33 19.0 12.9-27.2 37 17.2 11.9-24.2 8 3.1 1.4- 7.1
55-64 381 45 10.8 7.7-14.9 221 61.3 54.9-67.4 57 12.4 8.9-16.9 53 14.7 10.4-20.3 5 0.9 0.3- 2.3
65-74 389 69 19.0 14.2-24.8 224 57.1 50.8-63.2 50 13.4 9.8-18.1 40 9.4 6.4-13.6 6 1.1 0.4- 2.8
75+ 302 67 21.5 15.9-28.4 179 60.9 53.6-67.7 24 7.7 4.6-12.7 29 9.2 6.1-13.7 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 255 44 19.2 13.0-27.4 129 48.9 40.6-57.3 37 12.6 8.4-18.4 41 18.3 12.1-26.7 4 1.0 0.3- 3.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 443 70 12.7 9.6-16.7 242 55.3 49.0-61.4 56 14.0 10.1-19.0 65 14.8 10.9-19.7 10 3.3 1.6- 6.7
Some Post-H.S. 362 47 13.8 8.5-21.6 214 57.1 49.2-64.6 49 16.2 10.6-24.0 42 11.0 7.6-15.6 10 1.9 1.0- 3.9
College Graduate 277 40 12.9 8.9-18.3 170 63.2 55.6-70.1 36 11.9 8.2-17.0 27 11.3 6.9-17.8 4 0.8 0.2- 2.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 221 28 11.7 7.2-18.6 120 58.7 50.1-66.9 31 12.3 7.7-19.0 36 14.7 10.1-20.9 6 2.6 1.0- 6.3
$15,000- 24,999 277 44 15.1 10.3-21.7 152 56.8 49.2-64.1 35 12.1 8.2-17.5 41 14.7 10.3-20.4 5 1.3 0.5- 3.1
$25,000- 34,999 163 23 9.4 5.8-14.9 85 52.0 40.8-63.0 28 21.6 11.7-36.4 21 14.8 9.1-23.2 6 2.2 0.8- 5.9
$35,000- 49,999 179 28 13.0 8.5-19.5 99 55.8 46.1-65.1 27 17.7 11.1-27.0 24 13.3 8.4-20.3 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3
$50,000-74,999 146 15 9.3 5.3-15.8 90 58.7 48.6-68.1 19 12.9 7.6-20.9 17 14.8 8.6-24.3 5 4.4 1.6-11.6
$75,000+ 150 27 17.6 11.2-26.7 101 67.9 57.5-76.8 15 9.4 5.0-16.8 5 4.3 1.2-13.9 2 0.8 0.2- 3.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 812 132 14.5 11.7-17.9 444 56.8 52.0-61.4 115 14.9 11.5-19.2 106 12.3 9.6-15.7 15 1.5 0.8- 2.7
No 507 67 14.3 9.9-20.2 299 55.0 48.9-61.0 62 12.6 9.3-17.0 66 15.2 11.4-20.1 13 2.8 1.5- 5.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 308 62 19.3 14.5-25.1 179 58.0 51.0-64.6 29 9.8 6.1-15.3 33 11.6 7.7-17.2 5 1.3 0.5- 3.6
Non-Veteran 1,030 140 13.0 10.1-16.5 576 55.9 51.5-60.2 149 15.1 12.1-18.6 142 13.9 11.2-17.1 23 2.2 1.3- 3.6

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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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