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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
-WHITE 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
AGE
18-24 117 68 57.9 46.9-68.2 24 18.4 11.8-27.4 16 15.0 8.5-25.1 7 7.7 3.2-17.5 2 0.9 0.2- 4.0
25-34 374 198 53.2 47.1-59.2 74 19.4 15.2-24.5 40 11.7 8.1-16.6 56 13.8 10.2-18.4 6 1.9 0.7- 5.0
35-44 698 383 55.7 51.2-60.0 129 19.7 16.3-23.6 93 13.2 10.5-16.5 88 10.6 8.3-13.3 5 0.8 0.3- 2.1
45-54 926 561 63.5 59.6-67.2 135 14.2 11.7-17.1 106 10.2 8.1-12.9 117 11.5 9.2-14.3 7 0.6 0.2- 1.3
55-64 1,125 858 75.9 72.7-78.8 108 9.8 7.9-12.3 67 5.6 4.2- 7.3 85 8.1 6.4-10.3 7 0.5 0.2- 1.3
65-74 857 722 83.0 79.7-85.9 64 8.7 6.5-11.5 34 4.3 2.9- 6.3 37 4.0 2.8- 5.9 0 0.0 . - .
75+ 577 510 87.9 84.2-90.9 30 6.1 4.0- 9.2 17 2.8 1.6- 4.7 16 2.3 1.2- 4.2 4 0.9 0.3- 3.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 553 382 57.1 50.5-63.5 55 13.9 9.7-19.5 41 10.5 6.6-16.5 68 16.2 12.0-21.4 7 2.3 0.7- 7.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,332 917 63.0 58.7-67.1 162 15.7 12.7-19.3 107 10.8 7.9-14.5 133 9.3 7.4-11.6 13 1.2 0.6- 2.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,115 787 66.6 62.1-70.8 138 14.5 11.7-17.7 88 8.0 5.9-10.8 95 10.2 7.4-14.0 7 0.7 0.3- 1.6
College Graduate 1,687 1,220 68.5 65.5-71.4 210 14.4 12.3-16.8 137 9.9 8.0-12.1 113 6.9 5.5- 8.7 7 0.2 0.1- 0.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 323 209 58.2 50.0-66.0 34 14.8 9.4-22.5 28 10.7 6.6-16.9 48 15.2 10.5-21.4 4 1.1 0.3- 3.5
$15,000- 24,999 609 412 58.7 52.0-65.0 64 11.1 8.1-15.0 46 13.0 7.6-21.3 78 14.5 11.0-18.9 9 2.7 1.0- 7.3
$25,000- 34,999 476 331 61.6 53.9-68.8 55 16.2 11.2-22.8 40 8.9 5.9-13.3 47 12.4 7.3-20.3 3 0.8 0.2- 3.2
$35,000- 49,999 711 497 65.2 60.0-70.1 77 13.2 10.1-17.2 69 10.1 7.3-14.0 63 10.6 7.6-14.6 5 0.8 0.3- 1.9
$50,000-74,999 838 618 69.4 64.8-73.7 97 13.9 10.8-17.6 62 8.1 6.0-10.8 57 7.8 5.5-11.0 4 0.8 0.2- 2.4
$75,000+ 1,332 957 68.1 64.5-71.6 196 16.4 13.8-19.3 101 9.6 7.4-12.5 72 5.6 4.2- 7.4 6 0.3 0.1- 0.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,693 1,296 72.8 69.6-75.7 163 11.9 9.8-14.4 96 6.3 4.8- 8.3 127 8.5 6.8-10.5 11 0.5 0.3- 1.1
No 2,885 1,940 62.4 59.6-65.0 390 15.9 14.0-18.0 270 11.4 9.5-13.4 265 9.6 8.1-11.4 20 0.8 0.4- 1.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,824 1,473 77.1 74.1-79.8 162 10.8 8.9-13.0 89 6.7 5.0- 8.8 96 5.2 4.0- 6.7 4 0.3 0.1- 0.8
Non-Veteran 2,866 1,836 60.4 57.7-63.0 404 16.4 14.5-18.5 284 11.0 9.3-13.0 312 11.1 9.5-12.9 30 1.1 0.7- 1.8

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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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