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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 |
-New Hanover County | 312 | 40 | 12.5 | 8.9-17.4 | 167 | 50.7 | 44.3-57.0 | 57 | 18.6 | 14.2-24.1 | 45 | 17.0 | 12.5-22.7 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.1 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 118 | 19 | 15.0 | 9.1-23.8 | 50 | 40.5 | 31.1-50.8 | 21 | 19.6 | 12.8-29.0 | 25 | 22.2 | 14.7-32.2 | 3 | 2.6 | 0.7- 8.9 |
Female | 194 | 21 | 10.5 | 6.6-16.5 | 117 | 59.0 | 50.8-66.7 | 36 | 17.8 | 12.5-24.7 | 20 | 12.7 | 7.9-19.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 270 | 35 | 12.9 | 9.0-18.3 | 148 | 52.2 | 45.4-59.0 | 50 | 18.8 | 14.1-24.7 | 35 | 14.9 | 10.5-20.7 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.3- 4.9 |
Other | 40 | 5 | 10.7 | 3.8-26.9 | 18 | 42.4 | 26.6-60.0 | 7 | 18.0 | 8.0-35.8 | 9 | 27.4 | 13.7-47.3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2-10.0 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
40-44 | 28 | 1 | 3.0 | 0.4-18.6 | 10 | 35.1 | 18.1-56.8 | 8 | 24.8 | 11.9-44.7 | 8 | 32.1 | 15.7-54.6 | 1 | 5.0 | 0.7-28.1 |
45+ | 284 | 39 | 14.0 | 9.9-19.5 | 157 | 53.1 | 46.4-59.7 | 49 | 17.7 | 13.1-23.4 | 37 | 14.6 | 10.4-20.2 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.3 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 91 | 14 | 16.2 | 9.3-26.8 | 48 | 51.0 | 39.4-62.5 | 14 | 16.1 | 9.0-27.1 | 14 | 15.7 | 8.8-26.5 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 6.9 |
Some College + | 220 | 26 | 11.2 | 7.2-17.0 | 118 | 50.4 | 42.9-58.0 | 43 | 19.6 | 14.4-26.3 | 31 | 17.5 | 12.1-24.7 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 5.6 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 136 | 20 | 13.3 | 7.9-21.4 | 72 | 51.1 | 41.2-61.0 | 20 | 15.4 | 9.3-24.3 | 22 | 19.0 | 12.0-28.7 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.3- 5.1 |
$50,000+ | 131 | 13 | 11.6 | 6.6-19.7 | 71 | 49.7 | 40.3-59.2 | 28 | 19.9 | 13.5-28.4 | 18 | 17.4 | 10.9-26.6 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.2 |
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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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