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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 |
-Orange County | 301 | 30 | 10.6 | 7.0-15.8 | 168 | 54.3 | 47.7-60.8 | 48 | 15.6 | 11.5-21.0 | 51 | 17.0 | 12.6-22.6 | 4 | 2.4 | 0.8- 6.5 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 121 | 13 | 13.2 | 7.1-23.0 | 65 | 52.3 | 42.2-62.2 | 21 | 14.6 | 9.3-22.2 | 19 | 15.6 | 9.4-24.6 | 3 | 4.4 | 1.4-12.9 |
Female | 180 | 17 | 8.3 | 4.9-13.5 | 103 | 56.2 | 47.7-64.4 | 27 | 16.6 | 10.8-24.8 | 32 | 18.4 | 12.7-25.9 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.7 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 253 | 27 | 11.4 | 7.3-17.2 | 141 | 54.7 | 47.7-61.6 | 43 | 16.5 | 12.0-22.3 | 40 | 16.3 | 11.8-22.1 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 4.4 |
Other | 47 | 3 | 7.7 | 2.0-25.3 | 27 | 53.7 | 36.6-69.9 | 5 | 12.3 | 4.3-30.6 | 10 | 18.6 | 8.4-36.1 | 2 | 7.8 | 1.9-26.7 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
40-44 | 28 | 2 | 9.4 | 2.2-32.2 | 14 | 44.1 | 25.6-64.4 | 4 | 22.3 | 8.3-47.6 | 7 | 20.1 | 9.1-38.8 | 1 | 4.1 | 0.6-24.1 |
45+ | 273 | 28 | 10.8 | 7.0-16.3 | 154 | 56.0 | 49.1-62.6 | 44 | 14.6 | 10.7-19.6 | 44 | 16.5 | 11.9-22.5 | 3 | 2.1 | 0.6- 6.9 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 71 | 5 | 5.0 | 1.9-12.8 | 38 | 53.6 | 40.5-66.3 | 11 | 17.6 | 9.2-30.9 | 14 | 16.2 | 9.2-26.9 | 3 | 7.6 | 2.3-22.5 |
Some College + | 230 | 25 | 12.4 | 7.9-18.9 | 130 | 54.6 | 47.0-61.9 | 37 | 15.0 | 10.5-21.1 | 37 | 17.3 | 12.1-24.0 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 5.0 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 108 | 5 | 3.6 | 1.3- 9.4 | 61 | 54.2 | 42.9-65.1 | 16 | 15.2 | 8.6-25.3 | 24 | 22.4 | 14.1-33.5 | 2 | 4.7 | 1.2-17.1 |
$50,000+ | 159 | 23 | 15.5 | 9.7-23.8 | 86 | 52.8 | 43.9-61.5 | 25 | 14.5 | 9.3-21.9 | 23 | 15.7 | 10.3-23.3 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.3- 6.1 |
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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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