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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 | 10,126 | 949 | 8.4 | 7.7- 9.1 | 4,574 | 42.9 | 41.6-44.1 | 1,516 | 14.5 | 13.6-15.4 | 2,371 | 25.3 | 24.2-26.5 | 716 | 9.0 | 8.2- 9.8 |
-Wake County | 350 | 35 | 8.7 | 6.0-12.6 | 163 | 43.8 | 37.9-49.9 | 45 | 12.2 | 8.9-16.5 | 84 | 26.4 | 21.3-32.2 | 23 | 8.9 | 5.5-14.0 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 141 | 13 | 7.8 | 4.3-13.9 | 68 | 44.6 | 35.8-53.7 | 14 | 10.8 | 6.2-18.2 | 37 | 29.4 | 21.6-38.7 | 9 | 7.4 | 3.8-14.1 |
Female | 209 | 22 | 9.6 | 5.9-15.4 | 95 | 43.0 | 35.5-51.0 | 31 | 13.6 | 9.4-19.3 | 47 | 23.4 | 17.3-30.7 | 14 | 10.3 | 5.3-19.1 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 280 | 23 | 6.9 | 4.3-10.9 | 140 | 46.8 | 40.3-53.4 | 37 | 13.0 | 9.2-18.0 | 67 | 28.3 | 22.5-34.8 | 13 | 5.1 | 2.8- 9.1 |
Other | 70 | 12 | 14.0 | 7.4-25.0 | 23 | 35.4 | 23.5-49.5 | 8 | 10.0 | 4.5-20.7 | 17 | 21.0 | 11.8-34.7 | 10 | 19.6 | 9.9-35.1 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
40-44 | 56 | 6 | 10.9 | 4.6-23.5 | 14 | 23.0 | 13.4-36.5 | 8 | 15.6 | 7.6-29.3 | 19 | 33.4 | 21.7-47.5 | 9 | 17.1 | 8.3-32.1 |
45+ | 294 | 29 | 8.1 | 5.3-12.2 | 149 | 49.5 | 42.8-56.1 | 37 | 11.3 | 8.0-15.7 | 65 | 24.5 | 19.0-30.9 | 14 | 6.7 | 3.5-12.2 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 69 | 10 | 15.1 | 7.4-28.3 | 31 | 33.7 | 22.6-47.0 | 8 | 16.0 | 7.7-30.3 | 12 | 16.4 | 8.7-28.9 | 8 | 18.8 | 8.4-36.9 |
Some College + | 280 | 25 | 7.0 | 4.5-10.8 | 131 | 46.4 | 39.8-53.1 | 37 | 11.2 | 8.0-15.6 | 72 | 29.0 | 23.1-35.7 | 15 | 6.3 | 3.7-10.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 117 | 17 | 14.2 | 8.3-23.2 | 49 | 39.0 | 28.8-50.2 | 13 | 8.6 | 4.8-14.9 | 31 | 26.1 | 17.9-36.4 | 7 | 12.1 | 5.0-26.7 |
$50,000+ | 191 | 13 | 6.4 | 3.4-11.8 | 96 | 47.2 | 39.4-55.2 | 27 | 14.0 | 9.3-20.4 | 41 | 24.5 | 18.0-32.5 | 14 | 7.8 | 4.5-13.4 |
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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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