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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,378 681 5.1 4.5- 5.7 5,753 44.4 42.8-46.0 3,699 31.2 29.7-32.6 407 3.2 2.6- 3.8 1,838 16.2 15.0-17.5
-FEMALES 7,752 479 6.0 5.2- 6.8 3,685 45.9 44.0-47.8 2,272 29.9 28.3-31.7 236 2.8 2.2- 3.4 1,080 15.4 13.9-17.1
RACE
White 6,146 373 5.7 4.8- 6.7 3,058 48.8 46.7-50.9 1,783 29.7 27.9-31.7 174 2.4 1.9- 2.9 758 13.4 12.0-15.0
African American 1,128 77 5.7 4.2- 7.6 381 31.5 26.9-36.5 366 33.0 28.6-37.7 45 4.4 2.7- 7.4 259 25.4 20.4-31.2
Other Minorities 441 27 9.3 5.8-14.8 226 55.3 48.2-62.2 116 25.1 19.6-31.5 15 2.2 1.0- 5.1 57 8.1 5.7-11.3
AGE
18-24 192 7 2.1 0.9- 5.0 78 44.8 34.7-55.4 54 26.6 19.0-35.8 2 0.5 0.1- 2.7 51 26.0 17.5-36.8
25-34 766 42 5.0 3.5- 7.2 330 44.6 39.8-49.6 232 31.9 27.6-36.6 19 2.2 1.1- 4.3 143 16.2 12.7-20.4
35-44 1,201 61 5.9 3.9- 8.9 539 42.9 39.0-47.0 382 31.8 28.1-35.7 39 3.3 1.9- 5.9 180 16.0 13.0-19.5
45-54 1,464 87 7.7 5.8-10.2 672 44.6 40.9-48.3 461 30.7 27.4-34.2 47 3.0 2.0- 4.6 197 14.0 11.3-17.2
55-64 1,587 103 6.6 5.2- 8.5 798 50.6 47.1-54.1 453 27.8 24.7-31.0 55 3.5 2.4- 5.2 178 11.4 9.3-14.0
65+ 2,458 173 6.7 5.5- 8.1 1,227 48.2 45.2-51.2 661 29.0 26.3-32.0 72 3.1 2.2- 4.3 325 13.0 11.1-15.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 911 53 5.6 3.5- 8.8 323 38.2 31.9-45.0 253 27.0 22.1-32.7 39 3.2 2.0- 4.9 243 26.0 20.8-32.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,307 127 5.5 4.0- 7.6 991 41.8 37.9-45.7 721 30.9 27.6-34.3 91 3.6 2.6- 5.0 377 18.3 15.1-22.0
Some Post-H.S. 2,064 112 4.8 3.7- 6.2 1,061 47.7 44.1-51.4 599 31.4 28.0-34.9 52 2.7 1.6- 4.6 240 13.4 10.8-16.5
College Graduate 2,460 187 7.5 6.2- 9.0 1,306 50.7 47.8-53.6 695 29.0 26.4-31.7 54 1.9 1.3- 2.8 218 10.9 8.8-13.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 930 66 8.4 5.2-13.4 366 37.1 31.3-43.2 243 26.4 21.8-31.6 41 4.4 2.3- 8.3 214 23.7 18.4-30.0
$15,000- 24,999 1,287 69 4.8 3.3- 6.8 585 45.2 40.3-50.2 376 27.5 23.6-31.7 35 2.3 1.5- 3.5 222 20.3 16.1-25.3
$25,000- 34,999 806 43 4.7 3.0- 7.4 381 43.7 37.8-49.7 251 35.7 30.2-41.7 26 3.2 1.9- 5.2 105 12.7 9.8-16.3
$35,000- 49,999 1,015 68 5.6 4.0- 7.7 480 49.8 44.2-55.4 313 29.1 24.7-33.8 39 4.2 2.8- 6.5 115 11.3 8.8-14.4
$50,000- 74,999 1,059 61 5.4 3.9- 7.5 548 51.4 46.8-56.0 316 29.1 25.1-33.5 26 3.0 1.4- 6.3 108 11.0 8.5-14.2
$75,000+ 1,412 87 6.8 5.1- 8.8 772 52.5 48.7-56.3 409 29.8 26.5-33.4 28 1.5 0.9- 2.5 116 9.4 7.2-12.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,750 160 5.7 4.5- 7.2 1,247 40.9 37.9-44.1 774 30.6 27.5-33.9 96 3.5 2.4- 5.1 473 19.2 16.3-22.5
No 4,747 300 5.9 5.0- 6.9 2,340 48.3 45.9-50.6 1,414 29.7 27.7-31.8 132 2.5 1.9- 3.2 561 13.6 11.8-15.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 176 10 6.8 3.0-14.5 85 45.9 34.9-57.3 53 34.3 24.1-46.1 5 2.0 0.8- 5.3 23 11.0 6.7-17.6
Non-Veteran 6,916 430 6.0 5.2- 6.9 3,293 45.9 43.9-48.0 2,013 29.9 28.1-31.7 206 2.6 2.0- 3.2 974 15.6 14.0-17.5

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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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