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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 12,657 1,786 12.5 11.6-13.5 8,353 66.6 65.1-68.1 1,784 14.5 13.5-15.6 107 0.9 0.7- 1.2 627 5.4 4.6- 6.4
-FEMALES 7,927 1,229 14.1 13.0-15.3 5,243 67.5 65.7-69.2 1,021 13.2 11.9-14.6 58 0.8 0.5- 1.2 376 4.4 3.5- 5.6
RACE
White 6,270 976 14.4 13.1-15.8 4,206 69.1 67.2-70.9 757 11.9 10.6-13.3 45 0.9 0.5- 1.4 286 3.8 3.1- 4.7
African American 1,166 169 11.9 9.6-14.8 731 63.4 58.2-68.3 197 17.7 14.4-21.7 9 0.6 0.3- 1.3 60 6.3 3.2-11.9
Other Minorities 451 75 16.7 12.2-22.5 280 64.3 57.3-70.7 62 12.2 8.1-17.8 4 1.0 0.2- 4.2 30 5.8 3.8- 8.9
AGE
18-24 197 26 8.4 5.0-13.7 117 62.9 52.6-72.0 38 18.8 12.5-27.4 2 0.6 0.1- 3.2 14 9.3 4.0-20.2
25-34 767 96 12.5 9.7-15.9 526 71.4 67.0-75.4 104 12.2 9.4-15.7 3 0.2 0.1- 0.6 38 3.7 2.5- 5.5
35-44 1,211 164 13.3 10.7-16.4 848 69.0 65.1-72.7 158 14.7 12.0-18.0 4 0.4 0.1- 1.1 37 2.5 1.7- 3.8
45-54 1,484 232 16.2 13.8-19.0 1,004 66.9 63.2-70.3 189 12.1 9.9-14.6 15 1.6 0.7- 3.7 44 3.3 1.9- 5.7
55-64 1,623 256 15.5 13.3-18.0 1,080 68.6 65.4-71.7 223 12.1 10.1-14.4 17 1.1 0.5- 2.4 47 2.6 1.8- 3.9
65+ 2,557 434 16.0 14.1-18.2 1,609 64.8 61.9-67.6 302 11.7 9.6-14.1 17 0.9 0.5- 1.6 195 6.6 5.4- 8.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 954 101 9.4 6.8-12.7 544 59.0 52.9-64.9 188 21.0 16.5-26.3 13 1.2 0.5- 2.8 108 9.5 6.5-13.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,362 294 11.9 9.8-14.4 1,520 62.3 58.4-66.1 380 18.4 15.4-21.7 23 0.8 0.5- 1.5 145 6.6 4.3- 9.9
Some Post-H.S. 2,100 327 12.5 10.7-14.5 1,454 73.7 70.7-76.5 246 10.3 8.6-12.3 12 1.2 0.5- 2.7 61 2.4 1.4- 3.8
College Graduate 2,501 505 19.2 17.1-21.5 1,722 69.9 67.2-72.5 204 8.2 6.7-10.1 10 0.4 0.2- 0.8 60 2.3 1.3- 3.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 961 121 12.3 8.8-16.9 546 58.0 51.8-64.0 185 20.8 16.2-26.4 12 1.2 0.5- 2.8 97 7.7 5.2-11.2
$15,000- 24,999 1,313 173 10.2 8.3-12.6 836 67.0 62.4-71.3 204 15.4 12.2-19.2 11 0.9 0.4- 2.0 89 6.5 4.4- 9.5
$25,000- 34,999 830 107 12.0 9.0-15.7 569 68.9 63.6-73.7 113 14.0 10.7-18.0 5 0.8 0.2- 3.0 36 4.4 2.8- 6.7
$35,000- 49,999 1,031 164 14.5 11.4-18.2 701 71.2 66.6-75.4 125 11.0 8.6-14.0 9 0.7 0.3- 1.7 32 2.6 1.6- 4.0
$50,000- 74,999 1,067 187 16.1 13.1-19.6 753 72.1 67.9-76.0 97 9.7 7.1-13.0 5 0.2 0.1- 0.6 25 1.9 1.2- 3.1
$75,000+ 1,424 266 17.9 15.4-20.7 1,025 73.1 69.8-76.2 108 7.2 5.6- 9.3 6 0.4 0.2- 1.0 19 1.3 0.7- 2.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,834 374 11.6 10.0-13.5 1,748 63.1 59.9-66.2 469 17.2 14.7-20.1 32 1.3 0.8- 2.2 211 6.7 5.2- 8.6
No 4,829 819 15.2 13.8-16.7 3,309 69.5 67.3-71.6 525 11.5 10.1-13.1 26 0.6 0.3- 1.2 150 3.1 2.1- 4.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 179 26 8.6 5.4-13.4 128 79.2 70.8-85.7 25 12.2 7.1-20.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Veteran 7,070 1,089 14.1 12.9-15.3 4,672 67.2 65.2-69.1 906 13.1 11.8-14.6 54 0.9 0.6- 1.3 349 4.7 3.7- 6.0

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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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