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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 Within the past year (<12 months) Within the past 2 years Within the past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,066 9,950 70.8 69.3-72.3 1,443 12.7 11.7-13.9 809 7.6 6.8- 8.5 767 7.6 6.7- 8.7 97 1.2 0.8- 1.9
-MALES 4,902 3,484 64.2 61.7-66.7 599 14.1 12.5-16.0 388 9.5 8.2-11.0 372 10.0 8.4-11.9 59 2.1 1.3- 3.4
RACE
White 3,908 2,804 66.6 64.0-69.1 461 13.5 11.7-15.5 309 9.4 8.0-11.0 300 9.7 8.2-11.5 34 0.8 0.5- 1.2
African American 605 451 68.7 62.5-74.2 87 16.0 11.8-21.3 38 8.5 5.6-12.8 25 5.7 3.4- 9.3 4 1.1 0.4- 3.2
Other Minorities 343 201 46.3 36.5-56.4 44 15.2 9.5-23.4 36 11.6 7.3-18.0 42 16.4 9.2-27.5 20 10.6 5.0-20.9
AGE
18-24 196 108 56.2 45.7-66.2 39 17.9 11.6-26.8 26 11.7 6.9-19.2 17 10.6 5.1-20.8 6 3.5 1.0-11.7
25-34 415 207 49.6 42.2-56.9 70 16.2 11.8-21.8 61 11.6 8.3-16.0 63 17.3 12.6-23.4 14 5.3 2.3-12.0
35-44 714 390 52.4 47.1-57.7 122 19.3 15.3-23.9 88 13.2 10.2-17.0 97 13.2 9.4-18.3 17 1.9 1.0- 3.4
45-54 1,032 672 67.9 63.8-71.8 153 14.4 11.7-17.5 91 8.2 6.2-10.8 102 8.3 6.3-10.8 14 1.2 0.6- 2.4
55-64 1,084 834 77.1 73.3-80.6 117 9.4 7.2-12.1 72 7.2 5.3- 9.6 54 5.9 4.0- 8.7 7 0.4 0.1- 1.2
65+ 1,441 1,258 87.2 84.4-89.5 96 6.0 4.6- 7.9 49 4.3 2.8- 6.4 37 2.5 1.6- 3.9 1 0.0 0.0- 0.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 672 472 56.2 47.8-64.2 67 10.0 5.8-16.9 47 10.5 6.7-16.0 65 14.4 8.8-22.7 21 8.9 4.2-17.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,430 990 63.5 58.9-68.0 179 14.5 11.4-18.2 123 10.5 7.9-13.8 120 10.3 7.8-13.5 18 1.1 0.6- 2.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,156 805 66.0 61.0-70.7 147 13.0 10.2-16.3 93 8.3 6.3-10.9 99 11.9 8.4-16.5 12 0.8 0.4- 1.7
College Graduate 1,634 1,209 67.3 63.7-70.7 206 16.8 14.0-20.0 125 9.2 7.4-11.4 86 6.0 4.4- 8.0 8 0.7 0.3- 1.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 414 262 54.6 43.8-64.9 61 11.8 7.8-17.4 37 12.4 7.1-20.8 45 12.3 7.5-19.5 9 9.0 3.0-23.8
$15,000- 24,999 714 476 55.7 48.8-62.3 81 13.8 9.6-19.6 65 10.1 7.3-13.8 78 16.8 11.4-24.2 14 3.5 1.3- 9.2
$25,000- 34,999 507 350 62.7 54.8-69.9 72 14.7 10.3-20.6 39 10.1 6.2-15.9 38 9.8 6.1-15.2 8 2.8 1.1- 6.5
$35,000- 49,999 637 458 67.2 61.4-72.5 78 13.8 10.1-18.5 50 9.6 6.9-13.4 45 7.6 5.1-11.2 6 1.8 0.7- 4.3
$50,000- 74,999 711 518 67.8 61.8-73.3 86 15.7 11.4-21.2 60 10.8 7.6-15.0 40 5.1 3.2- 8.0 7 0.7 0.3- 1.7
$75,000+ 1,334 1,001 71.2 67.2-74.9 156 14.1 11.3-17.4 99 7.3 5.7- 9.4 73 7.1 5.1- 9.8 5 0.3 0.1- 0.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,611 1,206 71.6 67.5-75.4 183 10.3 8.2-12.8 100 7.0 5.3- 9.1 102 8.7 6.5-11.6 20 2.4 1.0- 5.9
No 2,962 2,047 62.5 59.4-65.5 379 15.7 13.6-18.1 256 9.7 8.2-11.5 243 9.9 8.1-12.1 37 2.2 1.2- 4.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,535 1,258 77.1 72.5-81.0 138 10.5 7.9-13.8 78 5.6 4.1- 7.6 60 6.8 4.0-11.1 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4
Non-Veteran 2,972 1,945 60.2 57.0-63.2 405 15.2 13.1-17.6 281 11.1 9.3-13.1 287 11.1 9.1-13.5 54 2.4 1.5- 3.9

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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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