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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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Respond.^		 Past month Past year Past 2 years 2+ 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 1,683 290 16.3 13.6-19.5 922 52.1 47.9-56.3 223 12.8 10.6-15.3 187 11.6 9.3-14.4 61 7.1 3.9-12.5
-WHITES 1,197 230 18.1 15.0-21.8 640 52.3 47.9-56.6 161 13.4 10.8-16.5 140 13.1 10.2-16.6 26 3.2 1.8- 5.5
GENDER
Male 496 109 21.2 16.4-26.9 259 52.4 46.0-58.6 63 13.0 9.4-17.8 52 10.3 7.2-14.5 13 3.2 1.7- 5.9
Female 701 121 15.4 11.4-20.4 381 52.2 46.3-58.1 98 13.7 10.3-18.1 88 15.6 11.2-21.3 13 3.1 1.2- 7.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 7 2 21.7 4.3-63.2 2 19.4 3.6-61.1 2 15.1 2.9-51.4 1 43.9 8.5-86.8 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 1,185 228 18.2 15.0-21.9 634 52.4 48.1-56.7 159 13.4 10.8-16.6 138 12.7 9.9-16.2 26 3.2 1.8- 5.5
AGE
18-44 72 6 6.8 2.7-15.9 32 44.7 30.5-59.8 15 22.3 12.8-36.0 13 20.7 9.7-38.7 6 5.5 2.3-12.8
45-54 148 21 15.2 7.3-29.0 74 53.3 41.0-65.3 27 12.1 7.4-19.3 23 14.8 8.5-24.6 3 4.5 1.2-15.7
55-64 339 51 15.3 10.2-22.3 190 53.7 45.8-61.4 47 14.4 9.7-20.7 43 13.2 8.4-20.2 8 3.4 1.2- 9.7
65+ 632 151 24.7 20.0-30.0 341 53.0 47.2-58.7 71 10.7 7.4-15.4 60 9.8 6.7-14.2 9 1.8 0.7- 4.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 251 49 23.7 14.9-35.5 121 42.5 33.1-52.4 33 10.3 6.4-16.1 39 16.9 9.8-27.4 9 6.7 2.6-15.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 391 67 17.5 12.2-24.4 202 50.0 42.5-57.5 56 11.5 8.1-16.1 56 17.8 12.3-25.1 10 3.2 1.6- 6.5
Some Post-H.S. 324 63 14.5 10.3-20.0 177 54.5 46.4-62.5 52 19.5 13.5-27.3 29 10.9 6.4-17.8 3 0.6 0.2- 2.1
College Graduate 228 51 19.6 13.7-27.1 137 61.6 52.4-70.1 20 10.3 5.8-17.7 16 4.9 2.7- 8.6 4 3.6 0.8-15.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 191 35 17.3 11.4-25.5 79 39.6 29.5-50.8 38 22.5 13.3-35.6 34 17.9 11.0-27.8 5 2.6 0.9- 6.9
$15,000- 24,999 235 45 23.9 16.7-33.0 120 46.8 38.2-55.6 31 12.1 7.9-18.0 34 15.5 10.1-23.0 5 1.7 0.6- 5.0
$25,000- 34,999 133 26 14.4 8.7-22.8 72 50.6 39.1-62.1 17 15.3 8.5-25.9 15 10.5 5.6-18.6 3 9.3 2.9-26.0
$35,000- 49,999 158 31 19.0 11.9-28.8 85 50.1 39.2-60.9 22 15.0 8.9-24.0 18 14.9 8.2-25.8 2 1.0 0.2- 4.3
$50,000- 74,999 129 18 8.9 5.0-15.2 75 53.6 40.4-66.4 20 18.7 10.4-31.2 14 14.1 6.5-28.1 2 4.7 0.8-23.3
$75,000+ 155 28 9.3 6.0-14.1 101 72.7 62.9-80.7 13 8.6 4.1-17.2 8 6.7 2.9-14.6 5 2.7 1.0- 7.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 704 130 18.1 13.7-23.5 364 51.6 45.9-57.3 97 13.7 10.3-18.0 98 13.6 10.5-17.6 15 3.0 1.4- 6.1
No 447 89 18.0 13.6-23.4 255 53.9 46.9-60.7 58 12.9 9.1-18.0 35 11.7 7.0-18.8 10 3.5 1.5- 8.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 219 49 22.3 15.0-31.9 125 55.6 46.0-64.8 27 13.3 8.1-21.0 14 5.8 2.9-11.0 4 3.0 0.9- 9.2
Non-Veteran 862 155 17.1 13.4-21.5 454 50.2 45.0-55.4 123 14.5 11.3-18.5 111 15.1 11.4-19.8 19 3.1 1.5- 6.2

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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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