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2010 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 11,970 9,493 74.5 73.1-75.9 1,162 11.4 10.5-12.5 644 7.0 6.2- 7.9 600 6.1 5.4- 6.9 71 0.9 0.6- 1.3
-FEMALES 7,544 6,182 78.6 77.1-80.2 688 10.6 9.5-11.8 348 5.5 4.7- 6.4 300 4.9 4.1- 5.8 26 0.4 0.2- 0.8
RACE
White 5,773 4,705 77.6 75.7-79.3 521 10.1 8.9-11.4 269 6.1 5.1- 7.3 259 5.8 4.9- 7.0 19 0.4 0.2- 0.9
African American 1,311 1,122 83.0 79.2-86.3 116 11.5 8.7-15.0 47 3.1 2.1- 4.6 25 2.3 1.1- 4.9 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3
Other Minorities 415 320 76.5 69.3-82.4 46 12.5 7.9-19.3 28 5.5 3.2- 9.3 15 3.2 1.5- 6.3 6 2.3 0.9- 5.9
AGE
18-24 187 132 71.5 62.3-79.2 29 15.0 9.6-22.8 13 7.0 3.4-13.8 10 5.5 2.4-12.4 3 1.0 0.2- 3.9
25-34 619 442 71.0 66.1-75.4 88 13.5 10.4-17.3 47 7.6 5.3-10.7 38 6.9 4.7-10.1 4 1.0 0.3- 3.7
35-44 1,058 803 76.4 72.9-79.5 132 12.0 9.6-14.9 68 5.9 4.4- 7.8 51 5.5 3.9- 7.6 4 0.2 0.1- 0.6
45-54 1,387 1,060 75.4 72.3-78.3 152 11.7 9.6-14.1 98 7.2 5.6- 9.1 73 5.5 4.0- 7.4 4 0.3 0.1- 0.7
55-64 1,610 1,343 83.8 81.3-86.0 140 8.3 6.8-10.1 63 3.7 2.7- 5.0 59 4.0 2.8- 5.7 5 0.2 0.1- 0.5
65+ 2,589 2,319 90.2 88.5-91.7 139 4.9 3.9- 6.1 57 2.3 1.6- 3.3 68 2.4 1.7- 3.4 6 0.2 0.1- 0.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 924 760 77.7 72.0-82.5 66 10.8 7.1-16.0 51 5.5 3.4- 8.6 42 4.8 3.0- 7.5 5 1.3 0.3- 5.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,210 1,793 76.7 73.5-79.7 193 10.3 8.3-12.7 107 6.6 4.9- 8.8 107 5.9 4.4- 8.0 10 0.4 0.2- 0.9
Some Post-H.S. 2,012 1,631 77.7 74.6-80.5 191 11.0 9.0-13.5 102 6.0 4.5- 8.0 80 4.7 3.5- 6.4 8 0.5 0.2- 1.5
College Graduate 2,385 1,988 81.6 79.1-83.8 235 10.2 8.6-12.1 88 4.0 3.1- 5.2 71 4.1 2.9- 5.9 3 0.1 0.0- 0.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 917 715 73.7 68.9-78.0 91 11.7 8.8-15.4 58 6.5 4.6- 9.1 49 6.8 4.5-10.0 4 1.4 0.3- 6.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,227 958 70.9 66.1-75.3 113 11.7 8.8-15.2 80 10.6 7.4-15.0 71 6.3 4.6- 8.7 5 0.5 0.2- 1.4
$25,000- 34,999 808 651 74.3 68.5-79.4 80 14.5 10.3-20.2 39 5.9 3.9- 8.9 34 4.7 2.9- 7.7 4 0.5 0.2- 1.4
$35,000- 49,999 925 754 78.1 73.7-82.0 82 9.2 6.8-12.2 43 5.7 3.9- 8.4 41 6.2 3.9- 9.6 5 0.8 0.2- 3.0
$50,000- 74,999 941 782 81.7 77.7-85.1 89 9.4 6.9-12.6 38 4.9 3.2- 7.5 30 3.9 2.6- 6.0 2 0.1 0.0- 0.5
$75,000+ 1,333 1,153 85.7 83.0-88.1 116 8.5 6.8-10.5 35 2.4 1.6- 3.7 28 3.3 2.1- 5.2 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,902 2,420 78.7 75.9-81.3 228 9.2 7.6-11.2 128 6.2 4.6- 8.3 118 5.2 4.0- 6.7 8 0.6 0.2- 1.9
No 4,363 3,545 78.4 76.4-80.3 428 11.3 9.8-12.9 205 5.1 4.3- 6.2 169 4.8 3.8- 6.1 16 0.3 0.2- 0.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 172 144 83.6 74.3-89.9 13 8.0 3.6-16.6 11 5.4 2.5-11.1 4 3.1 0.9- 9.4 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Veteran 7,371 6,037 78.5 76.9-80.1 675 10.6 9.5-11.9 337 5.5 4.6- 6.4 296 4.9 4.1- 5.9 26 0.5 0.2- 0.8

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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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