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2010 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 1-12 months 1-2 years 2-5 years 5 or more years Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,033 8,164 67.0 65.6-68.4 1,088 10.3 9.4-11.3 1,092 10.1 9.2-11.2 1,629 11.8 10.9-12.8 60 0.7 0.5- 1.0
-WHITES 9,384 6,634 71.0 69.4-72.4 758 9.0 8.1-10.0 769 9.0 8.0-10.1 1,197 10.9 10.0-11.8 26 0.2 0.1- 0.3
GENDER
Male 3,577 2,454 69.9 67.6-72.2 291 9.3 7.9-10.9 312 8.9 7.5-10.5 514 11.8 10.4-13.4 6 0.1 0.0- 0.3
Female 5,807 4,180 71.9 69.9-73.9 467 8.7 7.5-10.1 457 9.1 7.7-10.7 683 10.0 8.9-11.2 20 0.3 0.2- 0.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 177 121 66.6 55.5-76.1 15 8.9 4.5-16.6 18 10.3 5.7-18.0 21 13.7 7.0-25.1 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2
Non-Hispanic 9,201 6,510 71.1 69.6-72.6 743 9.0 8.1-10.1 751 8.9 7.9-10.1 1,173 10.8 9.9-11.7 24 0.2 0.1- 0.3
AGE
18-24 226 160 72.8 64.0-80.1 28 10.4 6.1-17.2 26 12.4 7.2-20.4 12 4.4 2.1- 9.0 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 635 436 68.2 63.2-72.8 78 12.1 9.2-15.7 74 11.2 8.3-15.0 45 8.4 5.9-11.9 2 0.1 0.0- 0.6
35-44 1,264 944 75.0 71.8-77.9 112 8.5 6.8-10.6 95 7.5 5.8- 9.6 111 8.9 7.1-11.1 2 0.1 0.0- 0.6
45-54 1,717 1,239 71.6 68.6-74.4 155 9.6 7.8-11.9 150 8.5 6.9-10.5 172 10.2 8.4-12.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5
55-64 2,116 1,528 70.0 67.1-72.8 155 8.1 6.5-10.1 168 9.1 7.3-11.2 262 12.6 10.8-14.7 3 0.2 0.0- 0.7
65+ 3,352 2,268 67.8 65.7-69.9 226 6.6 5.6- 7.8 252 7.5 6.4- 8.8 588 17.6 15.9-19.4 18 0.4 0.3- 0.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,014 404 39.5 34.5-44.8 94 10.2 7.7-13.5 129 16.9 12.4-22.7 377 32.6 28.2-37.4 10 0.7 0.3- 1.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,644 1,648 63.8 60.7-66.8 281 11.9 10.1-14.1 269 10.4 8.6-12.5 436 13.7 11.8-15.8 10 0.2 0.1- 0.5
Some Post-H.S. 2,376 1,710 71.5 68.3-74.5 197 10.0 7.8-12.8 209 8.9 7.2-10.9 255 9.5 7.9-11.3 5 0.1 0.0- 0.3
College Graduate 3,338 2,863 84.6 82.6-86.5 185 5.6 4.6- 6.9 162 5.9 4.6- 7.6 127 3.8 3.0- 4.8 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 843 335 43.1 37.6-48.7 94 12.3 9.3-16.1 123 13.0 10.2-16.4 287 31.3 26.7-36.4 4 0.3 0.1- 1.0
$15,000- 24,999 1,349 674 44.7 40.6-48.8 160 15.0 12.0-18.6 184 17.2 13.7-21.2 327 22.9 19.7-26.5 4 0.2 0.1- 0.7
$25,000- 34,999 966 614 57.6 52.6-62.5 104 13.0 9.9-16.7 96 12.7 9.7-16.6 148 16.1 13.1-19.7 4 0.6 0.2- 1.7
$35,000-49,999 1,187 899 71.6 67.5-75.4 99 10.6 8.0-13.8 94 8.7 6.6-11.4 94 9.0 6.8-11.8 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7
$50,000- 74,999 1,325 1,098 80.2 76.7-83.3 83 7.0 5.2- 9.4 71 7.3 5.3-10.0 70 5.3 3.8- 7.3 3 0.1 0.0- 0.7
$75,000+ 2,232 1,981 87.6 85.3-89.6 108 5.1 3.9- 6.4 88 4.4 3.1- 6.3 55 2.9 2.0- 4.3 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,454 2,121 60.1 57.3-62.8 296 9.2 7.8-10.8 353 11.9 9.9-14.3 668 18.4 16.6-20.4 16 0.4 0.2- 0.7
No 5,588 4,265 76.2 74.3-77.9 437 8.7 7.5-10.0 388 7.7 6.6- 8.9 490 7.4 6.5- 8.5 8 0.1 0.0- 0.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,352 929 69.5 65.9-73.0 94 6.8 5.1- 8.9 115 8.8 6.7-11.4 214 14.9 12.5-17.8 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Veteran 8,030 5,703 71.2 69.5-72.8 664 9.4 8.3-10.5 654 9.0 7.9-10.3 983 10.2 9.3-11.2 26 0.2 0.1- 0.3

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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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