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Total Respond.^ |
Always | Usually | Sometimes | Rarely | Never | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 9,280 | 992 | 12.5 | 11.4-13.7 | 427 | 5.5 | 4.8- 6.4 | 1,610 | 19.3 | 18.1-20.7 | 1,282 | 15.6 | 14.4-16.9 | 4,969 | 47.0 | 45.4-48.7 |
-Eastern NC | 2,489 | 287 | 12.9 | 10.9-15.4 | 108 | 5.1 | 3.8- 6.7 | 461 | 18.6 | 16.2-21.2 | 323 | 16.1 | 13.5-19.0 | 1,310 | 47.4 | 44.1-50.7 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 874 | 84 | 12.6 | 9.3-16.8 | 31 | 3.5 | 2.0- 5.9 | 141 | 16.2 | 12.8-20.3 | 111 | 16.9 | 12.9-21.8 | 507 | 50.9 | 45.6-56.2 |
Female | 1,615 | 203 | 13.3 | 10.9-16.2 | 77 | 6.6 | 4.7- 9.1 | 320 | 20.8 | 17.7-24.2 | 212 | 15.3 | 12.3-18.8 | 803 | 44.0 | 40.0-48.1 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 1,676 | 160 | 11.1 | 8.8-13.7 | 75 | 5.9 | 4.2- 8.1 | 277 | 17.0 | 14.3-20.2 | 218 | 14.9 | 12.2-18.0 | 946 | 51.2 | 47.2-55.1 |
African American | 541 | 84 | 14.3 | 10.2-19.6 | 18 | 3.1 | 1.4- 6.4 | 134 | 23.9 | 18.7-30.1 | 63 | 15.9 | 10.6-23.2 | 242 | 42.8 | 35.9-50.0 |
Other minorities | 259 | *** | *** | *** | 14 | 5.2 | 2.3-11.2 | 47 | 14.6 | 9.2-22.3 | *** | *** | *** | 118 | 36.3 | 26.9-46.9 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 134 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 30 | 20.0 | 11.8-31.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Hispanic | 2,350 | 267 | 12.9 | 10.8-15.3 | 99 | 5.0 | 3.8- 6.7 | 429 | 18.4 | 15.9-21.1 | 299 | 15.2 | 12.7-18.1 | 1,256 | 48.5 | 45.1-51.9 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-34 | 334 | 54 | 14.8 | 10.4-20.6 | 22 | 5.9 | 3.4-10.0 | 60 | 16.2 | 11.7-21.8 | 66 | 23.8 | 17.5-31.4 | 132 | 39.4 | 32.0-47.3 |
35-54 | 805 | 115 | 16.1 | 12.4-20.8 | 56 | 7.4 | 5.0-10.8 | 173 | 20.2 | 16.2-25.0 | 121 | 15.0 | 11.3-19.6 | 340 | 41.2 | 36.0-46.6 |
55-64 | 566 | 71 | 11.7 | 8.2-16.4 | 19 | 2.5 | 1.4- 4.3 | 104 | 22.2 | 17.0-28.4 | 72 | 13.6 | 9.4-19.2 | 300 | 50.1 | 43.8-56.4 |
65-74 | 433 | 27 | 4.5 | 2.4- 8.4 | *** | *** | *** | 74 | 16.5 | 12.1-22.1 | 37 | 8.9 | 4.7-16.1 | 288 | 68.2 | 60.9-74.7 |
75+ | 325 | 16 | 3.9 | 1.9- 7.5 | *** | *** | *** | 48 | 14.6 | 8.9-23.0 | 23 | 7.5 | 4.2-12.9 | 235 | 73.8 | 65.1-81.0 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 335 | 75 | 22.8 | 16.1-31.2 | 11 | 2.9 | 1.3- 6.5 | 80 | 22.7 | 16.6-30.3 | 23 | 13.1 | 7.1-22.9 | 146 | 38.6 | 30.5-47.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 758 | 98 | 12.6 | 9.3-16.8 | 28 | 3.4 | 1.7- 6.8 | 174 | 22.5 | 18.3-27.3 | 95 | 14.7 | 10.9-19.6 | 363 | 46.8 | 41.1-52.7 |
Some Post-H.S. | 655 | 76 | 12.1 | 8.9-16.3 | 40 | 9.1 | 6.2-13.2 | 107 | 15.4 | 11.4-20.5 | 90 | 18.7 | 13.9-24.8 | 342 | 44.7 | 38.6-50.9 |
College Graduate | 738 | 37 | 4.7 | 3.0- 7.2 | 29 | 3.3 | 2.0- 5.4 | 99 | 12.7 | 9.6-16.8 | 115 | 17.1 | 13.3-21.6 | 458 | 62.2 | 56.8-67.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 318 | 95 | 35.7 | 27.4-45.0 | 17 | 6.0 | 2.9-11.9 | 87 | 24.8 | 18.0-33.1 | 22 | 7.3 | 3.8-13.8 | 97 | 26.2 | 19.0-35.1 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 409 | 65 | 17.1 | 11.5-24.8 | 29 | 6.8 | 3.8-12.0 | 113 | 28.0 | 21.5-35.6 | 38 | 14.8 | 8.8-23.8 | 164 | 33.2 | 26.2-41.0 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 249 | 29 | 13.9 | 7.9-23.2 | *** | *** | *** | 44 | 17.5 | 11.5-25.6 | *** | *** | *** | 131 | 39.4 | 30.1-49.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 350 | 29 | 8.6 | 5.2-13.9 | 15 | 4.1 | 2.0- 8.0 | 68 | 19.0 | 13.6-26.0 | 58 | 20.4 | 14.5-28.0 | 180 | 47.9 | 40.0-55.8 |
$50,000+ | 782 | 23 | 3.2 | 1.8- 5.6 | 29 | 5.2 | 3.0- 8.7 | 92 | 13.0 | 9.4-17.8 | 128 | 17.2 | 13.1-22.3 | 510 | 61.4 | 55.5-66.9 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 789 | 146 | 17.9 | 14.3-22.2 | 45 | 9.6 | 6.3-14.5 | 169 | 23.1 | 18.6-28.3 | 78 | 10.3 | 7.1-14.8 | 351 | 39.1 | 33.7-44.7 |
No | 1,691 | 139 | 11.3 | 8.8-14.3 | 62 | 3.6 | 2.5- 5.2 | 290 | 17.0 | 14.3-20.1 | 244 | 17.9 | 14.8-21.6 | 956 | 50.2 | 46.2-54.2 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 402 | 22 | 4.6 | 2.5- 8.1 | 12 | 4.5 | 2.1- 9.2 | 45 | 9.6 | 6.4-14.2 | 54 | 21.0 | 14.6-29.3 | 269 | 60.3 | 52.4-67.7 |
Non-Veteran | 2,087 | 265 | 14.5 | 12.1-17.3 | 96 | 5.2 | 3.8- 7.0 | 416 | 20.2 | 17.5-23.2 | 269 | 15.1 | 12.4-18.3 | 1,041 | 44.9 | 41.3-48.6 |
*Asked only of those who rent or own their home.
These questions have not been asked in previous years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2011 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.
^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
**Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick,
Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow,
Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham,
Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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