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Favor | Oppose | Don't know | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 5,367 | 3,193 | 59.0 | 56.9-61.0 | 1,601 | 31.6 | 29.7-33.6 | 573 | 9.4 | 8.3-10.6 |
-Eastern NC | 1,478 | 861 | 59.9 | 55.8-63.9 | 470 | 31.0 | 27.3-34.9 | 147 | 9.1 | 7.1-11.6 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 549 | 296 | 55.5 | 49.0-61.9 | 204 | 35.7 | 29.7-42.1 | 49 | 8.8 | 5.8-13.2 |
Female | 929 | 565 | 63.8 | 58.6-68.6 | 266 | 26.8 | 22.5-31.7 | 98 | 9.4 | 7.0-12.5 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 1,003 | 576 | 56.8 | 51.9-61.6 | 335 | 34.5 | 30.0-39.3 | 92 | 8.7 | 6.4-11.8 |
African American | 308 | 186 | 67.7 | 58.8-75.4 | 83 | 22.6 | 15.9-31.2 | 39 | 9.7 | 6.1-15.1 |
Other minorities | 160 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 16 | 11.0 | 4.5-24.4 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 83 | *** | *** | *** | 21 | 17.0 | 9.2-29.4 | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Hispanic | 1,392 | 806 | 58.9 | 54.6-63.0 | 448 | 31.9 | 28.1-36.0 | 138 | 9.2 | 7.1-11.8 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-34 | 245 | 150 | 62.9 | 54.0-71.0 | 80 | 32.3 | 24.6-41.2 | 15 | 4.8 | 2.6- 8.4 |
35-54 | 463 | 278 | 65.1 | 58.3-71.4 | 148 | 29.5 | 23.5-36.3 | 37 | 5.3 | 3.5- 8.1 |
55-64 | 299 | 164 | 51.7 | 43.1-60.2 | 108 | 38.1 | 30.2-46.8 | 27 | 10.1 | 5.7-17.3 |
65-74 | 249 | 146 | 58.6 | 48.9-67.8 | 70 | 24.6 | 18.1-32.5 | 33 | 16.7 | 9.6-27.5 |
75+ | 205 | *** | *** | *** | 56 | 24.7 | 16.6-35.1 | *** | *** | *** |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 211 | 116 | 60.0 | 49.7-69.4 | 58 | 22.6 | 16.1-30.9 | 37 | 17.4 | 10.6-27.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 453 | 255 | 54.6 | 47.3-61.7 | 153 | 36.3 | 29.5-43.7 | 45 | 9.1 | 5.9-13.7 |
Some Post-H.S. | 395 | 227 | 61.9 | 54.0-69.1 | 132 | 32.0 | 25.2-39.8 | 36 | 6.1 | 4.0- 9.2 |
College Graduate | 417 | 263 | 65.4 | 58.6-71.6 | 126 | 28.5 | 22.8-35.1 | 28 | 6.1 | 3.9- 9.5 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 195 | 103 | 59.1 | 48.8-68.6 | 70 | 30.3 | 22.1-40.0 | 22 | 10.6 | 5.4-19.7 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 259 | 144 | 56.4 | 46.1-66.2 | 83 | 30.6 | 22.0-40.7 | 32 | 13.0 | 7.5-21.7 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 130 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$35,000- 49,999 | 199 | 117 | 59.9 | 49.0-69.9 | 69 | 32.8 | 23.7-43.3 | 13 | 7.3 | 3.7-13.9 |
$50,000+ | 453 | 288 | 63.9 | 56.5-70.7 | 132 | 30.8 | 24.3-38.1 | 33 | 5.3 | 3.5- 8.1 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 473 | 262 | 52.5 | 45.9-59.0 | 165 | 36.6 | 30.5-43.1 | 46 | 10.9 | 6.8-17.0 |
No | 995 | 593 | 62.4 | 57.4-67.2 | 304 | 29.1 | 24.7-33.9 | 98 | 8.5 | 6.4-11.3 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 244 | 128 | 49.9 | 40.1-59.8 | 101 | 42.4 | 32.9-52.5 | 15 | 7.7 | 3.4-16.5 |
Non-Veteran | 1,234 | 733 | 61.7 | 57.2-66.0 | 369 | 28.9 | 25.0-33.1 | 132 | 9.4 | 7.3-12.1 |
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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2011 are NOT comparable to 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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