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Every day | Some days | Not at all | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 11,545 | 268 | 2.8 | 2.3- 3.4 | 184 | 2.4 | 1.9- 3.0 | 11,093 | 94.8 | 94.1-95.5 |
-Eastern NC | 3,140 | 79 | 3.0 | 2.1- 4.3 | 57 | 2.9 | 2.0- 4.2 | 3,004 | 94.1 | 92.4-95.4 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 1,100 | 44 | 4.6 | 3.0- 7.1 | 38 | 4.8 | 3.1- 7.3 | 1,018 | 90.6 | 87.4-93.0 |
Female | 2,040 | 35 | 1.5 | 0.9- 2.6 | 19 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.4 | 1,986 | 97.4 | 95.9-98.3 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 2,096 | 42 | 2.7 | 1.7- 4.2 | 34 | 3.3 | 2.1- 5.2 | 2,020 | 94.0 | 91.8-95.6 |
African American | 698 | 19 | 2.8 | 1.4- 5.7 | 14 | 2.4 | 1.1- 5.1 | 665 | 94.8 | 91.4-96.9 |
Other minorities | 324 | 18 | 6.1 | 2.5-14.0 | *** | *** | *** | 297 | 92.5 | 85.0-96.4 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 164 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 157 | 94.6 | 86.6-97.9 |
Non-Hispanic | 2,965 | 74 | 2.9 | 2.0- 4.2 | 54 | 2.9 | 2.0- 4.3 | 2,837 | 94.1 | 92.4-95.5 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-34 | 471 | *** | *** | *** | 14 | 3.8 | 1.9- 7.2 | 448 | 93.6 | 89.7-96.0 |
35-54 | 944 | 24 | 2.7 | 1.5- 5.1 | 15 | 2.2 | 1.0- 4.4 | 905 | 95.1 | 92.2-97.0 |
55-64 | 694 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 677 | 97.1 | 94.1-98.6 |
65-74 | 543 | 17 | 5.6 | 2.5-12.1 | 14 | 3.5 | 1.7- 7.2 | 512 | 90.9 | 84.6-94.8 |
75+ | 452 | 19 | 5.3 | 2.5-10.9 | *** | *** | *** | 426 | 89.6 | 81.4-94.5 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 443 | 31 | 6.1 | 3.5-10.5 | *** | *** | *** | 402 | 91.5 | 86.5-94.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 980 | 26 | 3.0 | 1.6- 5.3 | 22 | 3.3 | 1.7- 6.2 | 932 | 93.7 | 90.4-95.9 |
Some Post-H.S. | 847 | 11 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.0 | 14 | 3.1 | 1.6- 6.0 | 822 | 95.0 | 91.8-97.0 |
College Graduate | 865 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 846 | 96.0 | 91.5-98.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 435 | 27 | 4.3 | 2.4- 7.5 | 16 | 4.3 | 1.7-10.2 | 392 | 91.5 | 85.9-95.0 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 524 | 11 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.4 | *** | *** | *** | 506 | 97.0 | 93.7-98.6 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 303 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 291 | 91.1 | 82.2-95.8 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 428 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 412 | 94.6 | 90.0-97.2 |
$50,000+ | 884 | 13 | 2.7 | 1.2- 5.8 | 16 | 3.2 | 1.6- 6.2 | 855 | 94.1 | 90.4-96.4 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 976 | 36 | 5.2 | 3.1- 8.5 | *** | *** | *** | 930 | 92.9 | 89.2-95.4 |
No | 2,011 | 39 | 2.3 | 1.4- 3.7 | 47 | 3.4 | 2.2- 5.2 | 1,925 | 94.3 | 92.2-95.9 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 508 | 20 | 6.2 | 3.4-11.1 | 20 | 6.9 | 3.6-13.0 | 468 | 86.9 | 80.3-91.5 |
Non-Veteran | 2,630 | 59 | 2.4 | 1.6- 3.7 | 37 | 2.1 | 1.3- 3.3 | 2,534 | 95.5 | 93.9-96.7 |
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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