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| Total Respond.^ |
Past 12 months | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | 5+ years | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 10,078 | 8,430 | 79.2 | 77.9-80.5 | 875 | 10.8 | 9.8-11.8 | 489 | 6.7 | 5.9- 7.6 | 284 | 3.3 | 2.8- 3.9 |
| -Piedmont NC | 5,666 | 4,705 | 79.0 | 77.2-80.6 | 524 | 11.6 | 10.3-13.0 | 289 | 6.7 | 5.7- 7.9 | 148 | 2.7 | 2.2- 3.4 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 2,139 | 1,751 | 75.9 | 72.9-78.6 | 201 | 12.7 | 10.6-15.2 | 123 | 7.9 | 6.3- 9.8 | 64 | 3.5 | 2.5- 4.8 |
| Female | 3,527 | 2,954 | 81.7 | 79.6-83.6 | 323 | 10.6 | 9.1-12.3 | 166 | 5.7 | 4.5- 7.1 | 84 | 2.1 | 1.5- 2.7 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 4,417 | 3,646 | 78.4 | 76.4-80.2 | 419 | 11.9 | 10.4-13.5 | 229 | 6.6 | 5.6- 7.9 | 123 | 3.1 | 2.4- 4.0 |
| African American | 932 | 812 | 82.4 | 78.1-86.0 | 71 | 10.7 | 7.8-14.4 | 33 | 5.3 | 3.4- 8.3 | 16 | 1.6 | 0.9- 2.9 |
| Other minorities | 273 | 205 | 73.2 | 64.0-80.7 | 33 | 12.1 | 6.7-21.0 | 26 | 12.0 | 7.2-19.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 193 | 142 | 73.2 | 62.2-81.9 | 25 | 12.4 | 6.1-23.5 | 20 | 12.0 | 6.7-20.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 5,457 | 4,547 | 79.2 | 77.4-80.9 | 499 | 11.6 | 10.3-13.0 | 269 | 6.5 | 5.5- 7.6 | 142 | 2.8 | 2.2- 3.5 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 499 | 334 | 66.7 | 61.4-71.5 | 89 | 18.0 | 14.2-22.4 | 59 | 12.2 | 9.1-16.2 | 17 | 3.2 | 1.8- 5.4 |
| 35-54 | 1,900 | 1,447 | 75.8 | 72.9-78.5 | 242 | 13.6 | 11.4-16.1 | 138 | 7.4 | 5.9- 9.2 | 73 | 3.3 | 2.4- 4.5 |
| 55-64 | 1,241 | 1,055 | 84.8 | 81.6-87.5 | 97 | 8.0 | 6.0-10.6 | 56 | 4.4 | 3.1- 6.2 | 33 | 2.9 | 1.8- 4.6 |
| 65-74 | 1,102 | 1,018 | 93.8 | 91.7-95.5 | 56 | 3.5 | 2.5- 4.9 | 17 | 1.7 | 0.9- 3.5 | 11 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.3 |
| 75+ | 849 | 788 | 93.3 | 90.6-95.3 | 35 | 4.2 | 2.6- 6.6 | 14 | 1.3 | 0.7- 2.5 | 12 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.7 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 558 | 496 | 84.3 | 78.1-89.0 | 32 | 7.4 | 4.3-12.7 | 17 | 5.2 | 2.7- 9.9 | 13 | 3.1 | 1.5- 6.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,500 | 1,279 | 82.2 | 79.0-85.0 | 106 | 8.9 | 6.8-11.6 | 76 | 6.4 | 4.7- 8.5 | 39 | 2.5 | 1.6- 3.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,385 | 1,157 | 79.9 | 76.3-83.1 | 123 | 11.9 | 9.3-15.1 | 65 | 6.1 | 4.3- 8.6 | 40 | 2.0 | 1.3- 3.1 |
| College Graduate | 2,207 | 1,760 | 73.6 | 70.7-76.3 | 263 | 15.0 | 12.9-17.4 | 128 | 7.9 | 6.3- 9.8 | 56 | 3.5 | 2.4- 5.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 517 | 434 | 78.3 | 71.9-83.6 | 32 | 7.0 | 4.3-11.3 | 21 | 7.7 | 4.3-13.4 | 30 | 6.9 | 4.3-11.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 885 | 727 | 75.3 | 69.9-80.1 | 76 | 13.1 | 9.4-18.0 | 50 | 8.0 | 5.3-11.9 | 32 | 3.5 | 2.0- 6.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 515 | 428 | 79.5 | 73.5-84.4 | 40 | 10.6 | 7.1-15.7 | 31 | 6.4 | 4.0-10.3 | 16 | 3.4 | 1.6- 7.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 679 | 574 | 81.6 | 76.7-85.7 | 63 | 10.2 | 7.3-14.1 | 26 | 5.8 | 3.4- 9.7 | 16 | 2.3 | 1.2- 4.6 |
| $50,000+ | 2,117 | 1,703 | 78.2 | 75.4-80.7 | 243 | 13.2 | 11.1-15.7 | 127 | 6.5 | 5.1- 8.1 | 44 | 2.1 | 1.5- 3.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,599 | 1,416 | 85.4 | 82.2-88.0 | 106 | 8.5 | 6.4-11.1 | 46 | 4.2 | 2.8- 6.3 | 31 | 2.0 | 1.2- 3.2 |
| No | 3,798 | 3,068 | 77.1 | 75.0-79.1 | 392 | 12.2 | 10.7-13.9 | 228 | 7.7 | 6.4- 9.2 | 110 | 3.0 | 2.3- 3.9 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 756 | 683 | 85.8 | 81.3-89.3 | 45 | 8.7 | 6.0-12.5 | 18 | 3.7 | 2.0- 6.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 4,908 | 4,021 | 78.0 | 76.1-79.8 | 478 | 12.0 | 10.6-13.6 | 271 | 7.1 | 6.0- 8.4 | 138 | 2.9 | 2.3- 3.6 |
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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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