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| Total Respond.^ |
1-12 months | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | 5 or more years | 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 | 11,712 | 7,783 | 64.9 | 63.8-66.0 | 1,189 | 11.1 | 10.3-11.9 | 1,069 | 9.9 | 9.2-10.7 | 1,536 | 12.7 | 11.9-13.5 | 135 | 1.4 | 1.1- 1.7 |
| -Eastern NC | 3,859 | 2,554 | 64.6 | 62.5-66.6 | 393 | 10.9 | 9.7-12.3 | 351 | 9.5 | 8.4-10.9 | 518 | 13.7 | 12.3-15.2 | 43 | 1.3 | 0.9- 1.9 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 1,478 | 929 | 61.4 | 58.2-64.6 | 146 | 10.4 | 8.6-12.6 | 143 | 10.5 | 8.7-12.7 | 235 | 16.0 | 13.7-18.7 | 25 | 1.6 | 1.0- 2.5 |
| Female | 2,381 | 1,625 | 67.6 | 65.0-70.0 | 247 | 11.4 | 9.8-13.3 | 208 | 8.6 | 7.2-10.3 | 283 | 11.4 | 9.9-13.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 2,413 | 1,715 | 68.9 | 66.5-71.3 | 196 | 9.2 | 7.8-10.9 | 188 | 8.3 | 7.0- 9.9 | 297 | 12.8 | 11.1-14.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| African American | 858 | 498 | 56.5 | 52.0-60.9 | 126 | 14.7 | 11.9-18.0 | 92 | 11.7 | 9.1-14.8 | 136 | 16.3 | 13.1-20.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| Other minorities | 556 | 320 | 58.0 | 51.4-64.3 | 67 | 11.6 | 8.1-16.4 | 68 | 11.7 | 7.9-17.0 | 81 | 12.8 | 9.4-17.2 | 20 | 5.8 | 3.5- 9.4 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 204 | 114 | 51.4 | 43.3-59.4 | 23 | 11.4 | 7.1-17.9 | 16 | 10.3 | 6.1-17.0 | 35 | 17.1 | 11.9-23.8 | 16 | 9.8 | 6.0-15.7 |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,646 | 2,434 | 65.5 | 63.4-67.6 | 370 | 10.9 | 9.6-12.3 | 335 | 9.5 | 8.3-10.9 | 480 | 13.4 | 12.0-15.0 | 27 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.2 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 624 | 430 | 66.3 | 61.8-70.6 | 78 | 13.4 | 10.5-16.9 | 44 | 8.7 | 6.3-11.9 | 61 | 10.2 | 7.7-13.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 1,162 | 774 | 64.7 | 61.2-68.1 | 123 | 10.2 | 8.2-12.5 | 115 | 10.1 | 8.1-12.4 | 141 | 13.6 | 11.2-16.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 815 | 545 | 63.8 | 59.4-67.9 | 82 | 10.1 | 7.7-13.0 | 85 | 11.0 | 8.5-14.2 | 100 | 14.5 | 11.4-18.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 715 | 460 | 63.3 | 58.5-67.7 | 68 | 9.7 | 7.2-12.7 | 73 | 9.4 | 7.1-12.4 | 105 | 16.0 | 12.5-20.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 499 | 311 | 59.5 | 53.8-65.0 | 38 | 8.9 | 5.8-13.2 | 33 | 8.0 | 5.3-11.9 | 106 | 22.2 | 17.8-27.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 484 | 181 | 39.8 | 34.0-46.0 | 58 | 12.2 | 8.8-16.8 | 77 | 14.1 | 10.6-18.4 | 143 | 28.0 | 22.9-33.8 | 25 | 5.8 | 3.6- 9.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,171 | 685 | 59.2 | 55.5-62.7 | 144 | 12.9 | 10.5-15.7 | 125 | 11.0 | 8.8-13.5 | 203 | 15.9 | 13.4-18.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,082 | 758 | 70.4 | 66.7-73.8 | 104 | 10.2 | 8.1-12.8 | 93 | 8.6 | 6.6-11.1 | 125 | 10.8 | 8.6-13.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 1,109 | 924 | 82.2 | 79.2-84.8 | 84 | 8.3 | 6.5-10.5 | 56 | 5.7 | 4.1- 7.8 | 43 | 3.8 | 2.7- 5.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 503 | 232 | 48.1 | 42.0-54.2 | 60 | 14.0 | 10.2-18.9 | 84 | 15.1 | 11.2-20.1 | 117 | 20.1 | 15.8-25.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 677 | 331 | 45.5 | 40.4-50.6 | 100 | 14.7 | 11.5-18.5 | 90 | 15.0 | 11.7-19.1 | 143 | 22.9 | 18.8-27.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 437 | 285 | 58.5 | 52.2-64.5 | 44 | 11.2 | 7.9-15.8 | 38 | 12.6 | 8.8-17.7 | 64 | 15.4 | 11.3-20.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 489 | 361 | 73.8 | 68.4-78.5 | 47 | 7.1 | 5.0-10.0 | 40 | 7.5 | 5.1-11.0 | 39 | 11.4 | 7.9-16.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 1,086 | 922 | 82.4 | 79.3-85.2 | 70 | 7.9 | 5.9-10.4 | 45 | 4.7 | 3.3- 6.7 | 48 | 4.9 | 3.5- 6.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,117 | 641 | 57.1 | 53.0-61.0 | 126 | 11.7 | 9.3-14.6 | 128 | 11.1 | 8.9-13.8 | 209 | 18.3 | 15.4-21.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 2,692 | 1,881 | 67.0 | 64.6-69.3 | 263 | 10.7 | 9.3-12.4 | 221 | 9.2 | 7.8-10.7 | 297 | 12.0 | 10.4-13.7 | 30 | 1.1 | 0.7- 1.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 580 | 404 | 70.4 | 65.4-74.8 | 45 | 8.6 | 5.9-12.3 | 50 | 8.2 | 5.9-11.2 | 74 | 12.3 | 9.2-16.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 3,278 | 2,150 | 63.5 | 61.3-65.7 | 348 | 11.4 | 10.0-12.9 | 300 | 9.8 | 8.5-11.3 | 444 | 13.9 | 12.4-15.6 | 36 | 1.4 | 0.9- 2.1 |
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2012 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2012 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).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.
**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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