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| Total Respond.^ |
Less than 1 year ago | 1 to 5 years ago | 5 to 10 years ago | 10 or more years ago | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,338 | 311 | 14.6 | 12.7-16.6 | 459 | 16.0 | 14.4-17.7 | 359 | 11.4 | 10.1-12.9 | 2,209 | 58.0 | 55.7-60.3 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,124 | 101 | 14.3 | 11.3-17.9 | 153 | 16.8 | 14.0-20.1 | 118 | 12.0 | 9.6-15.0 | 752 | 56.9 | 52.9-60.8 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 543 | 50 | 15.2 | 11.0-20.7 | 76 | 17.7 | 13.8-22.5 | 51 | 10.9 | 7.7-15.2 | 366 | 56.1 | 50.4-61.7 |
| Female | 581 | 51 | 13.0 | 9.5-17.6 | 77 | 15.5 | 11.8-20.1 | 67 | 13.6 | 10.3-17.7 | 386 | 57.9 | 52.5-63.2 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 809 | 68 | 12.7 | 9.6-16.6 | 102 | 16.5 | 13.2-20.3 | 76 | 11.8 | 9.0-15.4 | 563 | 59.0 | 54.4-63.4 |
| African American | 176 | 20 | 18.0 | 10.2-29.9 | 28 | 15.3 | 9.7-23.4 | 23 | 12.8 | 8.0-19.9 | 105 | 53.8 | 43.6-63.7 |
| Other minorities | 135 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 39 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,082 | 92 | 13.8 | 10.8-17.6 | 143 | 16.2 | 13.3-19.5 | 114 | 11.5 | 9.2-14.2 | 733 | 58.5 | 54.4-62.5 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 76 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 251 | 36 | 17.9 | 12.0-25.8 | 55 | 22.0 | 16.5-28.8 | 49 | 20.6 | 14.7-28.1 | 111 | 39.5 | 32.2-47.3 |
| 55-64 | 288 | 19 | 5.6 | 3.3- 9.6 | 31 | 12.8 | 8.6-18.6 | 26 | 10.2 | 6.6-15.4 | 212 | 71.4 | 64.6-77.4 |
| 65-74 | 290 | *** | *** | *** | 25 | 6.6 | 4.1-10.6 | 24 | 8.7 | 5.5-13.5 | 231 | 81.0 | 75.0-85.9 |
| 75+ | 208 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 183 | 90.3 | 84.7-93.9 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 146 | *** | *** | *** | 26 | 18.4 | 11.2-28.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 320 | 25 | 12.7 | 8.0-19.6 | 48 | 18.5 | 13.5-24.9 | 34 | 11.9 | 8.1-17.1 | 213 | 56.9 | 49.7-63.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 336 | 39 | 17.2 | 12.0-24.0 | 46 | 15.4 | 10.9-21.3 | 38 | 12.2 | 8.5-17.2 | 213 | 55.2 | 48.3-62.0 |
| College Graduate | 317 | 23 | 10.9 | 6.9-17.0 | 32 | 15.7 | 10.8-22.4 | 29 | 10.8 | 7.0-16.3 | 233 | 62.5 | 55.3-69.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 125 | *** | *** | *** | 20 | 17.9 | 10.0-30.0 | 16 | 13.2 | 7.2-23.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 197 | 22 | 21.4 | 13.3-32.7 | 29 | 17.6 | 11.1-26.8 | *** | *** | *** | 125 | 49.5 | 39.5-59.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 129 | 15 | 13.5 | 7.6-22.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 159 | *** | *** | *** | 25 | 17.8 | 11.4-26.8 | 15 | 10.9 | 6.0-18.7 | 109 | 61.3 | 51.1-70.6 |
| $50,000+ | 334 | 27 | 11.8 | 7.3-18.4 | 38 | 13.8 | 9.8-19.1 | 33 | 13.1 | 9.1-18.6 | 236 | 61.3 | 54.3-67.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 393 | 32 | 10.5 | 6.8-15.9 | 55 | 18.0 | 13.0-24.3 | 37 | 9.4 | 6.6-13.3 | 269 | 62.1 | 55.4-68.4 |
| No | 728 | 67 | 15.2 | 11.5-19.9 | 98 | 16.4 | 13.1-20.4 | 81 | 13.4 | 10.2-17.3 | 482 | 55.0 | 50.0-59.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 258 | 15 | 8.0 | 4.5-13.9 | 28 | 16.8 | 11.4-24.1 | 17 | 7.9 | 4.7-13.0 | 198 | 67.3 | 59.5-74.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 866 | 86 | 16.1 | 12.5-20.5 | 125 | 16.8 | 13.6-20.6 | 101 | 13.2 | 10.3-16.8 | 554 | 53.8 | 49.2-58.4 |
*This question was asked of those who reported smoking 100+ cigarettes, but no longer smoke.
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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