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| Total Respond.^ |
Always | Usually | Sometimes | Rarely | Never | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 11,152 | 656 | 5.9 | 5.4- 6.6 | 363 | 3.5 | 3.1- 4.0 | 1,553 | 15.3 | 14.5-16.3 | 1,285 | 13.2 | 12.3-14.1 | 7,295 | 62.0 | 60.8-63.2 |
| -Eastern NC | 3,688 | 201 | 5.1 | 4.3- 6.2 | 114 | 3.3 | 2.6- 4.2 | 527 | 15.8 | 14.3-17.5 | 423 | 13.4 | 11.9-15.0 | 2,423 | 62.4 | 60.3-64.5 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 1,396 | 72 | 5.3 | 3.9- 7.0 | 44 | 3.0 | 2.0- 4.4 | 158 | 13.7 | 11.5-16.3 | 147 | 12.2 | 10.0-14.8 | 975 | 65.8 | 62.4-69.0 |
| Female | 2,292 | 129 | 5.0 | 4.0- 6.2 | 70 | 3.6 | 2.7- 4.8 | 369 | 17.8 | 15.8-20.0 | 276 | 14.4 | 12.5-16.6 | 1,448 | 59.2 | 56.5-61.9 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 2,311 | 102 | 4.6 | 3.6- 5.8 | 70 | 3.0 | 2.2- 3.9 | 266 | 13.6 | 11.8-15.6 | 252 | 13.3 | 11.5-15.4 | 1,621 | 65.5 | 62.9-68.0 |
| African American | 819 | 61 | 6.7 | 4.8- 9.3 | 25 | 2.9 | 1.7- 4.9 | 155 | 19.6 | 16.3-23.4 | 102 | 14.5 | 11.4-18.2 | 476 | 56.3 | 51.8-60.8 |
| Other minorities | 529 | 34 | 4.0 | 2.4- 6.7 | *** | *** | *** | 102 | 20.4 | 15.7-26.1 | 67 | 11.0 | 7.5-15.8 | 309 | 58.8 | 52.0-65.3 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 191 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 46 | 26.2 | 19.6-34.1 | 32 | 15.0 | 9.9-22.2 | 91 | 47.0 | 38.8-55.5 |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,488 | 192 | 5.3 | 4.4- 6.3 | 101 | 2.9 | 2.3- 3.8 | 479 | 15.1 | 13.5-16.8 | 391 | 13.2 | 11.7-14.9 | 2,325 | 63.5 | 61.3-65.6 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 562 | 23 | 3.4 | 2.0- 5.5 | 18 | 3.9 | 2.4- 6.5 | 107 | 18.9 | 15.4-22.9 | 99 | 19.0 | 15.3-23.2 | 315 | 54.9 | 49.9-59.7 |
| 35-54 | 1,120 | 92 | 7.1 | 5.5- 9.1 | 51 | 4.4 | 3.1- 6.0 | 201 | 18.1 | 15.5-21.1 | 164 | 14.4 | 12.0-17.3 | 612 | 56.0 | 52.4-59.6 |
| 55-64 | 791 | 53 | 7.3 | 5.1-10.3 | 24 | 2.0 | 1.2- 3.3 | 100 | 12.5 | 9.8-15.8 | 80 | 8.9 | 6.9-11.5 | 534 | 69.3 | 65.1-73.2 |
| 65-74 | 690 | 21 | 2.5 | 1.5- 4.2 | *** | *** | *** | 68 | 10.1 | 7.5-13.4 | 57 | 8.7 | 6.3-11.9 | 532 | 77.5 | 73.3-81.3 |
| 75+ | 485 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 41 | 9.2 | 6.1-13.8 | 22 | 5.5 | 3.4- 9.0 | 408 | 81.8 | 76.5-86.1 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 469 | 52 | 11.6 | 8.2-16.1 | 24 | 5.8 | 3.4- 9.6 | 105 | 23.1 | 18.5-28.5 | 49 | 14.5 | 10.2-20.3 | 239 | 45.0 | 39.0-51.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,107 | 70 | 5.4 | 4.0- 7.2 | 35 | 3.1 | 2.0- 4.6 | 176 | 15.8 | 13.3-18.7 | 122 | 12.8 | 10.2-15.9 | 704 | 62.9 | 59.1-66.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,050 | 58 | 4.1 | 3.0- 5.7 | 34 | 3.1 | 2.0- 4.8 | 164 | 16.9 | 14.0-20.1 | 145 | 14.6 | 12.1-17.5 | 649 | 61.3 | 57.4-65.0 |
| College Graduate | 1,048 | 20 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.5 | 21 | 1.9 | 1.2- 3.1 | 78 | 8.1 | 6.2-10.4 | 105 | 11.3 | 9.1-14.1 | 824 | 77.3 | 73.9-80.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 481 | 90 | 16.6 | 12.7-21.4 | 38 | 8.3 | 5.3-12.7 | 125 | 28.3 | 23.0-34.2 | 60 | 14.4 | 10.3-19.6 | 168 | 32.5 | 27.0-38.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 638 | 49 | 8.4 | 5.9-11.8 | 37 | 6.7 | 4.5-10.0 | 136 | 23.6 | 19.4-28.4 | 92 | 17.3 | 13.2-22.2 | 324 | 44.0 | 38.8-49.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 423 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 65 | 17.6 | 13.3-23.1 | 61 | 16.7 | 12.5-22.0 | 273 | 61.6 | 55.3-67.5 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 470 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 51 | 10.1 | 7.3-13.9 | 68 | 15.2 | 11.6-19.7 | 323 | 67.6 | 62.0-72.8 |
| $50,000+ | 1,047 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 57 | 6.9 | 5.1- 9.3 | 88 | 10.1 | 7.9-13.0 | 888 | 81.5 | 78.1-84.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,086 | 131 | 12.7 | 10.2-15.8 | 62 | 6.6 | 4.8- 9.0 | 192 | 19.2 | 16.1-22.7 | 122 | 13.2 | 10.5-16.4 | 579 | 48.3 | 44.3-52.3 |
| No | 2,582 | 70 | 2.8 | 2.1- 3.7 | 51 | 2.2 | 1.5- 3.2 | 331 | 14.7 | 13.0-16.6 | 298 | 13.5 | 11.7-15.4 | 1,832 | 66.8 | 64.4-69.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 546 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 36 | 8.2 | 5.5-12.0 | 44 | 8.3 | 5.7-12.0 | 439 | 78.5 | 73.5-82.8 |
| Non-Veteran | 3,142 | 188 | 5.6 | 4.6- 6.7 | 100 | 3.5 | 2.7- 4.5 | 491 | 17.2 | 15.5-19.1 | 379 | 14.3 | 12.6-16.1 | 1,984 | 59.5 | 57.1-61.8 |
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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