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| Total Respond.^ |
Within the past year (<12 | Within the past 2 years | Within the past 5 years | 5 or more years ago | 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 | 11,749 | 9,208 | 73.5 | 72.4-74.6 | 1,079 | 10.8 | 10.1-11.7 | 683 | 7.1 | 6.5- 7.8 | 671 | 7.3 | 6.7- 8.0 | 108 | 1.3 | 1.0- 1.6 |
| -Eastern NC | 3,862 | 3,066 | 74.2 | 72.2-76.0 | 321 | 9.9 | 8.6-11.3 | 227 | 7.4 | 6.4- 8.7 | 215 | 7.3 | 6.2- 8.5 | 33 | 1.2 | 0.8- 1.8 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 1,476 | 1,100 | 68.6 | 65.4-71.7 | 141 | 11.6 | 9.5-14.1 | 114 | 8.7 | 7.0-10.8 | 98 | 8.9 | 7.1-11.1 | 23 | 2.1 | 1.3- 3.3 |
| Female | 2,386 | 1,966 | 79.4 | 77.1-81.5 | 180 | 8.3 | 7.0- 9.8 | 113 | 6.2 | 5.0- 7.7 | 117 | 5.7 | 4.5- 7.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 2,406 | 1,914 | 73.9 | 71.5-76.2 | 192 | 9.4 | 8.0-11.1 | 145 | 7.8 | 6.4- 9.3 | 142 | 8.2 | 6.8- 9.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| African American | 868 | 721 | 77.9 | 73.7-81.6 | 69 | 10.3 | 7.7-13.8 | 42 | 6.2 | 4.3- 8.8 | 32 | 4.9 | 3.1- 7.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| Other minorities | 556 | 405 | 67.1 | 60.8-72.9 | 57 | 11.6 | 8.0-16.5 | 40 | 8.9 | 6.0-13.2 | 38 | 6.9 | 4.4-10.6 | 16 | 5.5 | 3.3- 9.1 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 206 | 122 | 53.2 | 45.1-61.2 | 32 | 16.1 | 11.1-22.9 | 18 | 10.3 | 6.4-16.1 | 15 | 8.3 | 4.8-14.2 | 19 | 12.0 | 7.6-18.4 |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,646 | 2,936 | 75.7 | 73.7-77.6 | 289 | 9.5 | 8.2-10.9 | 209 | 7.2 | 6.1- 8.5 | 198 | 7.2 | 6.0- 8.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 618 | 412 | 64.7 | 60.1-69.0 | 86 | 13.8 | 10.9-17.3 | 54 | 9.6 | 7.2-12.6 | 52 | 9.6 | 7.1-12.8 | 14 | 2.4 | 1.3- 4.2 |
| 35-54 | 1,158 | 832 | 68.6 | 65.0-71.9 | 120 | 11.2 | 9.0-13.8 | 101 | 9.6 | 7.7-12.0 | 94 | 9.4 | 7.4-11.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 813 | 665 | 81.8 | 78.2-84.8 | 65 | 7.6 | 5.7-10.1 | 46 | 5.8 | 4.0- 8.2 | 34 | 4.4 | 2.9- 6.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 720 | 654 | 92.2 | 89.8-94.2 | 27 | 3.7 | 2.3- 5.7 | *** | *** | *** | 23 | 2.6 | 1.6- 4.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 511 | 469 | 92.5 | 89.2-94.8 | 19 | 4.0 | 2.3- 6.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 497 | 365 | 65.3 | 59.3-70.9 | 43 | 11.4 | 7.9-16.3 | 35 | 8.1 | 5.4-11.9 | 35 | 9.7 | 6.5-14.2 | 19 | 5.5 | 3.5- 8.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,174 | 908 | 72.2 | 68.6-75.5 | 96 | 9.6 | 7.5-12.2 | 77 | 8.2 | 6.4-10.5 | 83 | 9.4 | 7.2-12.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,078 | 871 | 77.0 | 73.5-80.2 | 92 | 9.2 | 7.1-11.7 | 57 | 7.3 | 5.4- 9.9 | 56 | 6.2 | 4.6- 8.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 1,100 | 911 | 79.5 | 76.3-82.4 | 90 | 10.4 | 8.2-13.1 | 57 | 6.0 | 4.4- 8.0 | 40 | 4.1 | 2.8- 5.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 511 | 375 | 66.6 | 60.5-72.2 | 40 | 10.0 | 6.9-14.3 | 45 | 10.5 | 7.0-15.4 | 42 | 10.5 | 7.2-14.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 676 | 487 | 63.7 | 58.5-68.7 | 67 | 12.0 | 8.7-16.4 | 41 | 8.4 | 5.9-11.9 | 67 | 12.5 | 9.5-16.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 439 | 337 | 69.9 | 63.7-75.5 | 40 | 10.1 | 6.9-14.6 | 32 | 9.5 | 6.4-13.9 | 23 | 8.0 | 4.8-12.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 486 | 412 | 82.5 | 77.6-86.5 | 32 | 7.1 | 4.6-10.7 | 25 | 6.6 | 4.2-10.2 | 17 | 3.9 | 2.2- 6.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 1,077 | 896 | 80.0 | 76.7-82.9 | 91 | 10.5 | 8.2-13.2 | 56 | 5.4 | 4.0- 7.3 | 33 | 4.1 | 2.7- 6.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,116 | 927 | 79.7 | 76.1-82.9 | 64 | 6.4 | 4.6- 8.8 | 54 | 5.9 | 4.2- 8.2 | 63 | 7.4 | 5.4-10.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 2,694 | 2,097 | 72.4 | 70.1-74.6 | 253 | 10.9 | 9.4-12.6 | 169 | 7.9 | 6.6- 9.4 | 150 | 7.3 | 6.0- 8.8 | 25 | 1.5 | 0.9- 2.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 577 | 484 | 81.6 | 77.2-85.3 | 45 | 8.8 | 6.1-12.4 | 29 | 5.7 | 3.8- 8.6 | 19 | 3.9 | 2.3- 6.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 3,283 | 2,580 | 72.8 | 70.6-74.9 | 276 | 10.1 | 8.7-11.7 | 198 | 7.7 | 6.5- 9.1 | 196 | 7.9 | 6.6- 9.3 | 33 | 1.5 | 1.0- 2.2 |
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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