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| Total Respond.^ |
Daily | Weekly | Monthly | Never | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 10,581 | 4,785 | 40.7 | 39.5-41.9 | 694 | 6.7 | 6.1- 7.4 | 150 | 1.6 | 1.3- 2.0 | 4,952 | 51.0 | 49.7-52.2 |
| -Eastern NC | 3,507 | 1,609 | 41.0 | 38.9-43.1 | 217 | 6.4 | 5.4- 7.5 | 42 | 1.3 | 0.9- 1.9 | 1,639 | 51.3 | 49.1-53.5 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 1,318 | 512 | 34.9 | 31.7-38.2 | 68 | 5.5 | 4.1- 7.5 | *** | *** | *** | 723 | 58.4 | 55.0-61.8 |
| Female | 2,189 | 1,097 | 46.5 | 43.8-49.3 | 149 | 7.1 | 5.8- 8.6 | 27 | 1.5 | 0.9- 2.3 | 916 | 44.9 | 42.1-47.7 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 2,218 | 1,088 | 44.6 | 42.0-47.2 | 122 | 5.4 | 4.3- 6.8 | 30 | 1.7 | 1.1- 2.7 | 978 | 48.2 | 45.6-50.9 |
| African American | 762 | 309 | 35.2 | 30.8-39.8 | 63 | 9.7 | 7.3-13.0 | *** | *** | *** | 382 | 54.5 | 49.8-59.1 |
| Other minorities | 498 | 195 | 32.7 | 26.7-39.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 269 | 62.6 | 55.8-68.9 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 183 | 51 | 21.6 | 15.8-28.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 120 | 71.0 | 62.5-78.3 |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,316 | 1,552 | 42.4 | 40.2-44.6 | 208 | 6.4 | 5.4- 7.6 | 39 | 1.3 | 0.9- 2.0 | 1,517 | 49.9 | 47.6-52.2 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 526 | 183 | 32.5 | 28.0-37.4 | 37 | 6.8 | 4.7- 9.7 | *** | *** | *** | 298 | 59.2 | 54.1-64.0 |
| 35-54 | 1,053 | 392 | 36.0 | 32.5-39.7 | 84 | 7.6 | 5.8- 9.8 | 17 | 1.7 | 0.9- 2.9 | 560 | 54.8 | 51.0-58.5 |
| 55-64 | 768 | 383 | 48.1 | 43.7-52.6 | 44 | 5.9 | 4.0- 8.4 | *** | *** | *** | 333 | 45.1 | 40.7-49.6 |
| 65-74 | 661 | 372 | 54.6 | 49.7-59.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 260 | 41.3 | 36.6-46.2 |
| 75+ | 462 | 263 | 58.2 | 52.5-63.8 | 23 | 4.7 | 2.9- 7.5 | *** | *** | *** | 173 | 36.1 | 30.7-41.8 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 431 | 156 | 30.5 | 25.0-36.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 251 | 64.2 | 57.8-70.1 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,057 | 443 | 36.8 | 33.2-40.5 | 61 | 7.1 | 5.2- 9.7 | *** | *** | *** | 544 | 55.5 | 51.7-59.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,004 | 489 | 45.3 | 41.4-49.3 | 58 | 5.3 | 3.9- 7.2 | *** | *** | *** | 448 | 47.7 | 43.7-51.7 |
| College Graduate | 1,003 | 514 | 48.0 | 44.2-51.8 | 78 | 8.3 | 6.4-10.8 | 20 | 2.3 | 1.4- 3.8 | 391 | 41.4 | 37.7-45.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 451 | 191 | 35.8 | 30.0-42.1 | 26 | 5.5 | 3.2- 9.4 | *** | *** | *** | 231 | 58.4 | 52.0-64.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 608 | 250 | 35.6 | 30.7-40.9 | 39 | 6.1 | 3.8- 9.6 | *** | *** | *** | 312 | 57.2 | 51.8-62.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 402 | 188 | 43.8 | 37.6-50.2 | 21 | 6.6 | 3.9-10.8 | *** | *** | *** | 187 | 47.0 | 40.6-53.4 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 452 | 230 | 46.3 | 40.5-52.1 | 26 | 4.9 | 3.1- 7.6 | *** | *** | *** | 190 | 47.2 | 41.3-53.2 |
| $50,000+ | 1,002 | 478 | 44.2 | 40.5-48.1 | 83 | 9.0 | 6.9-11.5 | 16 | 1.7 | 0.9- 3.0 | 425 | 45.1 | 41.3-49.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,035 | 480 | 43.5 | 39.5-47.6 | 51 | 4.9 | 3.4- 7.2 | *** | *** | *** | 497 | 50.9 | 46.8-55.0 |
| No | 2,454 | 1,123 | 40.2 | 37.8-42.7 | 166 | 6.9 | 5.7- 8.3 | 35 | 1.5 | 1.0- 2.4 | 1,130 | 51.4 | 48.8-54.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 520 | 247 | 44.8 | 39.5-50.2 | 31 | 5.9 | 3.9- 8.9 | *** | *** | *** | 237 | 48.1 | 42.7-53.5 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,987 | 1,362 | 40.3 | 38.0-42.6 | 186 | 6.4 | 5.3- 7.8 | 37 | 1.3 | 0.9- 2.0 | 1,402 | 51.9 | 49.5-54.3 |
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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