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| Total Respond.^ |
Strongly agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly disagree | |||||||||||
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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 | 10,612 | 4,147 | 38.9 | 37.7-40.1 | 5,081 | 47.5 | 46.2-48.7 | 461 | 4.7 | 4.2- 5.3 | 680 | 6.5 | 5.9- 7.2 | 243 | 2.4 | 2.0- 2.8 |
| -Eastern NC | 3,504 | 1,300 | 36.4 | 34.3-38.5 | 1,712 | 48.2 | 46.0-50.4 | 156 | 5.1 | 4.2- 6.3 | 238 | 7.2 | 6.2- 8.5 | 98 | 3.0 | 2.3- 4.1 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 1,305 | 478 | 35.9 | 32.6-39.3 | 644 | 47.2 | 43.8-50.7 | 67 | 6.1 | 4.6- 8.1 | 82 | 7.1 | 5.5- 9.2 | 34 | 3.7 | 2.4- 5.6 |
| Female | 2,199 | 822 | 36.9 | 34.3-39.5 | 1,068 | 49.0 | 46.3-51.8 | 89 | 4.3 | 3.3- 5.6 | 156 | 7.3 | 6.0- 9.0 | 64 | 2.5 | 1.7- 3.5 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 2,212 | 916 | 40.2 | 37.6-42.8 | 1,036 | 46.9 | 44.2-49.5 | 97 | 5.1 | 3.9- 6.5 | 125 | 6.0 | 4.8- 7.5 | 38 | 1.9 | 1.3- 2.8 |
| African American | 764 | 227 | 31.4 | 27.2-35.9 | 377 | 46.6 | 41.9-51.2 | 35 | 5.2 | 3.4- 7.8 | 84 | 10.8 | 8.3-14.0 | 41 | 6.0 | 3.8- 9.5 |
| Other minorities | 499 | 149 | 26.3 | 20.6-32.9 | 285 | 60.1 | 53.0-66.7 | *** | *** | *** | 26 | 5.8 | 3.3-10.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 181 | 41 | 20.6 | 14.8-27.9 | 121 | 70.6 | 62.7-77.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,316 | 1,255 | 37.5 | 35.3-39.7 | 1,588 | 46.6 | 44.4-48.9 | 147 | 5.2 | 4.2- 6.3 | 231 | 7.5 | 6.4- 8.9 | 95 | 3.2 | 2.4- 4.3 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 532 | 201 | 37.0 | 32.3-41.9 | 221 | 41.0 | 36.1-46.0 | 40 | 8.5 | 6.0-11.9 | 50 | 9.9 | 7.2-13.5 | 20 | 3.6 | 2.1- 6.0 |
| 35-54 | 1,057 | 390 | 37.2 | 33.7-40.8 | 504 | 47.5 | 43.8-51.3 | 56 | 4.7 | 3.5- 6.4 | 65 | 6.1 | 4.6- 8.1 | 42 | 4.5 | 2.9- 6.9 |
| 55-64 | 769 | 291 | 35.6 | 31.5-40.0 | 370 | 52.2 | 47.7-56.6 | 34 | 4.2 | 2.8- 6.2 | 52 | 6.1 | 4.4- 8.4 | 22 | 1.9 | 1.1- 3.2 |
| 65-74 | 660 | 267 | 38.2 | 33.7-42.9 | 333 | 53.0 | 48.2-57.8 | *** | *** | *** | 38 | 6.5 | 4.4- 9.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 448 | 139 | 30.2 | 25.1-35.9 | 267 | 61.1 | 55.3-66.6 | *** | *** | *** | 27 | 5.7 | 3.6- 8.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 416 | 92 | 24.2 | 18.9-30.4 | 249 | 57.3 | 50.7-63.7 | 19 | 5.2 | 3.0- 9.0 | 42 | 8.4 | 5.7-12.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,048 | 314 | 30.9 | 27.4-34.7 | 582 | 52.0 | 48.1-56.0 | 49 | 5.9 | 4.1- 8.5 | 70 | 7.2 | 5.3- 9.6 | 33 | 3.9 | 2.5- 6.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,009 | 370 | 37.4 | 33.6-41.3 | 485 | 47.0 | 43.1-51.1 | 51 | 5.2 | 3.6- 7.3 | 75 | 8.3 | 6.3-10.8 | 28 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.6 |
| College Graduate | 1,019 | 519 | 51.3 | 47.5-55.0 | 390 | 38.0 | 34.4-41.7 | 37 | 4.0 | 2.7- 5.8 | 50 | 4.8 | 3.4- 6.7 | 23 | 2.0 | 1.1- 3.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 441 | 115 | 26.5 | 21.1-32.8 | 225 | 52.2 | 45.7-58.7 | 21 | 6.8 | 4.0-11.3 | 53 | 8.5 | 5.9-12.1 | 27 | 6.0 | 3.5-10.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 603 | 141 | 22.4 | 18.3-27.2 | 365 | 58.4 | 52.9-63.8 | 33 | 5.4 | 3.4- 8.6 | 42 | 9.2 | 6.4-13.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 405 | 146 | 35.7 | 29.9-41.9 | 205 | 48.7 | 42.4-55.1 | *** | *** | *** | 32 | 9.5 | 6.2-14.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 454 | 180 | 39.0 | 33.3-45.1 | 219 | 46.2 | 40.4-52.1 | 22 | 6.5 | 3.9-10.7 | 26 | 6.7 | 4.3-10.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 1,014 | 516 | 50.1 | 46.3-53.9 | 400 | 39.7 | 36.0-43.5 | 41 | 4.7 | 3.2- 6.9 | 41 | 3.6 | 2.5- 5.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,024 | 330 | 32.6 | 28.7-36.7 | 503 | 48.4 | 44.2-52.5 | 50 | 4.9 | 3.5- 6.8 | 92 | 9.3 | 7.1-12.1 | 49 | 4.9 | 3.3- 7.1 |
| No | 2,463 | 968 | 37.8 | 35.4-40.3 | 1,197 | 47.9 | 45.3-50.5 | 105 | 5.2 | 4.1- 6.7 | 144 | 6.6 | 5.4- 8.1 | 49 | 2.5 | 1.6- 3.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 520 | 223 | 42.3 | 37.0-47.8 | 244 | 46.3 | 41.0-51.8 | 24 | 4.7 | 2.9- 7.6 | 20 | 4.5 | 2.5- 8.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 2,984 | 1,077 | 35.3 | 33.1-37.6 | 1,468 | 48.5 | 46.1-50.9 | 132 | 5.2 | 4.2- 6.5 | 218 | 7.7 | 6.5- 9.1 | 89 | 3.2 | 2.4- 4.4 |
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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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