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| Total Respond.^ |
Favor | Oppose | Don't know | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 10,484 | 7,871 | 75.9 | 74.8-77.0 | 1,607 | 15.2 | 14.4-16.2 | 1,006 | 8.8 | 8.1- 9.6 |
| -Eastern NC | 3,456 | 2,561 | 75.6 | 73.7-77.4 | 551 | 16.0 | 14.4-17.7 | 344 | 8.4 | 7.4- 9.6 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,304 | 967 | 75.6 | 72.6-78.4 | 236 | 18.2 | 15.7-21.0 | 101 | 6.2 | 4.9- 7.9 |
| Female | 2,152 | 1,594 | 75.6 | 73.2-77.9 | 315 | 13.9 | 12.1-16.0 | 243 | 10.5 | 8.9-12.3 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,192 | 1,639 | 75.2 | 72.9-77.5 | 354 | 16.9 | 14.9-19.1 | 199 | 7.8 | 6.6- 9.3 |
| African American | 753 | 549 | 76.1 | 72.0-79.8 | 113 | 14.8 | 11.8-18.4 | 91 | 9.1 | 6.8-12.0 |
| Other minorities | 485 | 359 | 79.0 | 73.3-83.8 | 77 | 11.2 | 7.7-16.0 | 49 | 9.8 | 6.8-14.0 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 173 | 135 | 77.4 | 69.5-83.7 | 19 | 11.8 | 7.2-18.6 | 19 | 10.9 | 6.8-16.9 |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,274 | 2,419 | 75.5 | 73.5-77.4 | 532 | 16.3 | 14.6-18.0 | 323 | 8.2 | 7.2- 9.5 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-34 | 520 | 411 | 79.4 | 75.0-83.2 | 68 | 14.1 | 10.8-18.2 | 41 | 6.5 | 4.6- 9.1 |
| 35-54 | 1,039 | 800 | 77.0 | 73.6-80.0 | 179 | 17.1 | 14.5-20.1 | 60 | 6.0 | 4.4- 8.1 |
| 55-64 | 761 | 572 | 75.1 | 71.2-78.7 | 121 | 15.6 | 12.8-19.0 | 68 | 9.2 | 7.0-12.0 |
| 65-74 | 651 | 480 | 72.6 | 68.0-76.9 | 95 | 15.3 | 11.9-19.5 | 76 | 12.1 | 9.3-15.5 |
| 75+ | 449 | 278 | 63.4 | 57.5-68.9 | 80 | 17.7 | 13.3-23.2 | 91 | 18.9 | 14.8-23.9 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 419 | 259 | 65.6 | 59.4-71.4 | 88 | 20.4 | 15.7-26.2 | 72 | 14.0 | 10.4-18.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,037 | 712 | 70.8 | 67.1-74.2 | 205 | 19.9 | 16.9-23.4 | 120 | 9.3 | 7.5-11.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,001 | 758 | 79.1 | 75.8-82.0 | 156 | 14.2 | 11.7-17.0 | 87 | 6.8 | 5.2- 8.8 |
| College Graduate | 988 | 827 | 84.7 | 81.8-87.2 | 98 | 9.6 | 7.6-12.1 | 63 | 5.7 | 4.3- 7.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 443 | 307 | 73.3 | 67.6-78.4 | 94 | 19.7 | 15.3-25.1 | 42 | 7.0 | 4.7-10.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 600 | 432 | 74.3 | 69.5-78.6 | 110 | 18.4 | 14.6-23.0 | 58 | 7.3 | 5.3- 9.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 403 | 303 | 73.5 | 67.3-78.9 | 63 | 17.7 | 13.1-23.4 | 37 | 8.9 | 5.9-13.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 443 | 347 | 80.2 | 75.3-84.4 | 64 | 13.8 | 10.2-18.4 | 32 | 6.0 | 3.9- 9.0 |
| $50,000+ | 996 | 813 | 82.5 | 79.4-85.2 | 123 | 12.1 | 9.8-14.9 | 60 | 5.4 | 4.0- 7.2 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,018 | 726 | 73.5 | 69.8-77.0 | 193 | 18.0 | 15.1-21.3 | 99 | 8.5 | 6.4-11.1 |
| No | 2,420 | 1,824 | 76.4 | 74.1-78.5 | 357 | 15.4 | 13.6-17.4 | 239 | 8.2 | 7.0- 9.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 513 | 388 | 77.4 | 72.6-81.5 | 79 | 15.3 | 11.8-19.7 | 46 | 7.3 | 5.1-10.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,943 | 2,173 | 75.3 | 73.2-77.3 | 472 | 16.1 | 14.4-17.9 | 298 | 8.6 | 7.5-10.0 |
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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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