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| Total Respond.^ |
Daily | Weekly | Monthly or less often | Never | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 10,382 | 291 | 2.9 | 2.5- 3.3 | 894 | 9.9 | 9.2-10.8 | 1,405 | 14.9 | 14.0-15.8 | 7,792 | 72.3 | 71.1-73.5 |
| -Eastern NC | 3,419 | 92 | 3.0 | 2.3- 3.9 | 294 | 10.4 | 9.0-11.9 | 436 | 14.6 | 13.0-16.3 | 2,597 | 72.1 | 70.0-74.1 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 1,282 | 43 | 3.7 | 2.6- 5.3 | 151 | 13.8 | 11.5-16.5 | 203 | 17.8 | 15.2-20.8 | 885 | 64.6 | 61.1-68.0 |
| Female | 2,137 | 49 | 2.3 | 1.6- 3.3 | 143 | 7.2 | 5.9- 8.8 | 233 | 11.6 | 9.9-13.6 | 1,712 | 78.9 | 76.5-81.1 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 2,160 | 55 | 2.3 | 1.7- 3.2 | 190 | 9.8 | 8.3-11.6 | 292 | 16.1 | 14.1-18.3 | 1,623 | 71.8 | 69.2-74.2 |
| African American | 746 | 28 | 4.4 | 2.8- 6.9 | 67 | 13.1 | 10.0-17.0 | 90 | 12.3 | 9.4-16.1 | 561 | 70.1 | 65.4-74.5 |
| Other minorities | 487 | *** | *** | *** | 34 | 6.8 | 4.1-11.0 | 53 | 11.2 | 7.3-16.8 | 391 | 78.2 | 71.6-83.6 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 173 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 18 | 12.2 | 7.2-20.0 | 143 | 82.1 | 74.0-88.1 |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,238 | 92 | 3.2 | 2.5- 4.1 | 282 | 10.7 | 9.3-12.3 | 418 | 14.8 | 13.1-16.6 | 2,446 | 71.3 | 69.1-73.4 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 509 | *** | *** | *** | 34 | 8.7 | 6.1-12.3 | 78 | 16.2 | 12.6-20.7 | 385 | 72.3 | 67.3-76.8 |
| 35-54 | 1,030 | 28 | 3.0 | 2.0- 4.6 | 109 | 12.1 | 9.7-15.0 | 165 | 17.0 | 14.3-20.2 | 728 | 67.9 | 64.1-71.4 |
| 55-64 | 740 | 26 | 3.7 | 2.4- 5.8 | 72 | 12.1 | 9.3-15.6 | 104 | 14.5 | 11.7-18.0 | 538 | 69.6 | 65.2-73.6 |
| 65-74 | 649 | *** | *** | *** | 60 | 10.2 | 7.6-13.6 | 69 | 11.1 | 8.5-14.4 | 506 | 75.9 | 71.5-79.9 |
| 75+ | 457 | *** | *** | *** | 19 | 5.5 | 3.1- 9.5 | 18 | 3.3 | 1.9- 5.7 | 408 | 88.3 | 83.8-91.7 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 422 | *** | *** | *** | 24 | 5.6 | 3.4- 9.1 | 28 | 11.1 | 7.0-17.2 | 359 | 80.0 | 73.7-85.1 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,029 | 27 | 3.9 | 2.5- 6.1 | 94 | 12.0 | 9.5-15.0 | 121 | 13.3 | 10.7-16.4 | 787 | 70.8 | 66.9-74.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 978 | 32 | 2.9 | 1.9- 4.4 | 100 | 13.3 | 10.6-16.6 | 140 | 15.2 | 12.5-18.5 | 706 | 68.6 | 64.6-72.4 |
| College Graduate | 978 | 21 | 1.7 | 1.0- 2.8 | 75 | 7.2 | 5.5- 9.3 | 146 | 17.9 | 15.0-21.1 | 736 | 73.3 | 69.7-76.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 436 | *** | *** | *** | 23 | 5.7 | 3.5- 9.1 | 39 | 10.1 | 6.5-15.5 | 364 | 81.0 | 75.0-85.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 598 | *** | *** | *** | 49 | 10.0 | 7.0-13.9 | 74 | 15.9 | 11.9-20.9 | 460 | 71.3 | 65.8-76.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 402 | *** | *** | *** | 30 | 11.3 | 7.2-17.3 | 57 | 15.3 | 11.2-20.5 | 302 | 69.9 | 63.3-75.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 435 | *** | *** | *** | 50 | 14.3 | 10.4-19.3 | 64 | 14.3 | 10.6-19.1 | 307 | 68.4 | 62.5-73.7 |
| $50,000+ | 978 | 27 | 3.1 | 2.0- 4.9 | 108 | 12.2 | 9.8-15.1 | 168 | 19.5 | 16.5-23.0 | 675 | 65.1 | 61.2-68.9 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,009 | 31 | 4.1 | 2.7- 6.2 | 72 | 9.1 | 6.8-12.1 | 113 | 11.9 | 9.4-14.9 | 793 | 74.9 | 71.0-78.5 |
| No | 2,392 | 61 | 2.7 | 1.9- 3.7 | 221 | 10.7 | 9.1-12.5 | 323 | 15.5 | 13.6-17.6 | 1,787 | 71.1 | 68.6-73.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 506 | 21 | 4.4 | 2.6- 7.3 | 62 | 14.1 | 10.7-18.4 | 72 | 16.5 | 12.7-21.1 | 351 | 65.0 | 59.6-70.1 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,913 | 71 | 2.8 | 2.1- 3.7 | 232 | 9.7 | 8.3-11.3 | 364 | 14.2 | 12.5-16.1 | 2,246 | 73.3 | 71.0-75.5 |
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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