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| Total Respond.^ |
None | 1-2 days | 3-7 days | 8-29 days | 30 days | |||||||||||
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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 | 11,724 | 9,230 | 79.4 | 78.4-80.3 | 544 | 5.5 | 4.9- 6.1 | 636 | 5.7 | 5.1- 6.3 | 677 | 5.1 | 4.7- 5.7 | 637 | 4.4 | 3.9- 4.8 |
| -Eastern NC | 3,852 | 3,009 | 79.7 | 78.0-81.3 | 143 | 4.3 | 3.5- 5.3 | 221 | 5.3 | 4.5- 6.2 | 230 | 5.1 | 4.3- 6.0 | 249 | 5.6 | 4.8- 6.6 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 1,477 | 1,176 | 80.9 | 78.2-83.3 | 53 | 4.5 | 3.2- 6.2 | 76 | 4.2 | 3.1- 5.6 | 66 | 4.1 | 2.9- 5.6 | 106 | 6.4 | 5.0- 8.0 |
| Female | 2,375 | 1,833 | 78.6 | 76.4-80.6 | 90 | 4.2 | 3.2- 5.4 | 145 | 6.2 | 5.1- 7.6 | 164 | 6.0 | 4.9- 7.4 | 143 | 4.9 | 4.0- 6.2 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 2,412 | 1,897 | 79.5 | 77.4-81.5 | 100 | 4.8 | 3.8- 6.2 | 131 | 5.1 | 4.1- 6.3 | 132 | 4.7 | 3.8- 5.7 | 152 | 5.9 | 4.8- 7.1 |
| African American | 851 | 669 | 80.5 | 76.9-83.6 | 21 | 2.5 | 1.5- 4.1 | 52 | 5.5 | 4.0- 7.5 | 54 | 6.0 | 4.1- 8.6 | 55 | 5.5 | 3.9- 7.7 |
| Other minorities | 557 | 423 | 79.6 | 74.0-84.3 | 21 | 5.7 | 3.3- 9.7 | 35 | 5.3 | 3.1- 9.0 | 40 | 5.1 | 3.0- 8.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 207 | 164 | 81.2 | 74.3-86.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,637 | 2,840 | 79.6 | 77.9-81.3 | 132 | 4.2 | 3.4- 5.2 | 209 | 5.2 | 4.4- 6.2 | 215 | 5.1 | 4.3- 6.1 | 241 | 5.9 | 5.0- 6.9 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 629 | 521 | 82.4 | 78.5-85.6 | 34 | 6.5 | 4.5- 9.3 | 40 | 5.2 | 3.6- 7.4 | 19 | 3.8 | 2.3- 6.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 1,160 | 884 | 78.6 | 75.6-81.4 | 61 | 4.5 | 3.3- 6.0 | 68 | 5.4 | 4.0- 7.1 | 72 | 4.9 | 3.6- 6.7 | 75 | 6.6 | 5.0- 8.7 |
| 55-64 | 809 | 599 | 76.0 | 72.3-79.4 | 19 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.6 | 43 | 4.9 | 3.4- 6.9 | 76 | 8.8 | 6.7-11.4 | 72 | 8.2 | 6.2-10.7 |
| 65-74 | 712 | 565 | 80.2 | 76.3-83.5 | 22 | 3.3 | 2.0- 5.3 | 46 | 6.8 | 4.8- 9.6 | 33 | 3.5 | 2.3- 5.4 | 46 | 6.2 | 4.4- 8.7 |
| 75+ | 498 | 405 | 81.0 | 76.3-84.9 | *** | *** | *** | 23 | 4.0 | 2.4- 6.6 | 24 | 4.8 | 3.1- 7.6 | 39 | 8.4 | 5.7-12.0 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 489 | 340 | 71.1 | 65.5-76.1 | *** | *** | *** | 31 | 5.7 | 3.6- 8.9 | 37 | 7.7 | 5.0-11.5 | 69 | 11.8 | 8.6-15.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,173 | 905 | 79.9 | 76.9-82.6 | 32 | 3.4 | 2.2- 5.1 | 59 | 4.4 | 3.2- 6.0 | 87 | 5.9 | 4.5- 7.8 | 90 | 6.4 | 4.9- 8.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,067 | 845 | 81.0 | 77.9-83.8 | 40 | 4.5 | 3.0- 6.5 | 65 | 5.9 | 4.4- 7.8 | 66 | 4.6 | 3.3- 6.2 | 51 | 4.1 | 2.9- 5.7 |
| College Graduate | 1,110 | 908 | 84.0 | 81.2-86.4 | 59 | 5.9 | 4.3- 8.0 | 66 | 5.2 | 3.9- 6.9 | 40 | 2.8 | 1.9- 4.0 | 37 | 2.2 | 1.5- 3.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 504 | 306 | 63.7 | 57.7-69.2 | *** | *** | *** | 40 | 8.8 | 5.9-12.9 | 58 | 8.6 | 6.0-12.2 | 87 | 16.1 | 12.1-21.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 669 | 496 | 73.8 | 69.2-78.0 | 25 | 6.3 | 4.0- 9.8 | 45 | 6.1 | 4.2- 8.7 | 55 | 7.7 | 5.5-10.6 | 48 | 6.1 | 4.3- 8.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 434 | 345 | 81.3 | 76.1-85.5 | 18 | 4.1 | 2.3- 7.1 | 27 | 6.0 | 3.7- 9.6 | 28 | 4.9 | 2.9- 8.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 491 | 392 | 81.7 | 77.3-85.5 | 28 | 5.7 | 3.7- 8.7 | 28 | 4.5 | 2.9- 7.0 | 25 | 4.0 | 2.5- 6.3 | 18 | 4.1 | 2.4- 6.9 |
| $50,000+ | 1,085 | 928 | 86.1 | 83.3-88.5 | 45 | 4.3 | 2.9- 6.1 | 57 | 4.7 | 3.4- 6.4 | 26 | 2.6 | 1.6- 4.3 | 29 | 2.3 | 1.5- 3.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,092 | 556 | 50.2 | 46.2-54.2 | 34 | 3.8 | 2.4- 6.1 | 104 | 8.0 | 6.3-10.1 | 173 | 15.3 | 12.7-18.5 | 225 | 22.6 | 19.4-26.2 |
| No | 2,706 | 2,409 | 88.5 | 86.8-90.0 | 107 | 4.5 | 3.5- 5.6 | 115 | 4.5 | 3.6- 5.6 | 55 | 2.1 | 1.4- 2.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 579 | 468 | 81.9 | 77.8-85.4 | 15 | 3.3 | 1.9- 5.8 | 37 | 5.5 | 3.7- 8.0 | 21 | 2.6 | 1.5- 4.4 | 38 | 6.7 | 4.7- 9.6 |
| Non-Veteran | 3,272 | 2,540 | 79.3 | 77.4-81.1 | 128 | 4.5 | 3.6- 5.6 | 184 | 5.2 | 4.3- 6.2 | 209 | 5.5 | 4.6- 6.7 | 211 | 5.4 | 4.5- 6.5 |
*Respondents who reported no mental and physical health problems in the past month were not asked this question, however, they are included in the 'None' category here.
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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