2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Social Context

How often in the past 12 months would you say you were worried or stressed about having enough money to pay
your rent/mortgage? Would you say you were worried or stressed-
Always, Usually, Sometimes, Rarely or Never?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Always Usually Sometimes Rarely Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 9,880 1,063 11.4 10.6-12.3 437 4.8 4.3- 5.4 1,769 19.0 18.0-20.0 1,343 15.0 14.0-15.9 5,268 49.8 48.5-51.1
GENDER
Male 3,824 361 10.7 9.5-12.1 137 3.9 3.2- 4.8 593 16.9 15.4-18.5 534 15.2 13.8-16.7 2,199 53.3 51.3-55.4
Female 6,056 702 12.1 11.0-13.2 300 5.6 4.9- 6.5 1,176 20.9 19.6-22.3 809 14.8 13.6-16.0 3,069 46.6 45.0-48.3
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 6,842 649 10.6 9.7-11.6 258 4.1 3.5- 4.8 1,040 16.3 15.2-17.4 918 15.4 14.3-16.6 3,977 53.6 52.1-55.2
Non-Hispanic Black 1,763 261 14.3 12.4-16.4 93 5.4 4.2- 7.0 384 21.7 19.3-24.2 262 15.3 13.2-17.6 763 43.3 40.3-46.4
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 364 52 21.1 14.1-30.4 26 8.1 4.6-13.9 81 18.2 13.1-24.6 44 13.2 8.5-20.0 161 39.4 31.8-47.5
Non-Hispanic Other 250 31 11.4 7.2-17.7 *** *** *** 49 21.6 14.0-31.8 32 11.3 7.2-17.3 128 49.9 41.1-58.7
Hispanic 600 63 9.8 7.3-13.1 48 8.2 6.0-11.3 208 35.3 30.8-40.1 77 11.8 9.0-15.4 204 34.8 30.1-39.9
AGE
18-34 1,503 173 11.1 9.5-13.1 104 7.0 5.6- 8.6 370 23.9 21.4-26.6 288 18.2 16.0-20.7 568 39.7 36.7-42.8
35-44 1,455 189 13.3 11.3-15.6 99 6.8 5.4- 8.4 327 22.3 19.9-24.8 244 17.0 14.8-19.5 596 40.6 37.6-43.7
45-54 1,811 270 14.5 12.6-16.6 88 4.4 3.3- 5.7 359 18.8 16.7-21.1 273 15.8 13.8-18.1 821 46.6 43.7-49.5
55-64 2,098 249 12.6 10.8-14.7 78 3.1 2.3- 4.0 359 16.1 14.3-18.1 273 13.5 11.7-15.5 1,139 54.7 52.0-57.4
65-74 1,763 121 5.8 4.6- 7.3 48 2.2 1.6- 3.2 217 12.0 10.2-14.0 164 9.3 7.8-11.1 1,213 70.6 67.9-73.2
75+ 1,172 51 5.1 3.6- 7.1 *** *** *** 123 10.2 8.3-12.6 95 8.0 6.1-10.3 887 75.4 72.1-78.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,217 225 19.1 16.4-22.2 81 6.6 5.0- 8.7 312 25.4 22.4-28.6 107 10.3 8.0-13.1 492 38.6 35.1-42.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,776 346 12.3 10.8-13.9 140 5.3 4.3- 6.5 567 21.9 19.8-24.0 343 13.5 12.0-15.3 1,380 47.0 44.6-49.5
Some Post-H.S. 2,650 333 12.5 11.0-14.2 137 5.3 4.3- 6.5 470 18.2 16.4-20.1 399 16.9 15.1-18.9 1,311 47.1 44.7-49.5
College Graduate 3,211 156 4.3 3.5- 5.2 79 2.6 1.9- 3.4 416 12.9 11.6-14.4 491 17.0 15.4-18.8 2,069 63.2 61.0-65.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,116 323 29.7 26.2-33.4 115 10.2 8.0-12.8 269 24.3 21.1-27.8 84 8.4 6.3-11.2 325 27.4 24.1-31.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,679 300 18.8 16.5-21.3 114 8.3 6.7-10.2 421 27.0 24.4-29.9 192 12.7 10.6-15.2 652 33.2 30.4-36.1
$25,000- 34,999 1,088 122 12.4 10.1-15.1 57 6.0 4.3- 8.2 260 27.0 23.4-31.1 130 13.1 10.7-15.9 519 41.5 37.8-45.3
$35,000- 49,999 1,259 100 9.4 7.3-12.0 49 4.0 2.8- 5.6 220 18.5 15.9-21.4 225 18.1 15.6-21.0 665 50.0 46.3-53.6
$50,000-74,999 1,234 44 4.6 3.2- 6.7 30 2.5 1.6- 3.7 180 16.5 14.0-19.3 238 20.1 17.4-23.1 742 56.3 52.8-59.9
$75,000+ 2,009 37 2.3 1.6- 3.4 22 1.4 0.9- 2.4 181 9.1 7.6-10.7 306 16.4 14.5-18.6 1,463 70.8 68.1-73.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,626 545 23.8 21.6-26.1 153 6.3 5.1- 7.8 461 17.2 15.5-19.1 277 11.3 9.7-13.0 1,190 41.4 39.0-43.9
No 7,216 513 8.0 7.2- 8.9 279 4.3 3.7- 4.9 1,302 19.5 18.3-20.8 1,061 16.0 14.9-17.1 4,061 52.2 50.7-53.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,264 75 6.5 4.9- 8.4 30 2.3 1.5- 3.6 146 13.1 11.0-15.6 155 13.6 11.3-16.2 858 64.6 61.2-67.8
Non-Veteran 8,614 988 12.1 11.2-13.1 407 5.2 4.6- 5.8 1,621 19.8 18.7-20.9 1,188 15.2 14.2-16.2 4,410 47.8 46.4-49.2

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*Asked only of those who rent or own their home.

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.

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