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Within the past year (<12 months) | Within the past 2 years | Within the past 5 years | 5 or more years ago | Never | |||||||||||
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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 | 11,749 | 9,208 | 73.5 | 72.4-74.6 | 1,079 | 10.8 | 10.1-11.7 | 683 | 7.1 | 6.5- 7.8 | 671 | 7.3 | 6.7- 8.0 | 108 | 1.3 | 1.0- 1.6 |
-FEMALES | 7,176 | 5,860 | 78.7 | 77.4-79.9 | 620 | 10.0 | 9.1-11.0 | 339 | 5.5 | 4.8- 6.3 | 317 | 5.1 | 4.5- 5.8 | 40 | 0.7 | 0.5- 1.0 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 4,993 | 4,049 | 77.6 | 75.9-79.1 | 441 | 10.4 | 9.2-11.6 | 245 | 5.8 | 5.0- 6.7 | 234 | 5.8 | 5.0- 6.7 | *** | *** | *** |
African American | 1,455 | 1,248 | 83.6 | 80.8-86.0 | 117 | 9.5 | 7.6-12.0 | 49 | 3.6 | 2.6- 4.9 | 39 | 3.2 | 2.1- 4.7 | *** | *** | *** |
Other Minorities | 663 | 509 | 75.0 | 70.2-79.3 | 58 | 8.7 | 6.3-11.8 | 42 | 8.6 | 5.8-12.5 | 41 | 4.1 | 2.7- 6.1 | 13 | 3.7 | 2.1- 6.3 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-34 | 1,136 | 817 | 71.1 | 67.9-74.2 | 146 | 12.7 | 10.6-15.3 | 88 | 8.2 | 6.5-10.3 | 72 | 6.5 | 5.1- 8.4 | *** | *** | *** |
35-44 | 926 | 695 | 74.0 | 70.5-77.2 | 116 | 12.6 | 10.3-15.4 | 62 | 6.9 | 5.2- 9.1 | 47 | 5.9 | 4.3- 8.1 | *** | *** | *** |
45-54 | 1,237 | 966 | 76.9 | 73.6-79.9 | 125 | 10.8 | 8.6-13.5 | 67 | 5.7 | 4.4- 7.5 | 74 | 6.2 | 4.7- 8.2 | *** | *** | *** |
55-64 | 1,412 | 1,164 | 83.3 | 80.8-85.5 | 116 | 9.0 | 7.2-11.0 | 66 | 3.9 | 2.8- 5.2 | 64 | 3.9 | 2.9- 5.2 | *** | *** | *** |
65-74 | 1,312 | 1,169 | 89.5 | 87.3-91.3 | 66 | 4.7 | 3.5- 6.3 | 33 | 2.2 | 1.5- 3.2 | 38 | 3.0 | 2.1- 4.3 | *** | *** | *** |
75+ | 1,059 | 965 | 92.0 | 89.9-93.8 | 46 | 4.3 | 3.0- 6.1 | 21 | 1.3 | 0.8- 2.2 | 21 | 1.9 | 1.1- 3.1 | *** | *** | *** |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 868 | 692 | 76.3 | 72.0-80.0 | 66 | 9.2 | 6.6-12.6 | 48 | 7.0 | 4.9- 9.9 | 50 | 5.4 | 3.8- 7.8 | *** | *** | *** |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,079 | 1,698 | 78.8 | 76.4-81.0 | 155 | 7.9 | 6.6- 9.5 | 103 | 5.9 | 4.7- 7.4 | 108 | 6.6 | 5.3- 8.3 | *** | *** | *** |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,027 | 1,635 | 77.1 | 74.6-79.5 | 187 | 11.3 | 9.5-13.3 | 99 | 5.7 | 4.5- 7.2 | 100 | 5.6 | 4.4- 7.0 | *** | *** | *** |
College Graduate | 2,179 | 1,814 | 81.9 | 79.7-84.0 | 211 | 11.1 | 9.4-13.0 | 88 | 4.0 | 3.1- 5.1 | 59 | 2.7 | 2.0- 3.7 | *** | *** | *** |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 945 | 725 | 72.3 | 68.2-76.1 | 83 | 11.4 | 8.7-14.6 | 67 | 7.6 | 5.6-10.2 | 59 | 7.2 | 5.3- 9.8 | *** | *** | *** |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,278 | 987 | 72.7 | 69.3-76.0 | 113 | 11.0 | 8.7-13.8 | 78 | 7.0 | 5.3- 9.2 | 93 | 8.5 | 6.7-10.8 | *** | *** | *** |
$25,000- 34,999 | 765 | 610 | 76.2 | 72.0-79.9 | 77 | 10.9 | 8.4-14.1 | 37 | 6.2 | 4.3- 9.0 | 38 | 6.3 | 4.3- 9.1 | *** | *** | *** |
$35,000- 49,999 | 832 | 701 | 83.4 | 80.0-86.4 | 73 | 8.5 | 6.4-11.1 | 28 | 4.1 | 2.7- 6.2 | 28 | 3.6 | 2.2- 5.8 | *** | *** | *** |
$50,000- 74,999 | 798 | 675 | 83.4 | 79.8-86.4 | 65 | 8.2 | 6.1-11.1 | 34 | 5.1 | 3.5- 7.4 | 24 | 3.3 | 2.1- 5.3 | *** | *** | *** |
$75,000+ | 1,116 | 948 | 82.7 | 79.4-85.5 | 108 | 11.4 | 9.0-14.4 | 36 | 3.6 | 2.4- 5.2 | 20 | 2.0 | 1.2- 3.4 | *** | *** | *** |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 1,970 | 1,655 | 81.0 | 78.3-83.4 | 133 | 8.4 | 6.7-10.6 | 74 | 3.9 | 2.8- 5.3 | 96 | 6.1 | 4.7- 7.9 | *** | *** | *** |
No | 5,126 | 4,138 | 78.0 | 76.4-79.4 | 483 | 10.5 | 9.4-11.7 | 260 | 6.0 | 5.2- 6.9 | 218 | 4.8 | 4.1- 5.6 | 27 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.2 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 154 | 122 | 81.5 | 73.4-87.6 | 15 | 10.5 | 6.0-17.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Veteran | 7,019 | 5,735 | 78.6 | 77.3-79.9 | 605 | 10.0 | 9.1-11.0 | 333 | 5.6 | 4.9- 6.4 | 306 | 5.1 | 4.4- 5.8 | 40 | 0.7 | 0.5- 1.1 |
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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