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Daily | Weekly | Monthly | Never | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 10,581 | 4,785 | 40.7 | 39.5-41.9 | 694 | 6.7 | 6.1- 7.4 | 150 | 1.6 | 1.3- 2.0 | 4,952 | 51.0 | 49.7-52.2 |
-FEMALES | 6,497 | 3,215 | 45.6 | 44.0-47.2 | 367 | 6.2 | 5.4- 7.1 | 126 | 2.1 | 1.6- 2.6 | 2,789 | 46.1 | 44.5-47.7 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 4,584 | 2,370 | 48.3 | 46.4-50.2 | 239 | 5.5 | 4.7- 6.5 | 87 | 2.0 | 1.6- 2.6 | 1,888 | 44.1 | 42.2-46.0 |
African American | 1,255 | 555 | 40.1 | 36.6-43.6 | 89 | 8.9 | 6.9-11.4 | 29 | 2.3 | 1.4- 3.9 | 582 | 48.7 | 45.0-52.3 |
Other Minorities | 599 | 258 | 37.7 | 32.5-43.2 | 37 | 5.6 | 3.6- 8.8 | *** | *** | *** | 297 | 55.7 | 50.0-61.2 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-34 | 954 | 355 | 34.0 | 30.6-37.6 | 72 | 8.2 | 6.2-10.9 | 23 | 2.3 | 1.5- 3.7 | 504 | 55.4 | 51.6-59.2 |
35-44 | 834 | 344 | 40.5 | 36.6-44.5 | 70 | 8.4 | 6.5-10.8 | 24 | 2.5 | 1.6- 4.0 | 396 | 48.6 | 44.6-52.6 |
45-54 | 1,130 | 498 | 45.6 | 41.9-49.3 | 71 | 5.6 | 4.2- 7.4 | 29 | 2.7 | 1.6- 4.4 | 532 | 46.2 | 42.5-49.9 |
55-64 | 1,327 | 681 | 51.2 | 47.9-54.5 | 59 | 4.4 | 3.3- 6.0 | 25 | 1.7 | 1.1- 2.6 | 562 | 42.7 | 39.5-46.0 |
65-74 | 1,219 | 720 | 59.1 | 55.6-62.4 | 54 | 4.1 | 2.9- 5.7 | *** | *** | *** | 433 | 36.1 | 32.8-39.5 |
75+ | 957 | 572 | 61.0 | 57.1-64.7 | 35 | 3.4 | 2.3- 5.0 | *** | *** | *** | 339 | 34.2 | 30.6-37.9 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 772 | 318 | 35.8 | 31.5-40.3 | 35 | 4.0 | 2.6- 6.0 | *** | *** | *** | 407 | 58.8 | 54.2-63.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,869 | 931 | 46.7 | 43.9-49.6 | 71 | 4.5 | 3.3- 6.0 | 29 | 1.5 | 0.9- 2.4 | 838 | 47.3 | 44.4-50.2 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,860 | 941 | 46.5 | 43.5-49.4 | 105 | 6.7 | 5.2- 8.6 | 35 | 2.3 | 1.5- 3.5 | 779 | 44.6 | 41.6-47.5 |
College Graduate | 1,977 | 1,014 | 48.9 | 46.1-51.7 | 154 | 8.7 | 7.2-10.5 | 50 | 2.7 | 1.9- 3.7 | 759 | 39.7 | 36.9-42.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 850 | 380 | 38.5 | 34.3-42.9 | 38 | 5.1 | 3.4- 7.6 | *** | *** | *** | 417 | 54.0 | 49.4-58.5 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,159 | 532 | 40.7 | 37.0-44.4 | 70 | 7.4 | 5.5- 9.8 | *** | *** | *** | 536 | 50.0 | 46.2-53.8 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 686 | 346 | 49.2 | 44.4-54.1 | 22 | 2.9 | 1.7- 4.9 | *** | *** | *** | 302 | 44.9 | 40.1-49.8 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 771 | 402 | 48.3 | 43.8-52.7 | 47 | 7.3 | 5.0-10.5 | *** | *** | *** | 310 | 42.6 | 38.2-47.2 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 747 | 398 | 50.9 | 46.3-55.5 | 50 | 7.7 | 5.4-11.0 | 20 | 2.8 | 1.7- 4.6 | 279 | 38.6 | 34.1-43.3 |
$75,000+ | 1,026 | 516 | 47.8 | 43.9-51.7 | 87 | 8.8 | 6.7-11.5 | 29 | 2.4 | 1.6- 3.7 | 394 | 41.0 | 37.2-44.8 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 1,827 | 928 | 49.9 | 46.8-53.0 | 68 | 4.0 | 2.9- 5.4 | 18 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.6 | 813 | 45.1 | 42.1-48.3 |
No | 4,649 | 2,279 | 44.4 | 42.6-46.2 | 298 | 6.9 | 5.9- 8.0 | 108 | 2.4 | 1.9- 3.0 | 1,964 | 46.3 | 44.5-48.2 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 127 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Veteran | 6,369 | 3,154 | 45.6 | 44.0-47.2 | 355 | 6.1 | 5.3- 7.0 | 123 | 2.0 | 1.6- 2.5 | 2,737 | 46.3 | 44.6-47.9 |
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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