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Favor | Oppose | Don't know | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 10,488 | 5,915 | 56.1 | 54.9-57.4 | 3,347 | 33.0 | 31.8-34.2 | 1,226 | 10.9 | 10.1-11.6 |
-FEMALES | 6,451 | 3,752 | 58.4 | 56.8-60.0 | 1,844 | 28.8 | 27.4-30.3 | 855 | 12.8 | 11.7-13.8 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 4,552 | 2,691 | 58.4 | 56.5-60.3 | 1,321 | 29.6 | 27.9-31.4 | 540 | 12.0 | 10.8-13.2 |
African American | 1,250 | 684 | 55.4 | 51.8-59.0 | 350 | 30.0 | 26.6-33.5 | 216 | 14.6 | 12.3-17.2 |
Other Minorities | 594 | 352 | 67.2 | 61.6-72.2 | 157 | 19.4 | 15.3-24.3 | 85 | 13.4 | 10.2-17.6 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-34 | 945 | 571 | 59.5 | 55.6-63.2 | 252 | 27.9 | 24.5-31.7 | 122 | 12.6 | 10.3-15.2 |
35-44 | 828 | 551 | 64.9 | 60.9-68.8 | 194 | 23.7 | 20.4-27.4 | 83 | 11.4 | 8.9-14.4 |
45-54 | 1,127 | 676 | 58.5 | 54.8-62.2 | 350 | 32.9 | 29.4-36.7 | 101 | 8.5 | 6.8-10.7 |
55-64 | 1,330 | 751 | 56.5 | 53.2-59.7 | 421 | 30.4 | 27.5-33.5 | 158 | 13.1 | 10.9-15.7 |
65-74 | 1,210 | 680 | 55.1 | 51.6-58.5 | 366 | 30.8 | 27.6-34.2 | 164 | 14.1 | 11.9-16.7 |
75+ | 935 | 485 | 50.8 | 46.8-54.8 | 240 | 27.2 | 23.7-30.9 | 210 | 22.0 | 18.9-25.5 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 754 | 340 | 47.3 | 42.6-52.1 | 260 | 36.2 | 31.6-41.0 | 154 | 16.5 | 13.6-19.9 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,857 | 960 | 50.8 | 47.9-53.7 | 637 | 35.2 | 32.4-38.0 | 260 | 14.0 | 12.1-16.2 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,858 | 1,059 | 58.7 | 55.7-61.6 | 561 | 29.3 | 26.6-32.1 | 238 | 12.0 | 10.3-14.0 |
College Graduate | 1,965 | 1,384 | 72.5 | 70.0-74.9 | 382 | 17.2 | 15.3-19.3 | 199 | 10.2 | 8.6-12.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 838 | 395 | 49.2 | 44.6-53.8 | 325 | 38.7 | 34.4-43.3 | 118 | 12.1 | 9.6-15.1 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,144 | 618 | 53.9 | 50.0-57.7 | 393 | 34.2 | 30.6-37.9 | 133 | 12.0 | 9.7-14.7 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 683 | 367 | 54.1 | 49.2-58.9 | 222 | 32.8 | 28.4-37.5 | 94 | 13.2 | 10.2-16.9 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 765 | 464 | 58.9 | 54.4-63.4 | 215 | 29.9 | 25.7-34.4 | 86 | 11.2 | 8.7-14.2 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 740 | 488 | 64.2 | 59.4-68.7 | 180 | 25.6 | 21.4-30.3 | 72 | 10.2 | 7.8-13.2 |
$75,000+ | 1,030 | 772 | 73.8 | 70.1-77.2 | 180 | 17.4 | 14.6-20.6 | 78 | 8.8 | 6.7-11.5 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 1,830 | 942 | 50.0 | 47.0-53.1 | 636 | 36.9 | 33.9-40.0 | 252 | 13.1 | 11.2-15.1 |
No | 4,600 | 2,803 | 61.1 | 59.2-62.9 | 1,201 | 26.4 | 24.7-28.1 | 596 | 12.6 | 11.4-13.8 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 125 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Veteran | 6,324 | 3,672 | 58.4 | 56.8-60.0 | 1,810 | 28.8 | 27.4-30.4 | 842 | 12.8 | 11.8-13.9 |
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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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