View results for a demographic group: |
Select a different topic: |
View results for a different geographical area: |
Total Respond.^ |
Favor | Oppose | Don't know | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 10,484 | 7,871 | 75.9 | 74.8-77.0 | 1,607 | 15.2 | 14.4-16.2 | 1,006 | 8.8 | 8.1- 9.6 |
-FEMALES | 6,435 | 4,867 | 76.7 | 75.3-78.0 | 869 | 13.2 | 12.1-14.3 | 699 | 10.2 | 9.2-11.2 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 4,545 | 3,497 | 78.3 | 76.6-79.8 | 595 | 12.4 | 11.2-13.8 | 453 | 9.3 | 8.3-10.4 |
African American | 1,251 | 915 | 72.3 | 68.7-75.5 | 172 | 16.0 | 13.3-19.2 | 164 | 11.7 | 9.5-14.3 |
Other Minorities | 584 | 423 | 77.3 | 72.4-81.5 | 90 | 10.5 | 7.9-13.9 | 71 | 12.2 | 8.9-16.5 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-34 | 939 | 745 | 78.0 | 74.5-81.1 | 114 | 13.3 | 10.7-16.4 | 80 | 8.7 | 6.8-11.2 |
35-44 | 828 | 700 | 83.6 | 80.2-86.4 | 78 | 9.0 | 7.0-11.4 | 50 | 7.4 | 5.4-10.3 |
45-54 | 1,127 | 895 | 77.1 | 73.6-80.3 | 155 | 15.0 | 12.3-18.2 | 77 | 7.9 | 6.0-10.2 |
55-64 | 1,323 | 1,015 | 76.8 | 73.9-79.5 | 185 | 13.4 | 11.4-15.8 | 123 | 9.7 | 8.0-11.9 |
65-74 | 1,212 | 881 | 73.3 | 70.2-76.2 | 174 | 13.6 | 11.4-16.2 | 157 | 13.1 | 11.0-15.5 |
75+ | 931 | 590 | 64.6 | 60.7-68.3 | 147 | 15.3 | 12.6-18.4 | 194 | 20.2 | 17.2-23.5 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 744 | 439 | 63.1 | 58.3-67.6 | 141 | 18.3 | 14.7-22.5 | 164 | 18.6 | 15.4-22.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,848 | 1,298 | 71.8 | 69.1-74.4 | 324 | 17.1 | 14.9-19.4 | 226 | 11.1 | 9.4-13.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,856 | 1,439 | 78.7 | 76.2-81.1 | 233 | 12.3 | 10.4-14.5 | 184 | 9.0 | 7.4-10.8 |
College Graduate | 1,969 | 1,678 | 86.7 | 84.7-88.5 | 168 | 7.3 | 6.0- 8.8 | 123 | 6.1 | 4.8- 7.6 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 839 | 576 | 70.9 | 66.7-74.8 | 156 | 19.2 | 15.9-23.1 | 107 | 9.8 | 7.7-12.4 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,141 | 838 | 75.5 | 71.9-78.7 | 176 | 13.9 | 11.3-17.0 | 127 | 10.6 | 8.5-13.3 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 689 | 530 | 78.1 | 73.7-81.8 | 96 | 13.6 | 10.7-17.2 | 63 | 8.3 | 5.8-11.7 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 762 | 614 | 79.6 | 75.7-83.0 | 90 | 12.6 | 9.8-16.0 | 58 | 7.9 | 5.8-10.6 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 742 | 610 | 81.2 | 76.6-85.1 | 89 | 13.2 | 9.6-17.8 | 43 | 5.6 | 3.9- 8.0 |
$75,000+ | 1,030 | 892 | 86.8 | 84.1-89.1 | 79 | 7.3 | 5.6- 9.5 | 59 | 5.9 | 4.4- 7.9 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 1,819 | 1,306 | 72.3 | 69.4-75.1 | 291 | 16.3 | 13.9-18.9 | 222 | 11.4 | 9.6-13.5 |
No | 4,595 | 3,545 | 78.0 | 76.4-79.5 | 576 | 12.2 | 11.0-13.6 | 474 | 9.8 | 8.7-10.9 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 126 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Veteran | 6,307 | 4,758 | 76.6 | 75.1-77.9 | 854 | 13.1 | 12.0-14.3 | 695 | 10.3 | 9.4-11.3 |
Back to Tobacco Use Prevention.
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.
BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes
This page was generated on 28AUG13.