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Daily | Weekly | Monthly or less | Never | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 10,382 | 291 | 2.9 | 2.5- 3.3 | 894 | 9.9 | 9.2-10.8 | 1,405 | 14.9 | 14.0-15.8 | 7,792 | 72.3 | 71.1-73.5 |
-FEMALES | 6,394 | 155 | 2.6 | 2.1- 3.1 | 230 | 3.8 | 3.3- 4.5 | 920 | 15.5 | 14.3-16.7 | 5,089 | 78.1 | 76.7-79.4 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 4,522 | 113 | 2.5 | 2.0- 3.2 | 143 | 3.5 | 2.9- 4.3 | 627 | 15.1 | 13.7-16.5 | 3,639 | 78.9 | 77.3-80.4 |
African American | 1,226 | 34 | 3.1 | 2.1- 4.7 | 57 | 5.0 | 3.7- 6.7 | 221 | 18.9 | 16.1-22.0 | 914 | 73.0 | 69.6-76.1 |
Other Minorities | 592 | *** | *** | *** | 28 | 3.8 | 2.3- 6.4 | 69 | 10.9 | 7.9-14.8 | 487 | 83.4 | 79.0-87.0 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-34 | 929 | 21 | 2.0 | 1.2- 3.1 | 16 | 1.7 | 0.9- 2.9 | 142 | 14.3 | 11.9-17.0 | 750 | 82.1 | 79.1-84.7 |
35-44 | 823 | 28 | 3.5 | 2.3- 5.2 | 36 | 3.8 | 2.6- 5.5 | 150 | 18.5 | 15.4-21.9 | 609 | 74.2 | 70.5-77.6 |
45-54 | 1,108 | 24 | 1.9 | 1.2- 3.1 | 56 | 5.3 | 3.8- 7.3 | 217 | 21.2 | 18.2-24.5 | 811 | 71.6 | 68.1-75.0 |
55-64 | 1,306 | 38 | 4.0 | 2.7- 5.9 | 74 | 7.7 | 5.9-10.0 | 192 | 14.4 | 12.3-16.8 | 1,002 | 73.9 | 70.8-76.8 |
65-74 | 1,203 | 30 | 2.5 | 1.6- 3.9 | 33 | 3.1 | 2.1- 4.6 | 151 | 12.4 | 10.3-14.8 | 989 | 82.0 | 79.2-84.4 |
75+ | 950 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 61 | 7.9 | 5.9-10.5 | 861 | 88.7 | 85.7-91.1 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 758 | 16 | 3.1 | 1.8- 5.4 | 18 | 2.1 | 1.2- 3.7 | 55 | 8.8 | 6.3-12.1 | 669 | 86.0 | 82.3-89.0 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,844 | 28 | 1.8 | 1.1- 2.7 | 68 | 4.2 | 3.2- 5.5 | 245 | 14.5 | 12.5-16.7 | 1,503 | 79.5 | 77.0-81.8 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,823 | 58 | 2.8 | 2.0- 3.7 | 81 | 4.7 | 3.6- 6.2 | 322 | 18.3 | 16.2-20.7 | 1,362 | 74.2 | 71.5-76.7 |
College Graduate | 1,951 | 52 | 2.9 | 2.1- 4.0 | 63 | 3.3 | 2.5- 4.4 | 296 | 16.4 | 14.4-18.6 | 1,540 | 77.4 | 75.0-79.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 828 | *** | *** | *** | 21 | 2.7 | 1.6- 4.8 | 88 | 12.1 | 9.2-15.6 | 704 | 83.5 | 79.6-86.7 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,135 | 30 | 3.3 | 2.1- 5.1 | 34 | 2.4 | 1.6- 3.5 | 168 | 15.3 | 12.8-18.2 | 903 | 79.0 | 75.8-81.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 685 | 16 | 3.3 | 1.9- 5.7 | 24 | 3.5 | 2.2- 5.7 | 104 | 17.1 | 13.7-21.0 | 541 | 76.1 | 71.7-80.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 747 | 21 | 2.6 | 1.6- 4.2 | 38 | 5.4 | 3.7- 7.7 | 137 | 19.5 | 16.0-23.6 | 551 | 72.6 | 68.3-76.5 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 734 | 18 | 2.1 | 1.3- 3.6 | 41 | 7.2 | 5.0-10.2 | 130 | 18.4 | 15.1-22.2 | 545 | 72.3 | 68.0-76.3 |
$75,000+ | 1,018 | 36 | 3.5 | 2.4- 5.2 | 42 | 4.4 | 3.0- 6.4 | 190 | 19.4 | 16.5-22.6 | 750 | 72.7 | 69.1-76.0 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 1,812 | 37 | 2.3 | 1.6- 3.3 | 51 | 3.7 | 2.6- 5.1 | 230 | 13.9 | 11.9-16.1 | 1,494 | 80.2 | 77.6-82.6 |
No | 4,562 | 118 | 2.7 | 2.2- 3.4 | 179 | 3.9 | 3.3- 4.7 | 688 | 16.0 | 14.6-17.4 | 3,577 | 77.4 | 75.8-78.9 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 126 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 19 | 15.0 | 8.5-25.0 | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Veteran | 6,266 | 149 | 2.6 | 2.1- 3.1 | 221 | 3.6 | 3.1- 4.3 | 901 | 15.5 | 14.3-16.7 | 4,995 | 78.3 | 76.9-79.6 |
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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