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1-12 months | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | 5 or more years | 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 | 11,712 | 7,783 | 64.9 | 63.8-66.0 | 1,189 | 11.1 | 10.3-11.9 | 1,069 | 9.9 | 9.2-10.7 | 1,536 | 12.7 | 11.9-13.5 | 135 | 1.4 | 1.1- 1.7 |
-MALES | 4,583 | 2,867 | 61.2 | 59.3-63.0 | 481 | 11.4 | 10.2-12.7 | 448 | 10.6 | 9.5-11.8 | 709 | 15.0 | 13.8-16.4 | 78 | 1.8 | 1.4- 2.4 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 3,278 | 2,170 | 64.7 | 62.6-66.8 | 312 | 10.5 | 9.1-12.1 | 289 | 9.8 | 8.6-11.2 | 472 | 13.8 | 12.4-15.3 | 35 | 1.2 | 0.8- 1.8 |
African American | 744 | 395 | 52.3 | 47.8-56.8 | 105 | 14.6 | 11.7-18.0 | 97 | 13.3 | 10.7-16.5 | 136 | 18.7 | 15.4-22.5 | *** | *** | *** |
Other Minorities | 526 | 282 | 55.0 | 49.0-60.8 | 61 | 10.7 | 7.8-14.5 | 57 | 10.8 | 7.8-14.8 | 96 | 16.0 | 12.4-20.3 | 30 | 7.5 | 5.1-11.0 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-34 | 873 | 541 | 62.1 | 58.3-65.9 | 119 | 14.7 | 12.0-17.9 | 83 | 9.2 | 7.3-11.5 | 102 | 10.8 | 8.8-13.3 | 28 | 3.1 | 2.0- 4.7 |
35-44 | 689 | 422 | 59.3 | 54.8-63.6 | 84 | 12.3 | 9.7-15.5 | 75 | 11.8 | 9.2-15.0 | 96 | 14.8 | 11.6-18.5 | *** | *** | *** |
45-54 | 802 | 499 | 61.1 | 56.9-65.1 | 87 | 10.2 | 8.0-12.9 | 89 | 12.1 | 9.6-15.2 | 122 | 16.0 | 13.1-19.3 | *** | *** | *** |
55-64 | 936 | 607 | 62.8 | 58.8-66.7 | 87 | 8.2 | 6.4-10.3 | 95 | 12.3 | 9.8-15.4 | 139 | 15.8 | 12.9-19.2 | *** | *** | *** |
65-74 | 784 | 500 | 63.0 | 58.7-67.2 | 63 | 7.1 | 5.2- 9.4 | 74 | 9.8 | 7.5-12.8 | 134 | 18.3 | 15.0-22.2 | *** | *** | *** |
75+ | 472 | 278 | 53.0 | 47.0-59.0 | 36 | 10.5 | 6.4-17.0 | 32 | 7.3 | 4.9-10.6 | 114 | 27.2 | 22.0-33.0 | *** | *** | *** |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 607 | 199 | 37.3 | 32.4-42.4 | 64 | 10.8 | 8.0-14.3 | 84 | 13.7 | 10.7-17.4 | 224 | 32.5 | 28.0-37.2 | 36 | 5.8 | 4.0- 8.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,316 | 723 | 57.3 | 53.9-60.7 | 162 | 13.0 | 10.6-15.7 | 151 | 11.5 | 9.6-13.7 | 252 | 16.1 | 13.9-18.5 | 28 | 2.2 | 1.4- 3.4 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,153 | 759 | 66.3 | 62.8-69.5 | 118 | 11.0 | 8.9-13.6 | 121 | 10.9 | 8.9-13.4 | 148 | 11.4 | 9.4-13.8 | *** | *** | *** |
College Graduate | 1,491 | 1,175 | 77.6 | 74.8-80.1 | 136 | 10.2 | 8.3-12.4 | 92 | 7.0 | 5.5- 8.7 | 82 | 5.0 | 3.8- 6.5 | *** | *** | *** |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 488 | 179 | 38.1 | 32.6-43.8 | 61 | 13.2 | 9.7-17.8 | 73 | 16.1 | 12.4-20.7 | 160 | 29.8 | 25.0-35.1 | 15 | 2.8 | 1.6- 4.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 745 | 319 | 42.4 | 38.0-47.0 | 95 | 13.0 | 10.3-16.2 | 118 | 16.2 | 13.3-19.6 | 184 | 24.2 | 20.5-28.3 | 29 | 4.2 | 2.7- 6.4 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 500 | 274 | 52.5 | 46.8-58.1 | 65 | 15.0 | 10.8-20.4 | 60 | 13.6 | 10.2-17.8 | 88 | 16.0 | 12.6-20.1 | 13 | 3.0 | 1.7- 5.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 595 | 398 | 64.6 | 59.5-69.4 | 63 | 10.2 | 7.6-13.6 | 62 | 10.6 | 8.0-14.1 | 68 | 13.8 | 10.4-18.1 | *** | *** | *** |
$50,000- 74,999 | 586 | 445 | 73.7 | 69.1-77.9 | 59 | 11.6 | 8.7-15.3 | 40 | 6.9 | 4.8- 9.8 | 40 | 7.6 | 5.3-10.7 | *** | *** | *** |
$75,000+ | 1,070 | 884 | 82.0 | 78.7-84.8 | 78 | 7.5 | 5.6-10.0 | 52 | 5.9 | 4.2- 8.0 | 54 | 4.6 | 3.2- 6.4 | *** | *** | *** |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 1,168 | 639 | 53.2 | 49.5-56.8 | 132 | 11.8 | 9.5-14.4 | 134 | 13.4 | 11.0-16.2 | 244 | 20.4 | 17.6-23.6 | 19 | 1.2 | 0.7- 2.0 |
No | 3,359 | 2,199 | 63.4 | 61.2-65.4 | 343 | 11.3 | 9.9-12.8 | 310 | 10.0 | 8.8-11.3 | 450 | 13.5 | 12.1-15.0 | 57 | 1.9 | 1.4- 2.6 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 1,378 | 925 | 68.2 | 65.2-71.2 | 113 | 8.2 | 6.6-10.3 | 127 | 9.8 | 8.0-11.8 | 197 | 13.0 | 11.0-15.2 | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Veteran | 3,203 | 1,941 | 59.0 | 56.8-61.2 | 368 | 12.3 | 10.9-13.9 | 320 | 10.9 | 9.6-12.3 | 512 | 15.6 | 14.1-17.3 | 62 | 2.2 | 1.6- 2.9 |
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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