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Always | Usually | Sometimes | Rarely | 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 | 11,152 | 656 | 5.9 | 5.4- 6.6 | 363 | 3.5 | 3.1- 4.0 | 1,553 | 15.3 | 14.5-16.3 | 1,285 | 13.2 | 12.3-14.1 | 7,295 | 62.0 | 60.8-63.2 |
-MALES | 4,325 | 223 | 5.4 | 4.6- 6.4 | 127 | 3.1 | 2.5- 3.9 | 496 | 13.2 | 12.0-14.6 | 457 | 12.0 | 10.7-13.4 | 3,022 | 66.2 | 64.3-68.1 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 3,111 | 136 | 5.0 | 4.0- 6.1 | 82 | 2.7 | 2.1- 3.5 | 302 | 11.3 | 9.9-12.9 | 317 | 12.1 | 10.6-13.7 | 2,274 | 69.0 | 66.8-71.1 |
African American | 694 | 57 | 7.2 | 5.3- 9.6 | 19 | 2.8 | 1.7- 4.8 | 93 | 14.0 | 11.2-17.5 | 82 | 13.0 | 9.9-16.8 | 443 | 63.0 | 58.4-67.4 |
Other Minorities | 491 | 29 | 5.1 | 3.1- 8.3 | 25 | 6.6 | 4.0-10.6 | 97 | 24.9 | 19.9-30.7 | 55 | 9.4 | 6.6-13.0 | 285 | 54.0 | 47.7-60.2 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-34 | 759 | 38 | 4.4 | 3.0- 6.4 | 34 | 4.1 | 2.8- 5.9 | 129 | 17.7 | 14.7-21.2 | 115 | 15.3 | 12.4-18.8 | 443 | 58.5 | 54.2-62.6 |
35-44 | 653 | 46 | 7.5 | 5.2-10.5 | 26 | 4.6 | 3.0- 7.0 | 90 | 14.4 | 11.6-17.8 | 92 | 14.5 | 11.4-18.2 | 399 | 59.0 | 54.4-63.5 |
45-54 | 767 | 57 | 7.1 | 5.2- 9.7 | 26 | 2.6 | 1.6- 4.1 | 96 | 12.6 | 10.0-15.6 | 97 | 12.2 | 9.7-15.2 | 491 | 65.5 | 61.4-69.5 |
55-64 | 906 | 53 | 6.2 | 4.4- 8.6 | 23 | 2.4 | 1.5- 4.0 | 93 | 10.6 | 8.3-13.5 | 81 | 8.8 | 6.8-11.5 | 656 | 71.9 | 68.1-75.5 |
65-74 | 757 | 17 | 2.0 | 1.2- 3.4 | *** | *** | *** | 49 | 6.5 | 4.7- 9.0 | 48 | 7.2 | 5.2- 9.9 | 632 | 83.1 | 79.7-86.1 |
75+ | 460 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 34 | 8.8 | 5.6-13.6 | 23 | 5.3 | 3.3- 8.4 | 387 | 82.0 | 76.7-86.4 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 583 | 65 | 11.2 | 8.4-14.9 | 31 | 5.5 | 3.7- 8.1 | 133 | 23.5 | 19.6-27.9 | 53 | 11.5 | 8.2-15.8 | 301 | 48.3 | 43.2-53.5 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,237 | 79 | 6.1 | 4.6- 8.0 | 48 | 3.7 | 2.6- 5.2 | 159 | 12.4 | 10.4-14.9 | 146 | 13.6 | 11.1-16.4 | 805 | 64.2 | 60.6-67.6 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,087 | 52 | 4.0 | 2.9- 5.5 | 29 | 2.8 | 1.8- 4.2 | 134 | 14.0 | 11.5-17.0 | 134 | 12.4 | 10.2-15.1 | 738 | 66.8 | 63.2-70.2 |
College Graduate | 1,403 | 26 | 1.8 | 1.2- 2.9 | 19 | 1.1 | 0.7- 1.8 | 67 | 5.3 | 3.9- 7.1 | 122 | 9.9 | 8.1-12.0 | 1,169 | 81.9 | 79.3-84.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 455 | 84 | 17.6 | 13.7-22.3 | 40 | 8.2 | 5.5-12.0 | 109 | 26.9 | 21.9-32.6 | 42 | 9.9 | 6.9-14.0 | 180 | 37.4 | 31.8-43.4 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 705 | 61 | 9.5 | 7.1-12.5 | 43 | 6.8 | 4.8- 9.6 | 152 | 23.1 | 19.5-27.2 | 93 | 14.1 | 10.8-18.3 | 356 | 46.4 | 41.8-51.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 475 | 19 | 4.4 | 2.7- 7.2 | *** | *** | *** | 59 | 14.0 | 10.6-18.4 | 58 | 14.1 | 10.1-19.3 | 327 | 64.9 | 59.0-70.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 561 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 49 | 9.2 | 6.6-12.5 | 78 | 14.0 | 10.9-17.9 | 403 | 69.6 | 64.4-74.4 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 542 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 28 | 6.0 | 4.0- 9.0 | 67 | 13.8 | 10.5-17.8 | 432 | 77.4 | 72.7-81.4 |
$75,000+ | 1,031 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 33 | 4.6 | 2.8- 7.4 | 74 | 8.9 | 6.8-11.6 | 919 | 86.0 | 82.6-88.9 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 1,132 | 131 | 14.0 | 11.4-17.0 | 56 | 5.0 | 3.6- 6.9 | 169 | 16.1 | 13.6-19.0 | 109 | 11.1 | 8.9-13.9 | 667 | 53.8 | 50.0-57.5 |
No | 3,168 | 90 | 3.0 | 2.3- 3.9 | 71 | 2.7 | 2.0- 3.5 | 323 | 12.4 | 10.9-14.0 | 344 | 12.2 | 10.8-13.9 | 2,340 | 69.7 | 67.5-71.8 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 1,300 | 42 | 3.3 | 2.3- 4.7 | 26 | 2.1 | 1.4- 3.4 | 93 | 8.3 | 6.5-10.4 | 113 | 9.3 | 7.6-11.5 | 1,026 | 76.9 | 74.0-79.6 |
Non-Veteran | 3,024 | 181 | 6.0 | 5.0- 7.2 | 101 | 3.4 | 2.7- 4.3 | 403 | 14.7 | 13.2-16.5 | 344 | 12.8 | 11.3-14.5 | 1,995 | 63.0 | 60.7-65.2 |
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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