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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 3,104 | 1,691 | 48.7 | 46.5-50.9 | 1,413 | 51.3 | 49.1-53.5 |
-MALES | 3,104 | 1,691 | 48.7 | 46.5-50.9 | 1,413 | 51.3 | 49.1-53.5 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 2,333 | 1,308 | 49.9 | 47.3-52.5 | 1,025 | 50.1 | 47.5-52.7 |
African American | 485 | 269 | 50.9 | 45.4-56.4 | 216 | 49.1 | 43.6-54.6 |
Other Minorities | 269 | 106 | 29.0 | 21.8-37.3 | 163 | 71.0 | 62.7-78.2 |
AGE | |||||||
40-44 | 346 | 68 | 19.3 | 14.9-24.5 | 278 | 80.7 | 75.5-85.1 |
45-54 | 742 | 270 | 35.5 | 31.4-39.8 | 472 | 64.5 | 60.2-68.6 |
55-64 | 852 | 537 | 60.3 | 56.0-64.4 | 315 | 39.7 | 35.6-44.0 |
65-74 | 729 | 542 | 74.9 | 70.9-78.6 | 187 | 25.1 | 21.4-29.1 |
75+ | 435 | 274 | 62.1 | 55.5-68.2 | 161 | 37.9 | 31.8-44.5 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 402 | 137 | 29.7 | 24.6-35.5 | 265 | 70.3 | 64.5-75.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 847 | 406 | 43.2 | 39.2-47.3 | 441 | 56.8 | 52.7-60.8 |
Some Post-H.S. | 767 | 446 | 54.5 | 50.1-58.7 | 321 | 45.5 | 41.3-49.9 |
College Graduate | 1,079 | 698 | 60.9 | 57.1-64.6 | 381 | 39.1 | 35.4-42.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 319 | 112 | 30.3 | 24.6-36.6 | 207 | 69.7 | 63.4-75.4 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 466 | 200 | 38.2 | 32.8-43.9 | 266 | 61.8 | 56.1-67.2 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 339 | 176 | 47.3 | 41.0-53.7 | 163 | 52.7 | 46.3-59.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 416 | 245 | 48.5 | 42.2-54.7 | 171 | 51.5 | 45.3-57.8 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 407 | 265 | 60.6 | 54.3-66.5 | 142 | 39.4 | 33.5-45.7 |
$75,000+ | 792 | 496 | 58.4 | 53.9-62.6 | 296 | 41.6 | 37.4-46.1 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 933 | 532 | 52.4 | 48.3-56.5 | 401 | 47.6 | 43.5-51.7 |
No | 2,154 | 1,155 | 47.4 | 44.7-50.1 | 999 | 52.6 | 49.9-55.3 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 1,122 | 744 | 63.8 | 60.2-67.2 | 378 | 36.2 | 32.8-39.8 |
Non-Veteran | 1,981 | 947 | 41.8 | 39.1-44.6 | 1,034 | 58.2 | 55.4-60.9 |
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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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