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Daily | Weekly | Monthly | Never | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 10,581 | 4,785 | 40.7 | 39.5-41.9 | 694 | 6.7 | 6.1- 7.4 | 150 | 1.6 | 1.3- 2.0 | 4,952 | 51.0 | 49.7-52.2 |
-MALES | 4,084 | 1,648 | 36.6 | 34.7-38.5 | 176 | 4.4 | 3.6- 5.2 | 97 | 2.7 | 2.1- 3.4 | 2,163 | 56.4 | 54.4-58.3 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 2,944 | 1,259 | 39.0 | 36.8-41.2 | 114 | 4.4 | 3.5- 5.5 | 59 | 2.2 | 1.6- 2.9 | 1,512 | 54.5 | 52.2-56.8 |
African American | 650 | 248 | 34.6 | 30.2-39.3 | 37 | 4.6 | 3.1- 6.8 | 21 | 3.9 | 2.4- 6.3 | 344 | 56.9 | 52.1-61.6 |
Other Minorities | 462 | 131 | 23.8 | 19.1-29.4 | 23 | 3.6 | 2.1- 6.4 | *** | *** | *** | 292 | 68.4 | 62.4-73.8 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-34 | 706 | 195 | 26.8 | 23.2-30.7 | 41 | 5.4 | 3.8- 7.7 | 26 | 3.2 | 2.1- 5.0 | 444 | 64.5 | 60.3-68.5 |
35-44 | 618 | 180 | 30.0 | 25.8-34.5 | 35 | 5.7 | 3.9- 8.3 | 25 | 4.2 | 2.7- 6.4 | 378 | 60.1 | 55.4-64.7 |
45-54 | 714 | 261 | 35.4 | 31.3-39.7 | 34 | 4.7 | 3.2- 6.8 | 17 | 3.2 | 1.8- 5.6 | 402 | 56.8 | 52.4-61.2 |
55-64 | 866 | 392 | 45.5 | 41.3-49.8 | 33 | 3.2 | 2.1- 4.8 | 16 | 1.3 | 0.8- 2.3 | 425 | 49.9 | 45.7-54.2 |
65-74 | 721 | 368 | 51.2 | 46.6-55.7 | 16 | 1.3 | 0.7- 2.2 | *** | *** | *** | 324 | 45.9 | 41.4-50.5 |
75+ | 439 | 245 | 55.8 | 49.6-61.8 | *** | *** | *** | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 180 | 41.4 | 35.5-47.6 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 548 | 157 | 26.8 | 22.3-31.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 370 | 69.6 | 64.4-74.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,165 | 392 | 31.0 | 27.8-34.3 | 47 | 4.2 | 2.8- 6.1 | 25 | 2.1 | 1.3- 3.3 | 701 | 62.7 | 59.2-66.2 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,026 | 441 | 40.8 | 37.1-44.5 | 45 | 4.8 | 3.4- 6.7 | 22 | 2.7 | 1.6- 4.5 | 518 | 51.8 | 48.0-55.6 |
College Graduate | 1,330 | 652 | 45.7 | 42.3-49.1 | 70 | 5.9 | 4.5- 7.8 | 42 | 4.2 | 3.0- 6.0 | 566 | 44.1 | 40.8-47.5 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 426 | 135 | 28.6 | 23.3-34.5 | 23 | 3.9 | 2.3- 6.6 | *** | *** | *** | 264 | 66.1 | 60.1-71.7 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 664 | 230 | 31.4 | 27.1-36.0 | 24 | 2.9 | 1.7- 5.1 | *** | *** | *** | 396 | 63.9 | 59.2-68.4 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 444 | 168 | 34.2 | 29.0-39.9 | 20 | 3.8 | 2.3- 6.4 | *** | *** | *** | 244 | 58.2 | 52.4-63.8 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 539 | 245 | 39.4 | 34.5-44.6 | 26 | 5.4 | 3.5- 8.3 | *** | *** | *** | 259 | 53.5 | 48.2-58.8 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 515 | 247 | 47.9 | 42.5-53.3 | 16 | 3.8 | 2.2- 6.3 | *** | *** | *** | 244 | 46.3 | 40.9-51.7 |
$75,000+ | 985 | 429 | 39.5 | 35.7-43.4 | 51 | 6.6 | 4.6- 9.3 | 37 | 4.5 | 3.1- 6.6 | 468 | 49.4 | 45.4-53.4 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 1,072 | 471 | 40.6 | 36.9-44.4 | 39 | 3.7 | 2.5- 5.4 | 23 | 2.1 | 1.3- 3.4 | 539 | 53.7 | 49.8-57.5 |
No | 2,988 | 1,166 | 35.4 | 33.3-37.6 | 137 | 4.6 | 3.7- 5.6 | 74 | 2.9 | 2.2- 3.8 | 1,611 | 57.2 | 54.9-59.4 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 1,238 | 611 | 47.9 | 44.5-51.3 | 48 | 3.8 | 2.7- 5.2 | 24 | 2.3 | 1.5- 3.7 | 555 | 45.9 | 42.6-49.4 |
Non-Veteran | 2,845 | 1,037 | 33.2 | 31.0-35.4 | 128 | 4.5 | 3.6- 5.6 | 73 | 2.8 | 2.1- 3.7 | 1,607 | 59.5 | 57.2-61.8 |
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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