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Favor | Oppose | Don't know | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 10,488 | 5,915 | 56.1 | 54.9-57.4 | 3,347 | 33.0 | 31.8-34.2 | 1,226 | 10.9 | 10.1-11.6 |
-MALES | 4,037 | 2,163 | 53.6 | 51.6-55.6 | 1,503 | 37.6 | 35.7-39.6 | 371 | 8.8 | 7.7- 9.9 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 2,920 | 1,497 | 50.4 | 48.1-52.7 | 1,169 | 41.2 | 38.9-43.5 | 254 | 8.4 | 7.2- 9.8 |
African American | 632 | 343 | 56.4 | 51.6-61.2 | 222 | 34.5 | 30.0-39.3 | 67 | 9.0 | 6.8-11.9 |
Other Minorities | 460 | 310 | 70.6 | 64.6-76.1 | 102 | 19.1 | 14.5-24.7 | 48 | 10.3 | 7.1-14.7 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-34 | 701 | 391 | 54.0 | 49.5-58.3 | 248 | 37.3 | 33.2-41.7 | 62 | 8.7 | 6.6-11.5 |
35-44 | 613 | 342 | 54.2 | 49.5-58.9 | 228 | 38.5 | 34.0-43.2 | 43 | 7.3 | 5.2-10.1 |
45-54 | 718 | 366 | 52.1 | 47.6-56.5 | 293 | 40.2 | 35.9-44.6 | 59 | 7.7 | 5.6-10.4 |
55-64 | 863 | 456 | 53.4 | 49.2-57.6 | 336 | 38.5 | 34.5-42.6 | 71 | 8.1 | 6.1-10.9 |
65-74 | 704 | 381 | 54.4 | 49.8-59.0 | 261 | 37.3 | 32.9-41.8 | 62 | 8.3 | 6.2-11.0 |
75+ | 423 | 216 | 53.6 | 47.4-59.7 | 134 | 27.4 | 22.6-32.8 | 73 | 19.0 | 14.6-24.4 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 538 | 249 | 45.5 | 40.2-50.8 | 219 | 42.6 | 37.4-48.0 | 70 | 12.0 | 9.0-15.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,140 | 550 | 49.7 | 46.0-53.4 | 481 | 41.5 | 37.9-45.2 | 109 | 8.8 | 6.9-11.1 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,029 | 519 | 53.4 | 49.6-57.2 | 422 | 38.2 | 34.6-41.8 | 88 | 8.4 | 6.5-10.8 |
College Graduate | 1,318 | 838 | 64.5 | 61.2-67.6 | 377 | 28.9 | 25.9-32.0 | 103 | 6.7 | 5.3- 8.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 418 | 191 | 47.5 | 41.4-53.8 | 183 | 42.9 | 36.9-49.2 | 44 | 9.5 | 6.7-13.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 655 | 331 | 50.1 | 45.2-55.0 | 255 | 40.8 | 36.1-45.7 | 69 | 9.1 | 6.8-12.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 437 | 235 | 53.6 | 47.7-59.4 | 170 | 39.1 | 33.6-44.9 | 32 | 7.3 | 4.9-10.9 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 532 | 283 | 51.6 | 46.2-57.0 | 207 | 41.1 | 35.8-46.6 | 42 | 7.3 | 4.9-10.7 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 520 | 282 | 52.5 | 47.1-57.8 | 197 | 40.8 | 35.6-46.1 | 41 | 6.8 | 4.6- 9.8 |
$75,000+ | 973 | 623 | 65.0 | 61.1-68.7 | 291 | 30.0 | 26.4-33.8 | 59 | 5.0 | 3.7- 6.8 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 1,060 | 533 | 49.8 | 45.9-53.6 | 424 | 41.3 | 37.6-45.1 | 103 | 8.9 | 7.1-11.2 |
No | 2,957 | 1,622 | 54.8 | 52.4-57.1 | 1,069 | 36.5 | 34.3-38.8 | 266 | 8.7 | 7.5-10.1 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 1,217 | 628 | 52.3 | 48.8-55.7 | 469 | 37.7 | 34.5-41.1 | 120 | 10.0 | 8.0-12.3 |
Non-Veteran | 2,819 | 1,534 | 54.0 | 51.6-56.3 | 1,034 | 37.6 | 35.4-39.9 | 251 | 8.4 | 7.2- 9.8 |
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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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