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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 | 10,484 | 7,871 | 75.9 | 74.8-77.0 | 1,607 | 15.2 | 14.4-16.2 | 1,006 | 8.8 | 8.1- 9.6 |
-MALES | 4,049 | 3,004 | 75.1 | 73.4-76.8 | 738 | 17.5 | 16.1-19.0 | 307 | 7.3 | 6.3- 8.5 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 2,939 | 2,172 | 74.3 | 72.2-76.3 | 553 | 18.7 | 17.0-20.5 | 214 | 7.0 | 5.8- 8.4 |
African American | 628 | 478 | 78.6 | 74.6-82.1 | 107 | 15.0 | 12.0-18.5 | 43 | 6.4 | 4.5- 9.0 |
Other Minorities | 458 | 338 | 74.5 | 68.8-79.4 | 72 | 14.1 | 10.4-18.8 | 48 | 11.4 | 8.1-15.8 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-34 | 704 | 544 | 77.5 | 73.6-80.9 | 114 | 15.7 | 12.9-18.9 | 46 | 6.9 | 4.8- 9.8 |
35-44 | 609 | 448 | 74.0 | 69.7-78.0 | 125 | 20.1 | 16.6-24.2 | 36 | 5.8 | 4.0- 8.4 |
45-54 | 716 | 538 | 76.5 | 72.7-80.0 | 134 | 17.5 | 14.5-20.9 | 44 | 6.0 | 4.3- 8.4 |
55-64 | 866 | 656 | 76.1 | 72.6-79.4 | 154 | 17.3 | 14.6-20.5 | 56 | 6.5 | 4.8- 8.9 |
65-74 | 708 | 527 | 72.1 | 67.8-76.1 | 127 | 19.0 | 15.6-22.9 | 54 | 8.9 | 6.5-12.0 |
75+ | 429 | 277 | 65.4 | 59.0-71.3 | 82 | 17.2 | 13.4-21.9 | 70 | 17.3 | 12.4-23.8 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 541 | 352 | 67.1 | 62.0-71.8 | 119 | 20.3 | 16.4-24.8 | 70 | 12.6 | 9.5-16.5 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,137 | 805 | 72.1 | 68.6-75.3 | 242 | 20.4 | 17.7-23.4 | 90 | 7.6 | 5.6-10.2 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,031 | 763 | 76.9 | 73.8-79.8 | 201 | 17.0 | 14.6-19.8 | 67 | 6.1 | 4.6- 8.0 |
College Graduate | 1,326 | 1,075 | 82.6 | 80.1-84.9 | 172 | 12.7 | 10.7-15.0 | 79 | 4.6 | 3.6- 6.0 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 419 | 285 | 71.7 | 66.1-76.7 | 96 | 20.5 | 16.2-25.7 | 38 | 7.7 | 5.3-11.2 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 659 | 464 | 71.2 | 66.8-75.3 | 134 | 20.6 | 17.1-24.7 | 61 | 8.1 | 6.0-10.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 446 | 339 | 75.9 | 70.6-80.4 | 78 | 17.0 | 13.1-21.8 | 29 | 7.1 | 4.7-10.7 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 532 | 406 | 78.9 | 74.2-82.9 | 94 | 16.7 | 13.0-21.2 | 32 | 4.4 | 2.9- 6.6 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 519 | 405 | 77.8 | 73.1-81.8 | 80 | 15.3 | 11.9-19.4 | 34 | 6.9 | 4.7-10.1 |
$75,000+ | 980 | 788 | 81.4 | 78.3-84.1 | 145 | 15.0 | 12.5-17.9 | 47 | 3.6 | 2.5- 5.2 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 1,063 | 773 | 73.9 | 70.4-77.1 | 215 | 20.5 | 17.5-23.8 | 75 | 5.6 | 4.2- 7.3 |
No | 2,963 | 2,219 | 75.5 | 73.5-77.4 | 517 | 16.7 | 15.2-18.4 | 227 | 7.8 | 6.5- 9.2 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 1,228 | 896 | 74.4 | 71.4-77.3 | 228 | 17.7 | 15.3-20.3 | 104 | 7.9 | 6.2-10.0 |
Non-Veteran | 2,820 | 2,107 | 75.3 | 73.2-77.3 | 510 | 17.5 | 15.9-19.3 | 203 | 7.2 | 6.0- 8.6 |
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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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