2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Social Context

How often in the past 12 months would you say you were worried or stressed about having enough money to pay
your rent/mortgage? Would you say you were worried or stressed-
Always, Usually, Sometimes, Rarely or Never?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Always Usually Sometimes Rarely Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,880 1,063 11.4 10.6-12.3 437 4.8 4.3- 5.4 1,769 19.0 18.0-20.0 1,343 15.0 14.0-15.9 5,268 49.8 48.5-51.1
COUNTY/REGIONS
Buncombe 329 30 9.7 6.3-14.7 *** *** *** 60 21.5 16.1-28.1 46 16.6 12.0-22.6 179 47.9 41.1-54.7
Cumberland 385 33 8.6 5.6-13.1 *** *** *** 58 16.9 12.6-22.4 67 18.0 13.7-23.3 215 53.3 47.1-59.4
Durham 383 30 9.9 6.4-14.9 23 5.7 3.5- 9.3 51 15.2 11.0-20.6 56 14.6 10.8-19.4 223 54.7 48.2-61.0
Forsyth 359 41 12.0 8.5-16.6 *** *** *** 55 18.4 13.7-24.3 55 17.2 11.7-24.7 195 48.0 41.3-54.8
Gaston 308 41 15.3 10.1-22.6 *** *** *** 63 25.5 19.1-33.2 38 13.0 8.8-18.7 151 40.6 33.3-48.4
Guilford 424 43 11.2 8.0-15.4 18 5.4 3.0- 9.3 74 18.2 13.9-23.5 67 15.6 11.9-20.1 222 49.7 43.7-55.6
Mecklenburg 532 62 10.6 8.1-13.7 29 6.7 4.3-10.1 105 17.6 14.1-21.7 73 17.3 13.4-22.0 263 47.9 42.8-53.0
New Hanover 349 44 16.1 11.2-22.8 *** *** *** 54 18.0 12.9-24.5 41 11.6 7.8-16.9 200 52.5 45.0-59.9
Union 336 27 15.9 9.1-26.5 *** *** *** 52 18.0 12.5-25.1 56 16.0 11.1-22.4 190 46.5 38.6-54.6
Wake 602 60 10.4 7.7-13.9 22 3.4 2.1- 5.4 107 15.4 12.5-18.8 106 17.7 14.4-21.6 307 53.1 48.2-57.8
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 3,272 334 10.7 9.3-12.2 158 5.3 4.4- 6.4 584 18.3 16.7-20.1 443 15.0 13.4-16.7 1,753 50.7 48.5-52.9
Piedmont 5,278 579 11.6 10.5-12.7 226 4.8 4.1- 5.6 939 18.8 17.4-20.2 753 15.6 14.3-17.0 2,781 49.3 47.5-51.1
Western NC 1,330 150 12.8 10.6-15.4 53 3.8 2.7- 5.4 246 20.7 17.9-23.8 147 11.6 9.6-14.0 734 51.0 47.5-54.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 905 107 13.2 10.4-16.5 38 3.4 2.3- 5.0 172 20.8 17.4-24.7 96 11.5 9.1-14.5 492 51.1 46.8-55.4
Northwest 1,584 174 11.6 9.7-13.7 55 3.9 2.8- 5.4 279 19.9 17.5-22.5 209 15.0 12.7-17.7 867 49.7 46.6-52.8
Charlotte 1,582 170 11.5 9.5-13.7 77 5.8 4.3- 7.7 292 19.1 16.5-21.9 223 16.0 13.5-18.8 820 47.7 44.3-51.1
Greensboro 1,120 130 12.7 10.5-15.3 48 5.3 3.8- 7.5 212 20.3 17.5-23.6 149 13.3 11.2-15.9 581 48.3 44.6-52.0
Southern Regional 1,302 131 9.5 7.4-12.0 64 5.3 3.7- 7.4 233 18.5 15.7-21.6 188 15.9 13.4-18.9 686 50.8 47.2-54.5
Southeast 637 77 14.4 10.9-18.8 27 5.0 3.0- 8.1 106 18.1 14.5-22.4 76 12.2 9.3-16.0 351 50.3 45.1-55.4
Wake 1,416 148 11.1 9.1-13.4 64 4.3 3.2- 5.8 221 16.1 13.7-18.8 225 16.5 14.2-19.1 758 52.0 48.5-55.4
Area L 326 22 6.3 3.7-10.4 16 6.4 3.7-10.7 72 23.3 18.2-29.4 39 14.1 9.9-19.8 177 49.9 43.2-56.6
Eastern 1,008 104 11.1 8.8-13.8 48 4.9 3.5- 6.7 182 17.9 15.2-20.8 138 15.6 12.9-18.6 536 50.6 46.8-54.4

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*Asked only of those who rent or own their home.

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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