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| Total Respond.^ |
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 |
| COUNTY/REGIONS | |||||||||||||
| Buncombe | 354 | 149 | 37.5 | 31.4-43.9 | 27 | 8.7 | 5.5-13.7 | *** | *** | *** | 172 | 50.3 | 43.6-56.9 |
| Cumberland | 407 | 196 | 42.6 | 36.8-48.6 | 29 | 6.4 | 4.2- 9.6 | *** | *** | *** | 178 | 50.2 | 44.1-56.2 |
| Durham | 399 | 196 | 42.7 | 36.5-49.2 | 31 | 7.3 | 4.8-10.8 | *** | *** | *** | 162 | 47.8 | 41.4-54.3 |
| Forsyth | 380 | 169 | 34.8 | 29.1-40.9 | 31 | 9.2 | 6.2-13.5 | *** | *** | *** | 177 | 54.9 | 48.3-61.2 |
| Gaston | 334 | 153 | 39.9 | 32.9-47.3 | 20 | 6.7 | 4.1-11.0 | *** | *** | *** | 156 | 51.7 | 44.3-59.1 |
| Guilford | 452 | 215 | 45.3 | 39.6-51.1 | 27 | 5.7 | 3.6- 9.1 | *** | *** | *** | 198 | 46.4 | 40.7-52.3 |
| Mecklenburg | 546 | 239 | 44.1 | 39.0-49.2 | 47 | 8.1 | 5.6-11.7 | *** | *** | *** | 252 | 46.3 | 41.2-51.5 |
| New Hanover | 362 | 181 | 43.1 | 36.1-50.5 | 22 | 4.7 | 2.6- 8.3 | *** | *** | *** | 158 | 51.9 | 44.5-59.2 |
| Union | 340 | 154 | 38.0 | 30.3-46.4 | 26 | 8.6 | 5.2-13.9 | *** | *** | *** | 154 | 50.6 | 42.4-58.7 |
| Wake | 616 | 274 | 41.3 | 36.7-46.0 | 49 | 8.0 | 5.8-10.9 | *** | *** | *** | 280 | 48.2 | 43.4-53.1 |
| NC REGIONS | |||||||||||||
| Eastern NC | 3,507 | 1,609 | 41.0 | 38.9-43.1 | 217 | 6.4 | 5.4- 7.5 | 42 | 1.3 | 0.9- 1.9 | 1,639 | 51.3 | 49.1-53.5 |
| Piedmont | 5,632 | 2,544 | 40.6 | 39.0-42.3 | 377 | 7.0 | 6.2- 8.0 | 91 | 1.8 | 1.4- 2.4 | 2,620 | 50.5 | 48.8-52.2 |
| Western NC | 1,442 | 632 | 40.0 | 36.7-43.3 | 100 | 6.3 | 4.9- 8.1 | 17 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.5 | 693 | 52.4 | 48.9-55.7 |
| AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC) | |||||||||||||
| Mountain AHEC | 980 | 426 | 38.9 | 34.9-43.1 | 68 | 6.4 | 4.6- 8.7 | *** | *** | *** | 473 | 53.1 | 48.8-57.3 |
| Northwest | 1,731 | 772 | 40.6 | 37.7-43.5 | 110 | 6.5 | 5.2- 8.3 | 19 | 1.3 | 0.8- 2.2 | 830 | 51.6 | 48.6-54.5 |
| Charlotte | 1,672 | 732 | 39.9 | 36.8-43.2 | 117 | 7.2 | 5.6- 9.1 | 24 | 1.7 | 1.0- 2.8 | 799 | 51.2 | 47.9-54.5 |
| Greensboro | 1,211 | 567 | 41.6 | 38.1-45.1 | 75 | 6.6 | 4.9- 8.9 | 23 | 2.1 | 1.3- 3.3 | 546 | 49.7 | 46.1-53.3 |
| Southern Regional | 1,394 | 623 | 40.5 | 37.0-44.0 | 82 | 5.5 | 4.1- 7.2 | *** | *** | *** | 673 | 52.8 | 49.2-56.4 |
| Southeast | 668 | 316 | 40.3 | 35.5-45.3 | 46 | 7.6 | 5.0-11.4 | *** | *** | *** | 302 | 51.3 | 46.2-56.4 |
| Wake | 1,486 | 673 | 40.3 | 37.1-43.5 | 105 | 7.1 | 5.7- 9.0 | 32 | 2.2 | 1.4- 3.7 | 676 | 50.3 | 46.9-53.7 |
| Area L | 361 | 168 | 41.6 | 35.4-48.2 | 23 | 7.1 | 4.4-11.2 | *** | *** | *** | 167 | 50.4 | 43.9-56.9 |
| Eastern | 1,078 | 508 | 42.9 | 39.3-46.5 | 68 | 6.8 | 5.1- 8.9 | 16 | 1.3 | 0.8- 2.3 | 486 | 49.0 | 45.3-52.7 |
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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