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Less than 1 year ago | 1 to 5 years ago | 5 to 10 years ago | 10 or more years ago | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 3,338 | 311 | 14.6 | 12.7-16.6 | 459 | 16.0 | 14.4-17.7 | 359 | 11.4 | 10.1-12.9 | 2,209 | 58.0 | 55.7-60.3 |
-WHITES | 2,643 | 232 | 13.6 | 11.7-15.8 | 338 | 15.0 | 13.3-17.0 | 269 | 11.2 | 9.8-12.9 | 1,804 | 60.1 | 57.5-62.6 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 1,261 | 109 | 14.1 | 11.2-17.5 | 164 | 15.2 | 12.8-18.0 | 116 | 10.4 | 8.4-12.8 | 872 | 60.4 | 56.7-64.0 |
Female | 1,382 | 123 | 13.1 | 10.8-15.9 | 174 | 14.9 | 12.5-17.6 | 153 | 12.3 | 10.3-14.7 | 932 | 59.7 | 56.3-63.0 |
HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
Hispanic | 33 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Hispanic | 2,606 | 229 | 13.7 | 11.8-15.9 | 331 | 15.0 | 13.3-16.9 | 262 | 10.9 | 9.5-12.5 | 1,784 | 60.4 | 57.8-62.9 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-34 | 207 | 82 | 46.3 | 38.3-54.6 | 81 | 35.3 | 28.3-43.0 | 27 | 11.1 | 7.3-16.5 | 17 | 7.3 | 4.1-12.7 |
35-44 | 235 | 44 | 20.3 | 15.0-26.9 | 52 | 18.9 | 14.0-25.0 | 51 | 22.1 | 16.3-29.3 | 88 | 38.7 | 31.4-46.6 |
45-54 | 377 | 44 | 13.2 | 9.2-18.6 | 66 | 18.0 | 13.5-23.5 | 57 | 14.0 | 10.5-18.4 | 210 | 54.8 | 48.4-61.1 |
55-64 | 553 | 32 | 4.8 | 3.2- 7.2 | 61 | 11.0 | 8.3-14.5 | 60 | 12.5 | 9.5-16.4 | 400 | 71.6 | 66.9-75.9 |
65-74 | 728 | 23 | 2.7 | 1.7- 4.4 | 59 | 7.2 | 5.3- 9.6 | 45 | 5.0 | 3.6- 7.0 | 601 | 85.1 | 82.0-87.7 |
75+ | 527 | *** | *** | *** | 18 | 2.6 | 1.5- 4.4 | 26 | 4.3 | 2.6- 6.9 | 477 | 92.4 | 89.4-94.6 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 262 | 21 | 9.0 | 5.4-14.7 | 26 | 10.5 | 6.6-16.2 | 25 | 11.6 | 7.0-18.7 | 190 | 68.9 | 60.8-76.0 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 718 | 77 | 16.2 | 12.5-20.6 | 92 | 14.9 | 11.7-18.8 | 85 | 12.7 | 10.0-16.1 | 464 | 56.2 | 51.5-60.8 |
Some Post-H.S. | 747 | 78 | 17.3 | 13.4-22.2 | 103 | 16.7 | 13.4-20.5 | 79 | 11.2 | 8.7-14.2 | 487 | 54.8 | 50.1-59.4 |
College Graduate | 908 | 56 | 9.1 | 6.8-12.0 | 115 | 15.2 | 12.5-18.4 | 80 | 9.8 | 7.7-12.5 | 657 | 65.9 | 61.9-69.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 214 | 32 | 21.0 | 14.1-29.9 | 35 | 19.8 | 13.0-28.9 | 24 | 11.3 | 6.9-18.1 | 123 | 47.9 | 39.0-57.0 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 369 | 40 | 18.8 | 13.4-25.7 | 50 | 14.6 | 10.5-20.0 | 47 | 13.4 | 9.3-19.0 | 232 | 53.2 | 46.4-59.8 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 292 | 21 | 10.4 | 6.4-16.4 | 38 | 17.5 | 12.5-23.9 | 30 | 11.6 | 7.6-17.4 | 203 | 60.5 | 53.2-67.4 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 386 | 33 | 12.1 | 8.4-17.2 | 45 | 14.6 | 10.3-20.4 | 36 | 9.3 | 6.5-13.2 | 272 | 64.0 | 57.4-70.0 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 384 | 35 | 11.2 | 7.6-16.1 | 65 | 22.0 | 17.0-28.0 | 39 | 12.3 | 8.7-17.1 | 245 | 54.6 | 48.3-60.7 |
$75,000+ | 558 | 38 | 13.5 | 8.9-19.9 | 71 | 12.2 | 9.4-15.7 | 59 | 11.6 | 8.7-15.4 | 390 | 62.7 | 56.9-68.2 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 835 | 74 | 12.8 | 9.9-16.4 | 95 | 13.4 | 10.6-16.7 | 78 | 9.0 | 7.0-11.6 | 588 | 64.8 | 60.6-68.9 |
No | 1,800 | 156 | 13.8 | 11.4-16.6 | 242 | 15.8 | 13.6-18.1 | 190 | 12.1 | 10.2-14.2 | 1,212 | 58.4 | 55.3-61.4 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 590 | 29 | 7.5 | 5.0-11.2 | 58 | 13.6 | 10.2-18.1 | 39 | 7.7 | 5.4-10.7 | 464 | 71.2 | 66.1-75.8 |
Non-Veteran | 2,052 | 203 | 15.3 | 13.0-18.0 | 280 | 15.4 | 13.5-17.6 | 230 | 12.2 | 10.5-14.2 | 1,339 | 57.0 | 54.1-59.9 |
*This question was asked of those who reported smoking 100+ cigarettes, but no longer smoke.
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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