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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 |
-WHITES | 7,528 | 3,574 | 43.3 | 41.8-44.7 | 456 | 6.2 | 5.5- 7.0 | 98 | 1.5 | 1.1- 1.8 | 3,400 | 49.1 | 47.6-50.5 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 2,944 | 1,238 | 38.4 | 36.2-40.6 | 154 | 5.7 | 4.7- 6.9 | 40 | 1.4 | 1.0- 2.1 | 1,512 | 54.5 | 52.2-56.8 |
Female | 4,584 | 2,336 | 47.7 | 45.9-49.6 | 302 | 6.7 | 5.8- 7.7 | 58 | 1.5 | 1.1- 2.0 | 1,888 | 44.1 | 42.2-46.0 |
HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
Hispanic | 152 | 52 | 25.0 | 18.1-33.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Hispanic | 7,364 | 3,518 | 43.7 | 42.3-45.2 | 447 | 6.1 | 5.4- 6.9 | 93 | 1.4 | 1.1- 1.8 | 3,306 | 48.7 | 47.2-50.2 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-34 | 942 | 329 | 31.7 | 28.4-35.3 | 83 | 8.3 | 6.4-10.8 | 20 | 2.1 | 1.3- 3.4 | 510 | 57.8 | 54.1-61.5 |
35-44 | 945 | 350 | 36.7 | 33.2-40.4 | 95 | 9.5 | 7.6-11.8 | 20 | 2.1 | 1.3- 3.3 | 480 | 51.7 | 48.0-55.5 |
45-54 | 1,276 | 529 | 41.4 | 38.1-44.7 | 90 | 6.0 | 4.7- 7.7 | 18 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.3 | 639 | 51.2 | 47.9-54.6 |
55-64 | 1,590 | 798 | 50.2 | 47.2-53.2 | 74 | 4.2 | 3.2- 5.4 | 18 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.5 | 700 | 44.7 | 41.7-47.8 |
65-74 | 1,552 | 863 | 55.2 | 52.1-58.2 | 62 | 3.1 | 2.4- 4.2 | *** | *** | *** | 614 | 40.9 | 38.0-43.9 |
75+ | 1,175 | 681 | 58.6 | 55.0-62.1 | 48 | 3.5 | 2.5- 4.9 | *** | *** | *** | 437 | 37.0 | 33.6-40.5 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 694 | 268 | 31.3 | 27.0-35.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 402 | 66.0 | 61.3-70.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,118 | 961 | 41.4 | 38.7-44.1 | 105 | 5.4 | 4.2- 6.9 | 20 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.3 | 1,032 | 52.4 | 49.6-55.2 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,081 | 1,008 | 45.0 | 42.3-47.7 | 114 | 5.9 | 4.6- 7.5 | 30 | 1.9 | 1.3- 2.9 | 929 | 47.2 | 44.5-50.0 |
College Graduate | 2,618 | 1,328 | 48.3 | 45.9-50.7 | 216 | 9.0 | 7.7-10.5 | 44 | 2.0 | 1.5- 2.8 | 1,030 | 40.7 | 38.3-43.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 713 | 286 | 32.7 | 28.5-37.2 | 33 | 4.4 | 2.8- 6.8 | *** | *** | *** | 386 | 61.6 | 56.9-66.0 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,105 | 495 | 39.2 | 35.5-42.9 | 59 | 5.1 | 3.7- 7.2 | *** | *** | *** | 540 | 54.9 | 51.1-58.7 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 763 | 367 | 47.0 | 42.5-51.4 | 38 | 5.0 | 3.4- 7.3 | *** | *** | *** | 346 | 46.0 | 41.6-50.4 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 979 | 482 | 44.2 | 40.3-48.1 | 63 | 7.2 | 5.3- 9.8 | *** | *** | *** | 424 | 47.5 | 43.5-51.5 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 1,000 | 521 | 50.2 | 46.2-54.1 | 56 | 5.5 | 4.1- 7.3 | *** | *** | *** | 410 | 42.6 | 38.7-46.6 |
$75,000+ | 1,713 | 807 | 43.5 | 40.5-46.5 | 144 | 9.0 | 7.3-11.0 | 32 | 1.9 | 1.3- 2.9 | 730 | 45.6 | 42.6-48.7 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 2,124 | 1,033 | 46.2 | 43.5-49.0 | 99 | 4.9 | 3.9- 6.3 | 20 | 1.1 | 0.6- 1.8 | 972 | 47.8 | 45.0-50.5 |
No | 5,369 | 2,526 | 42.3 | 40.6-44.0 | 357 | 6.6 | 5.8- 7.6 | 78 | 1.6 | 1.2- 2.1 | 2,408 | 49.4 | 47.7-51.2 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 1,043 | 522 | 49.0 | 45.3-52.7 | 49 | 4.7 | 3.4- 6.5 | *** | *** | *** | 461 | 45.3 | 41.6-49.0 |
Non-Veteran | 6,484 | 3,052 | 42.4 | 40.9-44.0 | 407 | 6.4 | 5.7- 7.3 | 87 | 1.5 | 1.2- 2.0 | 2,938 | 49.6 | 48.0-51.2 |
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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