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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 | 10,488 | 5,915 | 56.1 | 54.9-57.4 | 3,347 | 33.0 | 31.8-34.2 | 1,226 | 10.9 | 10.1-11.6 |
-WHITES | 7,472 | 4,188 | 54.6 | 53.1-56.1 | 2,490 | 35.1 | 33.7-36.5 | 794 | 10.3 | 9.4-11.2 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 2,920 | 1,497 | 50.4 | 48.1-52.7 | 1,169 | 41.2 | 38.9-43.5 | 254 | 8.4 | 7.2- 9.8 |
Female | 4,552 | 2,691 | 58.4 | 56.5-60.3 | 1,321 | 29.6 | 27.9-31.4 | 540 | 12.0 | 10.8-13.2 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 148 | *** | *** | *** | 34 | 24.4 | 15.7-35.9 | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Hispanic | 7,313 | 4,079 | 54.3 | 52.8-55.8 | 2,454 | 35.3 | 33.9-36.8 | 780 | 10.3 | 9.5-11.3 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-34 | 934 | 514 | 53.0 | 49.1-56.8 | 324 | 36.8 | 33.1-40.6 | 96 | 10.2 | 8.2-12.7 |
35-44 | 944 | 542 | 54.6 | 50.8-58.3 | 321 | 36.2 | 32.6-40.0 | 81 | 9.2 | 7.2-11.6 |
45-54 | 1,280 | 718 | 54.9 | 51.5-58.2 | 466 | 38.0 | 34.8-41.3 | 96 | 7.1 | 5.6- 9.0 |
55-64 | 1,602 | 908 | 56.3 | 53.3-59.3 | 562 | 34.4 | 31.6-37.2 | 132 | 9.3 | 7.6-11.4 |
65-74 | 1,528 | 870 | 55.8 | 52.7-58.8 | 502 | 33.1 | 30.3-36.1 | 156 | 11.1 | 9.3-13.2 |
75+ | 1,140 | 613 | 53.6 | 49.9-57.2 | 301 | 26.6 | 23.6-29.8 | 226 | 19.9 | 17.1-22.9 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 678 | 272 | 38.2 | 33.5-43.1 | 295 | 47.3 | 42.3-52.3 | 111 | 14.5 | 11.5-18.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,094 | 1,027 | 46.9 | 44.1-49.7 | 838 | 42.3 | 39.6-45.1 | 229 | 10.8 | 9.1-12.7 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,086 | 1,111 | 55.0 | 52.2-57.7 | 751 | 34.9 | 32.4-37.6 | 224 | 10.1 | 8.6-11.8 |
College Graduate | 2,600 | 1,770 | 68.6 | 66.3-70.8 | 601 | 23.1 | 21.1-25.2 | 229 | 8.3 | 7.1- 9.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 704 | 331 | 45.2 | 40.4-50.0 | 301 | 45.0 | 40.2-49.8 | 72 | 9.9 | 7.3-13.1 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,087 | 522 | 45.6 | 41.8-49.4 | 445 | 44.7 | 40.8-48.6 | 120 | 9.8 | 7.8-12.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 758 | 388 | 50.6 | 46.1-55.1 | 292 | 39.5 | 35.2-44.0 | 78 | 9.8 | 7.6-12.7 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 973 | 561 | 54.5 | 50.4-58.5 | 333 | 37.0 | 33.1-41.1 | 79 | 8.5 | 6.5-11.1 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 998 | 596 | 57.3 | 53.3-61.2 | 313 | 33.9 | 30.2-37.8 | 89 | 8.8 | 6.9-11.3 |
$75,000+ | 1,710 | 1,180 | 67.9 | 64.9-70.6 | 411 | 25.1 | 22.5-27.8 | 119 | 7.1 | 5.7- 8.8 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 2,120 | 1,088 | 49.5 | 46.8-52.2 | 799 | 40.1 | 37.4-42.8 | 233 | 10.4 | 8.9-12.2 |
No | 5,318 | 3,089 | 56.4 | 54.6-58.1 | 1,675 | 33.4 | 31.8-35.1 | 554 | 10.2 | 9.2-11.3 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 1,024 | 529 | 51.5 | 47.7-55.2 | 386 | 37.0 | 33.5-40.6 | 109 | 11.5 | 9.3-14.3 |
Non-Veteran | 6,447 | 3,658 | 55.1 | 53.4-56.7 | 2,104 | 34.8 | 33.3-36.4 | 685 | 10.1 | 9.2-11.1 |
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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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