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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 | 10,484 | 7,871 | 75.9 | 74.8-77.0 | 1,607 | 15.2 | 14.4-16.2 | 1,006 | 8.8 | 8.1- 9.6 |
-WHITES | 7,484 | 5,669 | 76.4 | 75.1-77.6 | 1,148 | 15.4 | 14.4-16.5 | 667 | 8.2 | 7.4- 9.1 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 2,939 | 2,172 | 74.3 | 72.2-76.3 | 553 | 18.7 | 17.0-20.5 | 214 | 7.0 | 5.8- 8.4 |
Female | 4,545 | 3,497 | 78.3 | 76.6-79.8 | 595 | 12.4 | 11.2-13.8 | 453 | 9.3 | 8.3-10.4 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 145 | 119 | 82.8 | 74.6-88.7 | 15 | 11.0 | 6.4-18.2 | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Hispanic | 7,327 | 5,545 | 76.2 | 74.9-77.5 | 1,130 | 15.5 | 14.5-16.6 | 652 | 8.2 | 7.4- 9.1 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-34 | 939 | 745 | 78.3 | 74.8-81.4 | 132 | 14.6 | 12.1-17.6 | 62 | 7.1 | 5.1- 9.6 |
35-44 | 940 | 748 | 79.0 | 75.7-82.0 | 144 | 15.7 | 13.0-18.7 | 48 | 5.3 | 3.9- 7.3 |
45-54 | 1,278 | 1,001 | 77.4 | 74.5-80.1 | 202 | 16.6 | 14.2-19.2 | 75 | 6.0 | 4.6- 7.8 |
55-64 | 1,601 | 1,246 | 77.4 | 74.9-79.8 | 240 | 15.2 | 13.2-17.4 | 115 | 7.3 | 5.9- 9.1 |
65-74 | 1,535 | 1,146 | 74.0 | 71.3-76.6 | 237 | 15.5 | 13.4-17.8 | 152 | 10.5 | 8.8-12.6 |
75+ | 1,147 | 758 | 66.6 | 63.0-70.1 | 183 | 14.6 | 12.4-17.2 | 206 | 18.8 | 15.8-22.2 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 678 | 405 | 64.3 | 59.5-68.9 | 146 | 19.8 | 16.2-24.1 | 127 | 15.8 | 12.6-19.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,093 | 1,472 | 70.5 | 67.8-73.0 | 405 | 19.8 | 17.7-22.1 | 216 | 9.7 | 8.0-11.7 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,083 | 1,595 | 78.4 | 76.1-80.5 | 324 | 14.9 | 13.1-17.0 | 164 | 6.7 | 5.5- 8.1 |
College Graduate | 2,614 | 2,187 | 84.8 | 83.0-86.4 | 268 | 9.9 | 8.6-11.4 | 159 | 5.3 | 4.4- 6.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 711 | 493 | 71.1 | 66.6-75.2 | 147 | 21.3 | 17.6-25.6 | 71 | 7.6 | 5.7-10.1 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,092 | 780 | 74.7 | 71.3-77.8 | 195 | 16.8 | 14.2-19.9 | 117 | 8.5 | 6.8-10.6 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 768 | 575 | 75.1 | 71.0-78.8 | 132 | 17.7 | 14.5-21.5 | 61 | 7.2 | 5.3- 9.7 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 970 | 765 | 78.5 | 74.9-81.7 | 141 | 15.3 | 12.5-18.6 | 64 | 6.2 | 4.7- 8.2 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 997 | 800 | 79.2 | 75.6-82.3 | 138 | 14.8 | 12.0-18.1 | 59 | 6.1 | 4.5- 8.2 |
$75,000+ | 1,719 | 1,442 | 83.7 | 81.5-85.7 | 186 | 11.4 | 9.7-13.4 | 91 | 4.9 | 3.8- 6.2 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 2,119 | 1,541 | 73.1 | 70.5-75.4 | 375 | 18.7 | 16.6-21.1 | 203 | 8.2 | 6.9- 9.7 |
No | 5,330 | 4,104 | 77.3 | 75.8-78.8 | 768 | 14.5 | 13.3-15.7 | 458 | 8.2 | 7.2- 9.3 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 1,037 | 760 | 73.5 | 70.1-76.6 | 192 | 18.2 | 15.6-21.2 | 85 | 8.3 | 6.5-10.7 |
Non-Veteran | 6,446 | 4,908 | 76.8 | 75.4-78.1 | 956 | 15.0 | 13.9-16.2 | 582 | 8.2 | 7.3- 9.1 |
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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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