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| Total Respond.^ |
1-12 months | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | 5 or more years | Never | |||||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 11,712 | 7,783 | 64.9 | 63.8-66.0 | 1,189 | 11.1 | 10.3-11.9 | 1,069 | 9.9 | 9.2-10.7 | 1,536 | 12.7 | 11.9-13.5 | 135 | 1.4 | 1.1- 1.7 |
| -Piedmont NC | 6,269 | 4,190 | 65.8 | 64.2-67.3 | 651 | 11.2 | 10.2-12.3 | 574 | 10.0 | 9.0-11.0 | 782 | 11.7 | 10.8-12.8 | 72 | 1.3 | 1.0- 1.7 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 2,493 | 1,568 | 62.2 | 59.7-64.6 | 268 | 11.6 | 10.0-13.4 | 245 | 10.5 | 9.1-12.1 | 369 | 14.0 | 12.4-15.8 | 43 | 1.7 | 1.2- 2.4 |
| Female | 3,776 | 2,622 | 69.1 | 67.1-71.0 | 383 | 10.9 | 9.6-12.2 | 329 | 9.5 | 8.3-10.9 | 413 | 9.6 | 8.5-10.8 | 29 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.5 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 4,558 | 3,212 | 69.7 | 67.9-71.4 | 425 | 10.3 | 9.1-11.7 | 369 | 8.9 | 7.9-10.1 | 526 | 10.5 | 9.5-11.7 | 26 | 0.5 | 0.3- 0.9 |
| African American | 1,172 | 673 | 56.0 | 52.3-59.6 | 166 | 14.6 | 12.2-17.4 | 148 | 13.5 | 11.1-16.3 | 170 | 14.9 | 12.4-17.8 | 15 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.8 |
| Other minorities | 480 | 263 | 59.4 | 53.5-65.0 | 56 | 10.1 | 7.4-13.6 | 53 | 10.2 | 7.2-14.3 | 79 | 13.4 | 10.1-17.5 | 29 | 6.9 | 4.5-10.6 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 405 | 205 | 50.5 | 44.6-56.5 | 53 | 14.2 | 10.4-19.0 | 43 | 9.6 | 6.8-13.3 | 73 | 16.7 | 13.0-21.3 | 31 | 9.0 | 6.3-12.8 |
| Non-Hispanic | 5,840 | 3,971 | 67.0 | 65.4-68.6 | 598 | 11.0 | 10.0-12.2 | 531 | 10.0 | 9.1-11.1 | 700 | 11.3 | 10.3-12.4 | 40 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.1 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 1,152 | 725 | 64.0 | 60.6-67.3 | 165 | 15.1 | 12.7-17.9 | 119 | 10.0 | 8.2-12.1 | 115 | 8.5 | 7.0-10.4 | 28 | 2.3 | 1.5- 3.6 |
| 35-54 | 2,082 | 1,429 | 66.4 | 63.8-68.9 | 219 | 10.7 | 9.2-12.4 | 200 | 10.4 | 8.8-12.3 | 218 | 11.7 | 10.0-13.6 | 16 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.4 |
| 55-64 | 1,175 | 816 | 69.0 | 65.5-72.3 | 101 | 7.0 | 5.6- 8.8 | 109 | 11.3 | 9.1-13.9 | 142 | 12.0 | 9.7-14.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 1,026 | 695 | 67.9 | 64.1-71.4 | 83 | 7.2 | 5.6- 9.4 | 88 | 9.1 | 7.1-11.6 | 151 | 15.0 | 12.4-18.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 770 | 482 | 61.0 | 56.5-65.4 | 71 | 9.4 | 6.9-12.6 | 52 | 6.4 | 4.6- 8.8 | 154 | 22.2 | 18.4-26.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 752 | 296 | 42.1 | 37.5-46.9 | 84 | 11.6 | 9.0-14.8 | 98 | 13.8 | 10.8-17.5 | 243 | 28.5 | 24.6-32.8 | 31 | 3.9 | 2.7- 5.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,713 | 995 | 59.8 | 56.6-62.8 | 226 | 13.6 | 11.5-16.0 | 196 | 12.0 | 10.2-14.2 | 269 | 13.0 | 11.3-15.1 | 27 | 1.6 | 1.0- 2.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,697 | 1,166 | 69.4 | 66.5-72.1 | 177 | 10.8 | 9.0-13.0 | 164 | 10.0 | 8.3-12.0 | 181 | 9.1 | 7.6-10.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 2,084 | 1,718 | 81.5 | 79.3-83.6 | 160 | 8.9 | 7.4-10.8 | 114 | 5.6 | 4.5- 7.0 | 88 | 3.7 | 2.9- 4.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 687 | 284 | 41.9 | 37.1-46.8 | 92 | 14.8 | 11.5-18.9 | 117 | 17.4 | 14.1-21.4 | 179 | 23.9 | 20.0-28.3 | 15 | 2.0 | 1.1- 3.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 1,028 | 484 | 47.0 | 43.0-51.0 | 157 | 15.8 | 13.2-18.9 | 132 | 13.7 | 11.1-16.8 | 231 | 20.4 | 17.5-23.6 | 24 | 3.2 | 1.9- 5.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 648 | 400 | 59.7 | 54.4-64.8 | 79 | 14.2 | 10.4-19.3 | 68 | 11.2 | 8.4-14.6 | 91 | 13.3 | 10.4-16.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 764 | 562 | 70.5 | 66.1-74.6 | 72 | 10.8 | 8.3-13.9 | 73 | 10.7 | 8.2-13.8 | 55 | 7.9 | 5.5-11.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 2,069 | 1,747 | 82.9 | 80.7-85.0 | 151 | 8.2 | 6.7- 9.9 | 92 | 4.9 | 3.8- 6.2 | 75 | 3.9 | 3.0- 5.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,548 | 882 | 55.9 | 52.6-59.2 | 178 | 11.8 | 9.9-14.0 | 187 | 13.8 | 11.4-16.5 | 290 | 18.0 | 15.6-20.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 4,656 | 3,266 | 68.2 | 66.4-69.9 | 465 | 11.1 | 9.9-12.4 | 382 | 9.1 | 8.1-10.2 | 484 | 10.2 | 9.1-11.3 | 59 | 1.5 | 1.1- 2.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 767 | 517 | 68.5 | 64.3-72.4 | 63 | 8.0 | 5.8-11.1 | 72 | 10.8 | 8.4-13.8 | 107 | 11.9 | 9.5-14.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 5,499 | 3,670 | 65.4 | 63.7-67.1 | 588 | 11.6 | 10.5-12.8 | 502 | 9.9 | 8.9-11.0 | 675 | 11.7 | 10.7-12.9 | 64 | 1.3 | 1.0- 1.8 |
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.
Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
**Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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