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| Total Respond.^ |
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 |
| -Piedmont NC | 1,747 | 173 | 15.2 | 12.6-18.2 | 242 | 16.1 | 13.9-18.6 | 193 | 11.4 | 9.7-13.5 | 1,139 | 57.2 | 54.0-60.4 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 846 | 86 | 16.9 | 13.0-21.6 | 115 | 15.7 | 12.7-19.2 | 88 | 10.9 | 8.4-13.9 | 557 | 56.5 | 51.8-61.1 |
| Female | 901 | 87 | 13.0 | 10.2-16.3 | 127 | 16.6 | 13.5-20.4 | 105 | 12.2 | 9.8-15.1 | 582 | 58.2 | 54.0-62.4 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 1,415 | 132 | 14.5 | 11.8-17.7 | 184 | 15.2 | 12.8-17.9 | 148 | 11.2 | 9.3-13.5 | 951 | 59.1 | 55.6-62.5 |
| African American | 233 | 23 | 11.8 | 7.4-18.5 | 42 | 20.9 | 14.6-29.0 | 29 | 11.1 | 7.1-17.0 | 139 | 56.1 | 47.7-64.2 |
| Other minorities | 84 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 62 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,682 | 157 | 14.6 | 12.0-17.7 | 227 | 15.8 | 13.6-18.4 | 182 | 11.2 | 9.4-13.3 | 1,116 | 58.4 | 55.1-61.6 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 171 | 63 | 43.8 | 34.4-53.6 | 66 | 35.2 | 27.3-44.0 | 28 | 14.1 | 9.3-20.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 444 | 68 | 17.5 | 13.5-22.3 | 84 | 18.3 | 14.2-23.4 | 76 | 15.4 | 11.9-19.9 | 216 | 48.7 | 42.9-54.6 |
| 55-64 | 357 | 20 | 3.4 | 2.0- 5.6 | 48 | 11.9 | 8.6-16.3 | 41 | 12.9 | 9.3-17.8 | 248 | 71.8 | 66.0-76.9 |
| 65-74 | 449 | 18 | 3.1 | 1.8- 5.3 | 32 | 6.3 | 3.8-10.1 | 26 | 3.7 | 2.4- 5.6 | 373 | 86.9 | 82.7-90.2 |
| 75+ | 311 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 276 | 90.8 | 85.9-94.1 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 203 | 24 | 14.3 | 9.2-21.7 | 25 | 12.3 | 7.8-18.8 | 18 | 10.7 | 6.1-18.2 | 136 | 62.7 | 53.6-70.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 459 | 58 | 20.0 | 14.2-27.5 | 62 | 16.1 | 11.9-21.4 | 52 | 10.6 | 7.7-14.5 | 287 | 53.3 | 46.8-59.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 484 | 48 | 16.3 | 11.7-22.3 | 68 | 17.8 | 13.5-23.0 | 59 | 12.5 | 9.4-16.4 | 309 | 53.4 | 47.6-59.2 |
| College Graduate | 599 | 43 | 9.8 | 7.0-13.6 | 86 | 16.3 | 12.8-20.6 | 64 | 11.4 | 8.4-15.3 | 406 | 62.5 | 57.2-67.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 152 | 24 | 21.2 | 13.8-31.2 | 29 | 23.5 | 15.3-34.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 256 | 33 | 21.0 | 14.5-29.5 | 48 | 22.7 | 16.6-30.1 | 30 | 10.3 | 6.9-15.3 | 145 | 46.0 | 38.4-53.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 194 | *** | *** | *** | 25 | 15.8 | 9.5-25.3 | 24 | 12.9 | 8.0-20.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 248 | 21 | 10.8 | 6.7-16.8 | 26 | 14.3 | 9.0-22.0 | 29 | 10.6 | 7.0-15.8 | 172 | 64.4 | 56.0-71.9 |
| $50,000+ | 603 | 52 | 13.6 | 9.7-18.9 | 90 | 16.1 | 12.7-20.3 | 74 | 13.0 | 9.9-16.9 | 387 | 57.2 | 51.8-62.4 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 524 | 51 | 13.8 | 10.1-18.5 | 66 | 13.3 | 10.1-17.4 | 53 | 8.6 | 6.2-11.8 | 354 | 64.3 | 58.9-69.4 |
| No | 1,217 | 121 | 15.7 | 12.5-19.5 | 175 | 17.1 | 14.4-20.3 | 139 | 12.4 | 10.2-15.0 | 782 | 54.8 | 50.9-58.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 372 | 22 | 9.5 | 6.1-14.5 | 34 | 12.5 | 8.4-18.2 | 30 | 8.4 | 5.6-12.4 | 286 | 69.6 | 63.1-75.4 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,374 | 151 | 16.7 | 13.6-20.3 | 208 | 17.1 | 14.5-19.9 | 163 | 12.2 | 10.2-14.7 | 852 | 54.0 | 50.4-57.6 |
*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.
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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