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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,225 | 1,919 | 55.4 | 53.1-57.6 | 1,306 | 44.6 | 42.4-46.9 |
| -Piedmont NC | 1,736 | 1,001 | 53.9 | 50.9-57.0 | 735 | 46.1 | 43.0-49.1 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 1,338 | 787 | 53.4 | 49.9-56.8 | 551 | 46.6 | 43.2-50.1 |
| African American | 270 | 166 | 63.7 | 56.6-70.3 | 104 | 36.3 | 29.7-43.4 |
| Other minorities | 115 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 79 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,648 | 968 | 55.4 | 52.2-58.5 | 680 | 44.6 | 41.5-47.8 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 40-54 | 662 | 262 | 39.3 | 34.8-43.9 | 400 | 60.7 | 56.1-65.2 |
| 55-64 | 449 | 291 | 64.7 | 58.9-70.0 | 158 | 35.3 | 30.0-41.1 |
| 65-74 | 374 | 276 | 76.4 | 70.8-81.3 | 98 | 23.6 | 18.7-29.2 |
| 75+ | 242 | 166 | 67.8 | 59.9-74.9 | 76 | 32.2 | 25.1-40.1 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 220 | 88 | 36.5 | 29.1-44.6 | 132 | 63.5 | 55.4-70.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 451 | 240 | 50.5 | 44.9-56.1 | 211 | 49.5 | 43.9-55.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 432 | 261 | 59.3 | 53.5-64.8 | 171 | 40.7 | 35.2-46.5 |
| College Graduate | 625 | 408 | 63.0 | 57.9-67.8 | 217 | 37.0 | 32.2-42.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 152 | 69 | 42.2 | 33.0-51.8 | 83 | 57.8 | 48.2-67.0 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 253 | 119 | 45.5 | 38.1-53.1 | 134 | 54.5 | 46.9-61.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 181 | 98 | 50.2 | 41.6-58.8 | 83 | 49.8 | 41.2-58.4 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 247 | 151 | 53.9 | 45.2-62.4 | 96 | 46.1 | 37.6-54.8 |
| $50,000+ | 703 | 448 | 61.9 | 57.2-66.4 | 255 | 38.1 | 33.6-42.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 486 | 306 | 63.7 | 58.3-68.8 | 180 | 36.3 | 31.2-41.7 |
| No | 1,243 | 692 | 50.8 | 47.2-54.4 | 551 | 49.2 | 45.6-52.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 600 | 392 | 63.9 | 59.1-68.5 | 208 | 36.1 | 31.5-40.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,136 | 609 | 49.8 | 46.0-53.6 | 527 | 50.2 | 46.4-54.0 |
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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.
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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