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| Total Respond.^ |
Within the past year (<12 | Within the past 2 years | Within the past 5 years | 5 or more years ago | 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 | 11,749 | 9,208 | 73.5 | 72.4-74.6 | 1,079 | 10.8 | 10.1-11.7 | 683 | 7.1 | 6.5- 7.8 | 671 | 7.3 | 6.7- 8.0 | 108 | 1.3 | 1.0- 1.6 |
| -Piedmont NC | 6,284 | 4,896 | 73.7 | 72.2-75.2 | 606 | 11.3 | 10.3-12.5 | 362 | 6.8 | 5.9- 7.7 | 355 | 7.1 | 6.2- 8.0 | 65 | 1.1 | 0.9- 1.5 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 2,483 | 1,795 | 67.9 | 65.4-70.3 | 256 | 12.0 | 10.4-13.9 | 188 | 8.7 | 7.3-10.3 | 207 | 10.0 | 8.4-11.8 | 37 | 1.4 | 1.0- 2.1 |
| Female | 3,801 | 3,101 | 78.9 | 77.1-80.7 | 350 | 10.7 | 9.4-12.2 | 174 | 5.0 | 4.2- 6.1 | 148 | 4.4 | 3.7- 5.4 | 28 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.4 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 4,560 | 3,569 | 73.7 | 71.9-75.4 | 441 | 11.5 | 10.3-12.9 | 255 | 6.5 | 5.6- 7.6 | 263 | 7.5 | 6.5- 8.6 | 32 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.3 |
| African American | 1,184 | 974 | 78.9 | 75.5-81.9 | 116 | 11.7 | 9.4-14.6 | 51 | 5.5 | 3.9- 7.7 | 37 | 3.5 | 2.5- 5.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| Other minorities | 481 | 309 | 62.7 | 56.5-68.5 | 44 | 8.9 | 6.1-12.8 | 50 | 10.9 | 7.6-15.5 | 53 | 12.4 | 8.5-17.9 | 25 | 5.1 | 3.4- 7.6 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 403 | 235 | 56.9 | 50.9-62.8 | 41 | 10.9 | 7.2-16.1 | 49 | 11.1 | 8.2-14.8 | 46 | 13.1 | 9.5-17.8 | 32 | 8.0 | 5.6-11.4 |
| Non-Hispanic | 5,858 | 4,645 | 75.0 | 73.4-76.6 | 563 | 11.4 | 10.3-12.6 | 312 | 6.4 | 5.6- 7.4 | 305 | 6.6 | 5.7- 7.6 | 33 | 0.6 | 0.4- 1.0 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 1,137 | 714 | 61.7 | 58.2-65.1 | 175 | 15.7 | 13.3-18.5 | 113 | 10.2 | 8.2-12.6 | 108 | 10.2 | 8.1-12.6 | 27 | 2.2 | 1.4- 3.4 |
| 35-54 | 2,082 | 1,510 | 71.8 | 69.3-74.1 | 249 | 12.2 | 10.5-14.1 | 152 | 7.1 | 5.9- 8.7 | 147 | 7.9 | 6.5- 9.5 | 24 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.5 |
| 55-64 | 1,178 | 963 | 81.7 | 78.6-84.6 | 99 | 9.1 | 6.9-12.0 | 53 | 4.6 | 3.3- 6.4 | 60 | 4.4 | 3.2- 5.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 1,029 | 928 | 91.2 | 89.0-93.0 | 46 | 3.7 | 2.6- 5.2 | 26 | 2.1 | 1.3- 3.3 | 24 | 2.4 | 1.6- 3.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 793 | 726 | 92.4 | 89.7-94.4 | 32 | 3.9 | 2.4- 6.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 767 | 555 | 66.2 | 61.5-70.6 | 56 | 10.2 | 7.3-14.0 | 52 | 7.9 | 5.7-10.8 | 77 | 12.3 | 9.5-15.7 | 27 | 3.4 | 2.2- 5.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,718 | 1,345 | 74.2 | 71.1-77.0 | 155 | 10.5 | 8.6-12.8 | 97 | 6.3 | 4.8- 8.1 | 103 | 8.0 | 6.1-10.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,689 | 1,318 | 74.4 | 71.5-77.1 | 164 | 11.5 | 9.6-13.7 | 104 | 7.4 | 5.8- 9.3 | 94 | 6.2 | 4.9- 7.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 2,086 | 1,660 | 77.0 | 74.5-79.3 | 227 | 12.5 | 10.7-14.5 | 109 | 5.9 | 4.8- 7.4 | 79 | 4.1 | 3.2- 5.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 685 | 509 | 68.9 | 64.0-73.3 | 59 | 11.4 | 8.4-15.4 | 48 | 6.7 | 4.7- 9.3 | 56 | 11.1 | 8.3-14.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 1,045 | 745 | 65.0 | 61.0-68.7 | 104 | 13.2 | 10.5-16.5 | 84 | 8.9 | 6.8-11.5 | 96 | 11.2 | 9.0-14.0 | 16 | 1.7 | 1.0- 2.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 650 | 490 | 68.4 | 62.7-73.7 | 75 | 13.5 | 9.8-18.4 | 38 | 7.8 | 5.3-11.3 | 45 | 10.0 | 6.5-15.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 764 | 616 | 77.5 | 73.2-81.2 | 83 | 12.2 | 9.4-15.6 | 31 | 4.5 | 3.0- 6.8 | 30 | 5.2 | 3.2- 8.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 2,064 | 1,668 | 78.5 | 76.0-80.7 | 203 | 10.9 | 9.2-12.8 | 103 | 6.0 | 4.7- 7.6 | 80 | 4.3 | 3.3- 5.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,560 | 1,309 | 81.1 | 78.1-83.8 | 109 | 8.8 | 6.7-11.3 | 64 | 4.8 | 3.5- 6.5 | 69 | 4.8 | 3.6- 6.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 4,658 | 3,536 | 71.8 | 70.0-73.5 | 491 | 12.0 | 10.8-13.3 | 296 | 7.3 | 6.3- 8.4 | 281 | 7.6 | 6.6- 8.8 | 54 | 1.3 | 0.9- 1.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 766 | 650 | 83.9 | 80.4-86.8 | 60 | 9.1 | 6.8-12.1 | 24 | 3.2 | 2.0- 5.1 | 32 | 3.8 | 2.5- 5.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 5,515 | 4,244 | 72.4 | 70.8-74.1 | 546 | 11.6 | 10.5-12.9 | 338 | 7.2 | 6.3- 8.2 | 322 | 7.5 | 6.5- 8.5 | 65 | 1.3 | 1.0- 1.7 |
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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