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| Total Respond.^ |
Daily | Weekly | Monthly | Never | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 10,581 | 4,785 | 40.7 | 39.5-41.9 | 694 | 6.7 | 6.1- 7.4 | 150 | 1.6 | 1.3- 2.0 | 4,952 | 51.0 | 49.7-52.2 |
| -Piedmont NC | 5,632 | 2,544 | 40.6 | 39.0-42.3 | 377 | 7.0 | 6.2- 8.0 | 91 | 1.8 | 1.4- 2.4 | 2,620 | 50.5 | 48.8-52.2 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 2,213 | 875 | 36.0 | 33.5-38.6 | 136 | 6.4 | 5.2- 7.9 | 49 | 2.4 | 1.7- 3.4 | 1,153 | 55.2 | 52.5-57.9 |
| Female | 3,419 | 1,669 | 44.8 | 42.6-47.0 | 241 | 7.6 | 6.5- 8.9 | 42 | 1.3 | 0.9- 1.9 | 1,467 | 46.3 | 44.0-48.5 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 4,125 | 1,935 | 42.6 | 40.6-44.5 | 262 | 6.7 | 5.8- 7.8 | 57 | 1.4 | 1.0- 1.9 | 1,871 | 49.3 | 47.3-51.3 |
| African American | 1,025 | 444 | 39.0 | 35.2-42.9 | 82 | 8.3 | 6.4-10.9 | 19 | 2.4 | 1.4- 4.1 | 480 | 50.3 | 46.3-54.3 |
| Other minorities | 434 | 143 | 30.7 | 25.3-36.8 | 32 | 6.9 | 4.2-11.1 | *** | *** | *** | 246 | 59.0 | 52.6-65.1 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 371 | 109 | 25.5 | 20.8-30.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 230 | 64.3 | 58.2-69.9 |
| Non-Hispanic | 5,243 | 2,429 | 41.9 | 40.1-43.7 | 360 | 7.2 | 6.3- 8.2 | 74 | 1.6 | 1.2- 2.1 | 2,380 | 49.3 | 47.5-51.2 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 936 | 297 | 29.7 | 26.4-33.3 | 77 | 8.5 | 6.5-10.9 | 24 | 2.1 | 1.4- 3.4 | 538 | 59.7 | 55.9-63.4 |
| 35-54 | 1,871 | 729 | 38.2 | 35.5-41.0 | 160 | 8.4 | 7.0-10.1 | 37 | 2.4 | 1.6- 3.6 | 945 | 51.0 | 48.1-53.8 |
| 55-64 | 1,099 | 540 | 48.3 | 44.5-52.1 | 59 | 4.7 | 3.5- 6.2 | *** | *** | *** | 485 | 46.1 | 42.4-50.0 |
| 65-74 | 951 | 531 | 54.7 | 50.6-58.8 | 43 | 4.1 | 2.9- 5.7 | *** | *** | *** | 368 | 40.4 | 36.4-44.5 |
| 75+ | 724 | 413 | 57.5 | 52.9-62.0 | 35 | 3.8 | 2.5- 5.7 | *** | *** | *** | 270 | 37.7 | 33.3-42.4 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 692 | 243 | 31.0 | 26.7-35.6 | 29 | 3.2 | 2.1- 4.8 | *** | *** | *** | 411 | 64.4 | 59.6-68.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,542 | 665 | 38.4 | 35.3-41.5 | 75 | 5.5 | 4.1- 7.4 | 21 | 1.2 | 0.7- 1.9 | 781 | 55.0 | 51.7-58.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,512 | 718 | 43.8 | 40.6-47.0 | 103 | 7.8 | 6.1-10.0 | 22 | 1.9 | 1.1- 3.0 | 669 | 46.6 | 43.3-49.8 |
| College Graduate | 1,866 | 909 | 45.1 | 42.1-48.0 | 169 | 10.0 | 8.4-11.9 | 38 | 2.6 | 1.7- 3.9 | 750 | 42.3 | 39.4-45.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 617 | 242 | 33.9 | 29.1-38.9 | 36 | 5.2 | 3.4- 7.7 | *** | *** | *** | 329 | 58.8 | 53.6-63.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 940 | 388 | 36.5 | 32.6-40.5 | 55 | 6.1 | 4.4- 8.3 | *** | *** | *** | 482 | 55.7 | 51.6-59.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 570 | 251 | 40.0 | 34.9-45.4 | 33 | 4.9 | 3.2- 7.3 | *** | *** | *** | 278 | 53.4 | 47.9-58.8 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 698 | 327 | 40.9 | 36.5-45.6 | 51 | 8.5 | 6.0-11.8 | *** | *** | *** | 310 | 48.9 | 44.1-53.7 |
| $50,000+ | 1,875 | 894 | 44.4 | 41.5-47.4 | 155 | 9.4 | 7.7-11.5 | 35 | 2.1 | 1.4- 3.2 | 791 | 44.1 | 41.1-47.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,422 | 693 | 46.7 | 43.2-50.2 | 69 | 4.9 | 3.7- 6.5 | 20 | 1.5 | 0.9- 2.5 | 640 | 46.9 | 43.5-50.4 |
| No | 4,186 | 1,839 | 39.1 | 37.2-41.0 | 307 | 7.6 | 6.6- 8.8 | 71 | 1.9 | 1.4- 2.6 | 1,969 | 51.4 | 49.4-53.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 673 | 333 | 48.9 | 44.2-53.6 | 37 | 5.7 | 3.7- 8.8 | *** | *** | *** | 289 | 43.1 | 38.5-47.8 |
| Non-Veteran | 4,957 | 2,210 | 39.6 | 37.9-41.4 | 340 | 7.2 | 6.3- 8.2 | 77 | 1.8 | 1.3- 2.3 | 2,330 | 51.4 | 49.5-53.3 |
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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