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| Total Respond.^ |
Strongly agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly disagree | |||||||||||
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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 | 10,612 | 4,147 | 38.9 | 37.7-40.1 | 5,081 | 47.5 | 46.2-48.7 | 461 | 4.7 | 4.2- 5.3 | 680 | 6.5 | 5.9- 7.2 | 243 | 2.4 | 2.0- 2.8 |
| -Piedmont NC | 5,657 | 2,306 | 41.0 | 39.3-42.7 | 2,630 | 46.1 | 44.3-47.8 | 239 | 4.5 | 3.9- 5.2 | 361 | 6.4 | 5.6- 7.3 | 121 | 2.1 | 1.7- 2.6 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 2,226 | 881 | 39.1 | 36.5-41.8 | 1,069 | 48.6 | 45.9-51.3 | 96 | 4.5 | 3.6- 5.7 | 142 | 6.1 | 5.0- 7.4 | 38 | 1.6 | 1.1- 2.4 |
| Female | 3,431 | 1,425 | 42.7 | 40.5-44.9 | 1,561 | 43.8 | 41.6-46.0 | 143 | 4.4 | 3.7- 5.4 | 219 | 6.6 | 5.5- 7.9 | 83 | 2.5 | 1.9- 3.2 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 4,143 | 1,847 | 44.9 | 43.0-46.9 | 1,859 | 44.6 | 42.6-46.6 | 159 | 3.7 | 3.1- 4.5 | 213 | 5.2 | 4.4- 6.2 | 65 | 1.6 | 1.2- 2.1 |
| African American | 1,031 | 335 | 34.9 | 31.1-39.0 | 481 | 44.4 | 40.5-48.3 | 58 | 6.9 | 5.2- 9.1 | 117 | 10.1 | 8.1-12.6 | 40 | 3.6 | 2.4- 5.3 |
| Other minorities | 436 | 111 | 26.4 | 21.2-32.3 | 265 | 59.5 | 53.2-65.6 | 18 | 4.6 | 2.6- 8.0 | 28 | 6.9 | 4.3-11.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 368 | 91 | 27.1 | 21.8-33.2 | 232 | 61.4 | 55.2-67.3 | 22 | 5.4 | 3.4- 8.5 | 18 | 4.6 | 2.6- 8.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 5,271 | 2,210 | 42.1 | 40.3-43.9 | 2,391 | 44.8 | 43.0-46.6 | 215 | 4.4 | 3.7- 5.2 | 340 | 6.5 | 5.7- 7.5 | 115 | 2.1 | 1.7- 2.7 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 949 | 342 | 38.4 | 34.7-42.3 | 430 | 44.6 | 40.8-48.5 | 72 | 6.4 | 5.0- 8.3 | 80 | 8.1 | 6.3-10.4 | 25 | 2.5 | 1.6- 3.8 |
| 35-54 | 1,896 | 822 | 43.7 | 40.9-46.5 | 803 | 42.8 | 40.0-45.6 | 94 | 4.8 | 3.8- 6.1 | 125 | 6.4 | 5.2- 7.9 | 52 | 2.3 | 1.6- 3.1 |
| 55-64 | 1,106 | 509 | 44.0 | 40.3-47.7 | 472 | 45.9 | 42.2-49.8 | 36 | 3.1 | 2.0- 4.6 | 66 | 4.9 | 3.6- 6.6 | 23 | 2.1 | 1.3- 3.6 |
| 65-74 | 961 | 389 | 40.5 | 36.5-44.5 | 491 | 53.3 | 49.2-57.3 | *** | *** | *** | 46 | 3.9 | 2.7- 5.5 | 15 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.3 |
| 75+ | 692 | 232 | 32.8 | 28.5-37.3 | 400 | 58.0 | 53.3-62.6 | *** | *** | *** | 41 | 6.1 | 4.2- 8.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 669 | 148 | 27.3 | 22.7-32.4 | 421 | 60.3 | 55.2-65.2 | 21 | 2.4 | 1.4- 4.0 | 67 | 8.3 | 6.2-11.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,540 | 509 | 36.3 | 33.1-39.6 | 808 | 48.7 | 45.4-52.0 | 73 | 5.5 | 4.2- 7.1 | 116 | 7.6 | 6.1- 9.4 | 34 | 2.0 | 1.3- 3.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,533 | 603 | 39.5 | 36.3-42.7 | 711 | 45.7 | 42.5-48.9 | 74 | 5.3 | 4.1- 6.8 | 99 | 6.4 | 4.9- 8.3 | 46 | 3.2 | 2.3- 4.4 |
| College Graduate | 1,895 | 1,041 | 55.4 | 52.4-58.2 | 677 | 35.5 | 32.7-38.3 | 70 | 3.9 | 2.8- 5.3 | 78 | 4.2 | 3.1- 5.6 | 29 | 1.1 | 0.7- 1.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 614 | 166 | 28.2 | 23.7-33.2 | 308 | 49.7 | 44.4-54.9 | 42 | 6.5 | 4.5- 9.4 | 72 | 11.1 | 8.2-14.7 | 26 | 4.6 | 2.8- 7.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 936 | 260 | 30.4 | 26.5-34.7 | 533 | 52.9 | 48.7-57.1 | 43 | 4.9 | 3.5- 7.0 | 76 | 8.6 | 6.6-11.1 | 24 | 3.1 | 1.9- 4.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 579 | 199 | 32.3 | 27.6-37.3 | 286 | 50.6 | 45.2-56.1 | 24 | 5.4 | 3.4- 8.6 | 52 | 8.9 | 6.5-12.2 | 18 | 2.7 | 1.5- 4.8 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 699 | 296 | 42.2 | 37.5-47.1 | 333 | 47.7 | 42.9-52.5 | 25 | 4.1 | 2.6- 6.4 | 35 | 4.5 | 3.0- 6.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 1,895 | 1,040 | 53.9 | 51.0-56.9 | 701 | 37.5 | 34.7-40.4 | 63 | 3.4 | 2.5- 4.7 | 69 | 4.0 | 2.8- 5.6 | 22 | 1.1 | 0.7- 1.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,418 | 506 | 35.8 | 32.5-39.2 | 683 | 48.3 | 44.8-51.8 | 61 | 4.2 | 3.1- 5.8 | 128 | 9.3 | 7.5-11.4 | 40 | 2.5 | 1.7- 3.6 |
| No | 4,216 | 1,795 | 42.4 | 40.5-44.4 | 1,933 | 45.4 | 43.4-47.4 | 177 | 4.6 | 3.8- 5.4 | 230 | 5.6 | 4.8- 6.6 | 81 | 2.0 | 1.5- 2.6 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 678 | 276 | 43.4 | 38.8-48.1 | 328 | 46.3 | 41.7-51.0 | 23 | 3.3 | 2.0- 5.3 | 41 | 5.4 | 3.8- 7.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 4,976 | 2,030 | 40.7 | 38.9-42.5 | 2,301 | 46.0 | 44.2-47.9 | 215 | 4.6 | 3.9- 5.4 | 319 | 6.5 | 5.7- 7.5 | 111 | 2.1 | 1.7- 2.7 |
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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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