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| Total Respond.^ |
Within past 6 months | 7 to 11 months | 1 to 2 years | 3 to 4 years | 5+ years ago/Never had it | |||||||||||
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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 | 1,592 | 167 | 10.5 | 8.8-12.5 | 144 | 9.5 | 7.7-11.6 | 210 | 12.7 | 10.8-14.8 | 263 | 15.6 | 13.6-17.8 | 808 | 51.8 | 48.7-54.9 |
| -Piedmont NC | 824 | 95 | 11.6 | 9.1-14.5 | 82 | 10.5 | 8.1-13.6 | 109 | 12.6 | 10.1-15.7 | 132 | 16.1 | 13.2-19.4 | 406 | 49.2 | 44.9-53.4 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 360 | 37 | 11.6 | 8.1-16.5 | 29 | 8.2 | 5.3-12.6 | 50 | 12.3 | 8.8-16.9 | 42 | 10.9 | 7.8-15.2 | 202 | 56.9 | 50.6-62.9 |
| Female | 464 | 58 | 11.5 | 8.5-15.2 | 53 | 12.9 | 9.4-17.5 | 59 | 13.0 | 9.6-17.4 | 90 | 21.4 | 16.9-26.6 | 204 | 41.3 | 35.8-47.0 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 406 | 51 | 12.9 | 9.3-17.6 | 42 | 12.3 | 8.5-17.5 | 66 | 14.9 | 11.2-19.6 | 78 | 19.1 | 14.9-24.3 | 169 | 40.8 | 35.0-46.8 |
| African American | 209 | 29 | 14.1 | 9.3-20.6 | 28 | 13.2 | 8.8-19.5 | 29 | 14.3 | 9.2-21.6 | 35 | 15.7 | 11.0-22.0 | 88 | 42.6 | 34.2-51.5 |
| Other minorities | 203 | 15 | 6.4 | 3.6-11.1 | *** | *** | *** | 14 | 6.5 | 3.7-11.3 | *** | *** | *** | 145 | 73.0 | 65.0-79.8 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 227 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 15 | 5.7 | 3.3- 9.8 | 17 | 6.0 | 3.6- 9.9 | 172 | 77.5 | 71.0-83.0 |
| Non-Hispanic | 596 | 83 | 13.4 | 10.4-17.2 | 71 | 12.7 | 9.6-16.7 | 94 | 15.1 | 11.9-19.1 | 115 | 19.7 | 16.0-24.0 | 233 | 39.0 | 34.1-44.1 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 296 | 37 | 11.2 | 7.9-15.7 | 41 | 14.5 | 10.1-20.2 | 39 | 13.5 | 9.5-18.8 | 48 | 16.7 | 12.3-22.4 | 131 | 44.1 | 37.4-51.0 |
| 35-54 | 373 | 42 | 12.8 | 8.9-18.0 | 35 | 8.2 | 5.7-11.7 | 48 | 11.6 | 8.3-16.0 | 55 | 14.3 | 10.7-19.0 | 193 | 53.1 | 46.9-59.1 |
| 55-64 | 141 | 16 | 9.1 | 5.3-15.3 | *** | *** | *** | 20 | 13.2 | 7.8-21.5 | 26 | 19.3 | 12.1-29.5 | 73 | 55.0 | 44.9-64.8 |
| 65-74 | 8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 218 | 16 | 9.4 | 5.4-16.1 | *** | *** | *** | 17 | 7.3 | 4.3-12.3 | 21 | 9.6 | 5.9-15.3 | 153 | 67.9 | 59.9-75.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 296 | 35 | 13.5 | 9.5-18.9 | 28 | 11.1 | 7.4-16.3 | 52 | 15.3 | 11.3-20.6 | 41 | 13.5 | 9.5-18.8 | 140 | 46.6 | 40.0-53.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 215 | 26 | 11.0 | 7.2-16.4 | 29 | 13.6 | 8.7-20.6 | 28 | 13.8 | 8.9-20.9 | 54 | 27.0 | 20.3-35.0 | 78 | 34.6 | 27.1-42.9 |
| College Graduate | 93 | 18 | 15.1 | 8.8-24.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 16 | 14.2 | 8.1-23.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 194 | 22 | 11.4 | 7.0-18.1 | *** | *** | *** | 22 | 11.0 | 6.4-18.3 | 36 | 20.1 | 13.9-28.1 | 102 | 50.6 | 41.8-59.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 299 | 28 | 9.2 | 6.0-13.9 | 32 | 10.5 | 7.1-15.2 | 40 | 13.5 | 9.6-18.6 | 47 | 15.1 | 10.9-20.5 | 152 | 51.8 | 44.8-58.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 92 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 14 | 12.7 | 7.3-21.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 57 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 43 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 164 | 15 | 9.7 | 5.6-16.3 | *** | *** | *** | 26 | 19.2 | 12.2-28.8 | 30 | 17.0 | 11.4-24.6 | 79 | 46.2 | 37.0-55.6 |
| No | 656 | 79 | 11.8 | 9.1-15.1 | 68 | 11.1 | 8.4-14.7 | 83 | 11.4 | 8.9-14.7 | 101 | 15.9 | 12.7-19.7 | 325 | 49.8 | 45.0-54.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 40 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 783 | 88 | 11.1 | 8.7-14.1 | 81 | 10.8 | 8.3-14.0 | 96 | 11.7 | 9.2-14.8 | 127 | 16.1 | 13.2-19.6 | 391 | 50.2 | 45.8-54.6 |
*Asked of those who reported having no health insurance coverage.
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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