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| Total Respond.^ |
Favor | Oppose | Don't know | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 10,484 | 7,871 | 75.9 | 74.8-77.0 | 1,607 | 15.2 | 14.4-16.2 | 1,006 | 8.8 | 8.1- 9.6 |
| -Piedmont NC | 5,589 | 4,217 | 75.9 | 74.4-77.4 | 857 | 15.2 | 14.0-16.5 | 515 | 8.9 | 8.0-10.0 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 2,203 | 1,633 | 75.1 | 72.7-77.3 | 408 | 17.1 | 15.2-19.0 | 162 | 7.8 | 6.4- 9.6 |
| Female | 3,386 | 2,584 | 76.6 | 74.7-78.5 | 449 | 13.5 | 12.0-15.2 | 353 | 9.9 | 8.7-11.3 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 4,106 | 3,120 | 76.7 | 75.0-78.4 | 630 | 15.1 | 13.7-16.6 | 356 | 8.2 | 7.1- 9.4 |
| African American | 1,012 | 754 | 73.9 | 70.1-77.3 | 153 | 16.4 | 13.6-19.7 | 105 | 9.7 | 7.7-12.3 |
| Other minorities | 426 | 313 | 74.5 | 68.6-79.7 | 64 | 12.9 | 9.5-17.4 | 49 | 12.5 | 8.7-17.7 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 357 | 280 | 78.6 | 73.3-83.0 | 36 | 10.3 | 7.2-14.4 | 41 | 11.2 | 8.0-15.4 |
| Non-Hispanic | 5,215 | 3,929 | 75.8 | 74.2-77.3 | 815 | 15.5 | 14.3-16.9 | 471 | 8.7 | 7.7- 9.8 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-34 | 927 | 723 | 76.9 | 73.4-80.0 | 136 | 14.8 | 12.3-17.7 | 68 | 8.3 | 6.2-11.0 |
| 35-54 | 1,867 | 1,478 | 77.8 | 75.3-80.1 | 264 | 14.8 | 12.9-17.0 | 125 | 7.4 | 6.0- 9.1 |
| 55-64 | 1,100 | 842 | 76.9 | 73.7-79.8 | 170 | 15.0 | 12.7-17.8 | 88 | 8.0 | 6.3-10.3 |
| 65-74 | 946 | 689 | 72.2 | 68.4-75.8 | 163 | 17.3 | 14.4-20.6 | 94 | 10.5 | 8.2-13.3 |
| 75+ | 700 | 453 | 66.3 | 61.8-70.5 | 117 | 16.3 | 13.2-19.9 | 130 | 17.4 | 14.2-21.2 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 671 | 423 | 65.9 | 61.0-70.4 | 135 | 19.5 | 15.8-23.8 | 113 | 14.6 | 11.6-18.4 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,519 | 1,070 | 71.5 | 68.4-74.4 | 292 | 18.7 | 16.4-21.3 | 157 | 9.8 | 7.8-12.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,512 | 1,153 | 77.3 | 74.5-79.9 | 224 | 14.2 | 12.1-16.6 | 135 | 8.5 | 6.8-10.4 |
| College Graduate | 1,868 | 1,556 | 84.3 | 82.1-86.3 | 203 | 10.4 | 8.8-12.3 | 109 | 5.3 | 4.2- 6.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 611 | 417 | 70.8 | 66.0-75.2 | 120 | 20.0 | 16.2-24.3 | 74 | 9.2 | 6.8-12.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 923 | 668 | 73.2 | 69.1-76.8 | 155 | 16.3 | 13.3-19.9 | 100 | 10.5 | 8.1-13.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 573 | 441 | 77.7 | 72.9-81.8 | 90 | 15.0 | 11.7-19.1 | 42 | 7.3 | 4.8-10.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 689 | 540 | 77.8 | 73.5-81.6 | 100 | 15.3 | 12.1-19.3 | 49 | 6.9 | 4.9- 9.5 |
| $50,000+ | 1,879 | 1,555 | 82.2 | 79.8-84.4 | 226 | 12.8 | 10.9-15.0 | 98 | 5.0 | 3.9- 6.4 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,427 | 1,037 | 73.5 | 70.3-76.4 | 244 | 18.2 | 15.5-21.2 | 146 | 8.3 | 6.8-10.1 |
| No | 4,139 | 3,166 | 76.6 | 74.8-78.2 | 606 | 14.3 | 13.0-15.8 | 367 | 9.1 | 8.0-10.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 672 | 489 | 73.4 | 69.0-77.3 | 136 | 19.0 | 15.6-23.0 | 47 | 7.6 | 5.4-10.7 |
| Non-Veteran | 4,914 | 3,726 | 76.2 | 74.6-77.8 | 720 | 14.7 | 13.4-16.1 | 468 | 9.1 | 8.0-10.2 |
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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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