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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 1,909 | 1,183 | 58.7 | 55.7-61.5 | 726 | 41.3 | 38.5-44.3 |
| -Piedmont NC | 971 | 597 | 57.4 | 53.2-61.5 | 374 | 42.6 | 38.5-46.8 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 427 | 241 | 54.1 | 48.0-60.1 | 186 | 45.9 | 39.9-52.0 |
| Female | 544 | 356 | 60.6 | 54.7-66.1 | 188 | 39.4 | 33.9-45.3 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 696 | 439 | 60.1 | 55.2-64.7 | 257 | 39.9 | 35.3-44.8 |
| African American | 199 | 118 | 55.3 | 45.8-64.4 | 81 | 44.7 | 35.6-54.2 |
| Other minorities | 73 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 41 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 929 | 581 | 58.5 | 54.1-62.7 | 348 | 41.5 | 37.3-45.9 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-34 | 213 | 111 | 47.9 | 40.0-55.9 | 102 | 52.1 | 44.1-60.0 |
| 35-54 | 407 | 233 | 56.7 | 50.6-62.6 | 174 | 43.3 | 37.4-49.4 |
| 55-64 | 187 | 133 | 73.0 | 64.2-80.2 | 54 | 27.0 | 19.8-35.8 |
| 65-74 | 124 | 92 | 73.0 | 62.6-81.4 | 32 | 27.0 | 18.6-37.4 |
| 75+ | 35 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 181 | 118 | 58.5 | 48.6-67.9 | 63 | 41.5 | 32.1-51.4 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 339 | 215 | 61.1 | 54.5-67.4 | 124 | 38.9 | 32.6-45.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 292 | 176 | 54.6 | 47.3-61.7 | 116 | 45.4 | 38.3-52.7 |
| College Graduate | 157 | 87 | 51.3 | 41.9-60.5 | 70 | 48.7 | 39.5-58.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 196 | 130 | 61.1 | 51.9-69.6 | 66 | 38.9 | 30.4-48.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 234 | 143 | 53.8 | 44.8-62.6 | 91 | 46.2 | 37.4-55.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 115 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 130 | 83 | 63.6 | 53.3-72.8 | 47 | 36.4 | 27.2-46.7 |
| $50,000+ | 174 | 100 | 54.4 | 44.1-64.2 | 74 | 45.6 | 35.8-55.9 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 308 | 217 | 66.6 | 58.5-73.9 | 91 | 33.4 | 26.1-41.5 |
| No | 657 | 376 | 54.2 | 49.3-59.1 | 281 | 45.8 | 40.9-50.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 110 | 73 | 66.2 | 55.0-75.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 861 | 524 | 56.5 | 52.0-60.9 | 337 | 43.5 | 39.1-48.0 |
*Asked of current smokers.
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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