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| Total Respond.^ |
Daily | Weekly | Monthly or less often | Never | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 10,382 | 291 | 2.9 | 2.5- 3.3 | 894 | 9.9 | 9.2-10.8 | 1,405 | 14.9 | 14.0-15.8 | 7,792 | 72.3 | 71.1-73.5 |
| -Piedmont NC | 5,536 | 162 | 2.9 | 2.4- 3.5 | 501 | 10.1 | 9.0-11.3 | 791 | 15.3 | 14.0-16.5 | 4,082 | 71.7 | 70.1-73.3 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 2,165 | 74 | 2.9 | 2.2- 3.9 | 299 | 14.4 | 12.5-16.6 | 357 | 17.1 | 15.2-19.2 | 1,435 | 65.6 | 62.9-68.1 |
| Female | 3,371 | 88 | 2.8 | 2.2- 3.7 | 202 | 6.3 | 5.3- 7.4 | 434 | 13.6 | 12.2-15.2 | 2,647 | 77.3 | 75.4-79.0 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 4,065 | 122 | 3.1 | 2.5- 3.8 | 338 | 9.4 | 8.2-10.7 | 574 | 15.6 | 14.2-17.1 | 3,031 | 72.0 | 70.1-73.8 |
| African American | 999 | 33 | 3.2 | 2.1- 4.7 | 122 | 12.6 | 10.2-15.6 | 165 | 16.1 | 13.4-19.3 | 679 | 68.1 | 64.2-71.7 |
| Other minorities | 429 | *** | *** | *** | 38 | 10.2 | 6.1-16.5 | 45 | 10.8 | 7.4-15.4 | 339 | 77.9 | 71.4-83.3 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 357 | *** | *** | *** | 30 | 7.4 | 5.0-10.9 | 39 | 10.6 | 7.4-14.9 | 284 | 80.7 | 75.7-85.0 |
| Non-Hispanic | 5,162 | 158 | 3.0 | 2.5- 3.7 | 471 | 10.4 | 9.2-11.6 | 752 | 15.7 | 14.4-17.0 | 3,781 | 71.0 | 69.2-72.6 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 907 | 19 | 1.8 | 1.1- 2.9 | 70 | 8.0 | 6.0-10.7 | 145 | 15.2 | 12.7-18.0 | 673 | 75.0 | 71.5-78.2 |
| 35-54 | 1,839 | 60 | 3.1 | 2.3- 4.3 | 200 | 12.2 | 10.3-14.5 | 307 | 17.2 | 15.1-19.5 | 1,272 | 67.4 | 64.6-70.1 |
| 55-64 | 1,092 | 43 | 4.8 | 3.3- 6.8 | 118 | 11.4 | 9.3-14.0 | 168 | 16.0 | 13.5-19.0 | 763 | 67.7 | 64.1-71.2 |
| 65-74 | 937 | 29 | 3.1 | 2.0- 4.8 | 81 | 10.5 | 8.1-13.4 | 115 | 12.0 | 9.6-14.9 | 712 | 74.4 | 70.7-77.8 |
| 75+ | 710 | *** | *** | *** | 29 | 4.7 | 3.0- 7.2 | 53 | 9.2 | 6.7-12.4 | 617 | 84.7 | 80.9-87.8 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 683 | 15 | 2.8 | 1.6- 4.8 | 45 | 8.9 | 6.1-12.8 | 57 | 9.4 | 7.0-12.5 | 566 | 78.9 | 74.4-82.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,513 | 41 | 3.0 | 2.0- 4.4 | 162 | 11.6 | 9.4-14.2 | 184 | 13.7 | 11.6-16.1 | 1,126 | 71.7 | 68.5-74.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,491 | 50 | 2.6 | 1.8- 3.5 | 162 | 11.4 | 9.5-13.5 | 254 | 18.3 | 15.8-21.0 | 1,025 | 67.8 | 64.7-70.8 |
| College Graduate | 1,831 | 55 | 3.2 | 2.3- 4.4 | 132 | 8.1 | 6.5-10.0 | 295 | 16.9 | 14.8-19.2 | 1,349 | 71.8 | 69.1-74.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 609 | *** | *** | *** | 39 | 7.7 | 5.4-11.1 | 70 | 15.4 | 11.6-20.1 | 487 | 74.7 | 69.6-79.2 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 915 | 24 | 3.1 | 1.9- 4.9 | 81 | 7.8 | 6.0-10.1 | 117 | 13.2 | 10.6-16.2 | 693 | 75.9 | 72.3-79.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 562 | 17 | 3.7 | 2.1- 6.4 | 61 | 15.3 | 10.8-21.2 | 86 | 15.8 | 12.5-19.9 | 398 | 65.2 | 59.4-70.6 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 680 | 37 | 5.6 | 3.7- 8.4 | 87 | 14.5 | 11.1-18.8 | 112 | 15.6 | 12.5-19.3 | 444 | 64.3 | 59.4-68.9 |
| $50,000+ | 1,844 | 58 | 2.7 | 2.0- 3.7 | 174 | 10.3 | 8.6-12.3 | 327 | 19.1 | 16.8-21.5 | 1,285 | 67.9 | 65.1-70.7 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,416 | 37 | 2.5 | 1.7- 3.7 | 117 | 9.6 | 7.8-11.8 | 173 | 13.6 | 11.4-16.1 | 1,089 | 74.3 | 71.2-77.2 |
| No | 4,098 | 125 | 3.0 | 2.4- 3.7 | 384 | 10.3 | 9.0-11.7 | 615 | 15.7 | 14.3-17.2 | 2,974 | 71.0 | 69.1-72.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 661 | 25 | 3.8 | 2.4- 5.9 | 91 | 13.9 | 10.9-17.6 | 120 | 19.8 | 16.2-24.0 | 425 | 62.4 | 57.7-67.0 |
| Non-Veteran | 4,872 | 137 | 2.8 | 2.2- 3.4 | 410 | 9.7 | 8.5-10.9 | 671 | 14.7 | 13.5-16.1 | 3,654 | 72.8 | 71.1-74.5 |
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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