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| Total Respond.^ |
Always | Nearly Always | Sometimes | Seldom | Never | |||||||||||
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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 | 11,615 | 10,702 | 90.6 | 89.8-91.3 | 584 | 5.9 | 5.3- 6.6 | 177 | 2.0 | 1.7- 2.5 | 64 | 0.7 | 0.5- 0.9 | 88 | 0.8 | 0.6- 1.0 |
| -Piedmont NC | 6,215 | 5,733 | 90.6 | 89.4-91.6 | 310 | 6.1 | 5.2- 7.0 | 100 | 2.1 | 1.7- 2.7 | 32 | 0.5 | 0.3- 0.8 | 40 | 0.7 | 0.5- 1.1 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 2,459 | 2,183 | 87.4 | 85.4-89.1 | 170 | 7.7 | 6.3- 9.4 | 59 | 3.0 | 2.2- 4.1 | 18 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.1 | 29 | 1.2 | 0.8- 1.9 |
| Female | 3,756 | 3,550 | 93.4 | 92.2-94.5 | 140 | 4.6 | 3.7- 5.6 | 41 | 1.3 | 0.9- 2.0 | 14 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 4,522 | 4,184 | 90.8 | 89.4-92.0 | 230 | 6.4 | 5.3- 7.6 | 55 | 1.5 | 1.1- 2.1 | 30 | 0.7 | 0.5- 1.1 | 23 | 0.6 | 0.4- 1.0 |
| African American | 1,157 | 1,047 | 88.7 | 85.9-90.9 | 62 | 6.2 | 4.5- 8.4 | 36 | 4.0 | 2.7- 5.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other minorities | 479 | 450 | 92.9 | 88.8-95.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 402 | 379 | 93.9 | 90.0-96.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 5,791 | 5,333 | 90.3 | 89.1-91.3 | 295 | 6.3 | 5.4- 7.4 | 94 | 2.1 | 1.6- 2.7 | 32 | 0.6 | 0.4- 0.8 | 37 | 0.7 | 0.5- 1.1 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 1,123 | 980 | 85.4 | 82.6-87.9 | 86 | 9.0 | 7.0-11.6 | 42 | 4.3 | 3.1- 6.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 2,046 | 1,888 | 91.4 | 89.6-92.8 | 105 | 5.5 | 4.4- 7.0 | 27 | 1.5 | 0.9- 2.4 | 15 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 1,178 | 1,105 | 94.5 | 92.8-95.8 | 47 | 3.6 | 2.5- 5.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 1,022 | 961 | 93.9 | 91.7-95.5 | 41 | 4.3 | 2.9- 6.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 784 | 747 | 96.2 | 94.6-97.3 | 25 | 2.9 | 1.9- 4.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 751 | 706 | 91.9 | 88.6-94.3 | 21 | 3.1 | 1.7- 5.4 | 19 | 4.2 | 2.5- 6.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,706 | 1,545 | 87.8 | 85.2-90.0 | 92 | 7.3 | 5.5- 9.6 | 38 | 2.9 | 1.9- 4.2 | *** | *** | *** | 19 | 1.3 | 0.8- 2.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,668 | 1,531 | 89.7 | 87.5-91.6 | 101 | 7.6 | 5.9- 9.7 | 18 | 1.5 | 0.9- 2.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 2,067 | 1,931 | 93.4 | 92.0-94.6 | 94 | 4.8 | 3.8- 6.1 | 25 | 1.0 | 0.7- 1.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 673 | 617 | 88.7 | 84.4-91.9 | 28 | 5.9 | 3.6- 9.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 1,035 | 949 | 89.9 | 87.2-92.1 | 48 | 5.4 | 3.8- 7.6 | 23 | 2.9 | 1.9- 4.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 644 | 589 | 87.6 | 82.5-91.3 | 37 | 9.0 | 5.7-14.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 756 | 690 | 90.0 | 86.3-92.7 | 42 | 6.5 | 4.2- 9.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 2,042 | 1,905 | 92.9 | 91.4-94.2 | 103 | 5.3 | 4.2- 6.6 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.5- 1.7 | 13 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,554 | 1,437 | 92.1 | 90.1-93.8 | 72 | 4.3 | 3.3- 5.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 4,634 | 4,270 | 90.1 | 88.8-91.3 | 238 | 6.5 | 5.5- 7.7 | 79 | 2.2 | 1.7- 2.9 | 20 | 0.4 | 0.3- 0.7 | 27 | 0.7 | 0.5- 1.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 764 | 694 | 91.4 | 88.9-93.5 | 46 | 5.3 | 3.9- 7.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 5,448 | 5,037 | 90.4 | 89.2-91.5 | 263 | 6.1 | 5.2- 7.2 | 90 | 2.3 | 1.7- 2.9 | 27 | 0.5 | 0.3- 0.8 | 31 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.0 |
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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