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| Total Respond.^ |
1-12 months | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | 5 or more years | 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 | 11,712 | 7,783 | 64.9 | 63.8-66.0 | 1,189 | 11.1 | 10.3-11.9 | 1,069 | 9.9 | 9.2-10.7 | 1,536 | 12.7 | 11.9-13.5 | 135 | 1.4 | 1.1- 1.7 |
| -Western NC | 1,584 | 1,039 | 61.9 | 58.7-65.1 | 145 | 11.1 | 9.0-13.7 | 144 | 10.5 | 8.7-12.7 | 236 | 14.5 | 12.4-16.9 | 20 | 2.0 | 1.1- 3.5 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 612 | 370 | 56.9 | 51.7-62.0 | 67 | 12.5 | 9.1-17.0 | 60 | 10.5 | 7.8-14.0 | 105 | 17.5 | 14.0-21.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| Female | 972 | 669 | 66.6 | 62.7-70.4 | 78 | 9.8 | 7.4-12.7 | 84 | 10.5 | 8.3-13.4 | 131 | 11.7 | 9.5-14.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 1,283 | 864 | 63.6 | 59.9-67.0 | 110 | 10.5 | 8.2-13.4 | 108 | 9.8 | 7.8-12.2 | 189 | 14.3 | 12.0-16.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| Other minorities | 291 | 171 | 56.4 | 48.7-63.9 | 34 | 14.2 | 9.3-21.0 | 35 | 13.9 | 9.4-20.2 | 43 | 12.9 | 8.6-19.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 70 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 14 | 17.1 | 9.7-28.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,507 | 999 | 62.8 | 59.5-66.1 | 138 | 11.4 | 9.1-14.1 | 138 | 10.4 | 8.5-12.6 | 219 | 14.0 | 11.9-16.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 231 | 134 | 58.4 | 50.7-65.6 | 36 | 16.4 | 11.4-23.0 | 30 | 10.9 | 7.4-15.8 | 27 | 10.9 | 7.1-16.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 412 | 263 | 62.6 | 56.7-68.1 | 43 | 9.6 | 6.6-13.7 | 48 | 13.3 | 9.8-17.7 | 53 | 13.2 | 9.6-17.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 352 | 244 | 63.5 | 56.7-69.7 | 27 | 9.0 | 5.9-13.6 | 27 | 10.9 | 6.7-17.0 | 51 | 15.7 | 11.4-21.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 343 | 234 | 67.6 | 61.4-73.3 | 23 | 6.9 | 4.3-11.0 | 24 | 4.9 | 3.0- 7.8 | 58 | 19.0 | 14.2-24.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 233 | 154 | 58.5 | 48.6-67.6 | *** | *** | *** | 15 | 7.7 | 4.3-13.5 | 46 | 21.4 | 15.4-28.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 212 | 77 | 34.2 | 26.5-42.9 | 21 | 14.0 | 7.8-24.0 | 29 | 16.1 | 10.3-24.1 | 76 | 29.5 | 22.7-37.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 491 | 291 | 58.1 | 52.0-64.0 | 46 | 10.6 | 7.0-15.7 | 48 | 10.3 | 7.4-14.1 | 98 | 18.6 | 14.4-23.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 405 | 275 | 68.6 | 62.9-73.8 | 41 | 10.5 | 7.4-14.5 | 43 | 11.1 | 7.9-15.3 | 44 | 9.5 | 6.6-13.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 473 | 393 | 79.2 | 74.1-83.5 | 37 | 10.8 | 7.5-15.2 | 24 | 5.9 | 3.7- 9.3 | 18 | 3.9 | 2.3- 6.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 234 | 106 | 43.9 | 35.6-52.5 | 27 | 12.6 | 7.7-19.9 | 26 | 12.5 | 7.4-20.4 | 68 | 28.0 | 21.0-36.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 302 | 154 | 47.2 | 39.8-54.8 | 27 | 9.4 | 5.8-14.9 | 46 | 17.8 | 12.7-24.3 | 70 | 22.0 | 16.5-28.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 178 | 122 | 66.6 | 57.6-74.6 | 19 | 10.3 | 6.2-16.8 | 14 | 9.8 | 5.4-17.0 | 23 | 13.3 | 8.4-20.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 171 | 118 | 60.3 | 50.8-69.0 | 19 | 13.5 | 8.3-21.2 | 17 | 10.3 | 6.3-16.4 | 14 | 11.1 | 6.3-18.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 420 | 351 | 80.4 | 75.0-84.9 | 30 | 9.2 | 6.0-13.8 | 23 | 6.1 | 3.8- 9.6 | 16 | 4.4 | 2.5- 7.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 460 | 260 | 55.6 | 49.3-61.6 | 43 | 11.2 | 7.2-17.1 | 48 | 10.5 | 7.4-14.7 | 104 | 21.6 | 17.2-26.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 1,107 | 772 | 64.4 | 60.5-68.1 | 101 | 11.2 | 8.7-14.1 | 93 | 10.5 | 8.3-13.1 | 127 | 12.1 | 9.8-14.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 187 | 124 | 67.4 | 58.9-74.9 | 17 | 10.9 | 6.3-18.3 | *** | *** | *** | 30 | 15.3 | 10.2-22.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 1,397 | 915 | 61.3 | 57.8-64.7 | 128 | 11.1 | 8.9-13.9 | 130 | 11.1 | 9.1-13.5 | 206 | 14.4 | 12.2-16.9 | *** | *** | *** |
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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