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| Total Respond.^ |
Always | Usually | Sometimes | Rarely | Never | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 9,880 | 1,063 | 11.4 | 10.6-12.3 | 437 | 4.8 | 4.3- 5.4 | 1,769 | 19.0 | 18.0-20.0 | 1,343 | 15.0 | 14.0-15.9 | 5,268 | 49.8 | 48.5-51.1 |
| -Western NC | 1,330 | 150 | 12.8 | 10.6-15.4 | 53 | 3.8 | 2.7- 5.4 | 246 | 20.7 | 17.9-23.8 | 147 | 11.6 | 9.6-14.0 | 734 | 51.0 | 47.5-54.5 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 505 | 62 | 14.9 | 11.2-19.5 | *** | *** | *** | 79 | 17.5 | 13.6-22.1 | 52 | 9.9 | 7.2-13.6 | 294 | 54.7 | 49.1-60.1 |
| Female | 825 | 88 | 11.0 | 8.6-14.0 | 35 | 4.5 | 3.0- 6.7 | 167 | 23.5 | 19.8-27.8 | 95 | 13.1 | 10.5-16.3 | 440 | 47.8 | 43.5-52.2 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 1,084 | 119 | 13.1 | 10.7-16.0 | 34 | 3.0 | 2.0- 4.7 | 183 | 19.7 | 16.7-23.1 | 117 | 10.8 | 8.8-13.3 | 631 | 53.3 | 49.4-57.1 |
| Other minorities | 239 | 31 | 11.9 | 7.2-19.0 | 18 | 6.7 | 3.7-11.8 | 60 | 24.9 | 18.5-32.7 | 28 | 14.7 | 9.5-22.0 | 102 | 41.7 | 33.7-50.3 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 58 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,266 | 144 | 13.0 | 10.7-15.7 | 48 | 3.6 | 2.5- 5.2 | 215 | 18.5 | 15.8-21.5 | 143 | 12.0 | 9.9-14.5 | 716 | 52.9 | 49.3-56.5 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 173 | 19 | 10.0 | 6.1-16.0 | *** | *** | *** | 50 | 32.4 | 24.6-41.2 | 25 | 14.0 | 9.3-20.7 | 70 | 39.2 | 31.0-48.0 |
| 35-54 | 363 | 65 | 20.3 | 15.5-26.0 | 17 | 3.5 | 2.0- 6.1 | 83 | 21.9 | 17.4-27.3 | 55 | 14.3 | 10.6-18.9 | 143 | 40.0 | 34.1-46.1 |
| 55-64 | 311 | 39 | 13.2 | 9.2-18.6 | 15 | 4.9 | 2.7- 8.5 | 55 | 14.0 | 10.3-18.9 | 37 | 10.7 | 7.5-15.2 | 165 | 57.2 | 50.4-63.7 |
| 65-74 | 299 | 17 | 3.7 | 2.2- 6.3 | *** | *** | *** | 38 | 13.0 | 9.1-18.2 | 18 | 7.0 | 4.2-11.4 | 216 | 73.1 | 66.8-78.6 |
| 75+ | 177 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 19 | 11.8 | 7.0-19.1 | *** | *** | *** | 135 | 75.8 | 66.8-83.0 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 182 | 34 | 19.1 | 12.9-27.3 | *** | *** | *** | 51 | 26.7 | 19.3-35.8 | *** | *** | *** | 72 | 39.5 | 30.3-49.4 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 395 | 46 | 10.9 | 7.5-15.6 | 21 | 4.2 | 2.6- 6.7 | 76 | 21.3 | 16.3-27.3 | 32 | 9.4 | 6.2-14.1 | 220 | 54.1 | 47.6-60.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 339 | 50 | 17.0 | 12.5-22.7 | *** | *** | *** | 62 | 21.4 | 16.4-27.5 | 45 | 14.1 | 10.2-19.2 | 172 | 44.8 | 38.5-51.2 |
| College Graduate | 412 | 20 | 4.4 | 2.7- 7.1 | *** | *** | *** | 56 | 14.0 | 10.4-18.5 | 56 | 14.7 | 11.1-19.1 | 269 | 65.0 | 59.4-70.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 185 | 47 | 29.2 | 20.9-39.1 | *** | *** | *** | 48 | 21.9 | 15.5-30.0 | *** | *** | *** | 63 | 34.2 | 25.5-44.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 251 | 47 | 22.1 | 16.0-29.7 | *** | *** | *** | 57 | 27.2 | 20.4-35.3 | 21 | 8.2 | 4.6-14.3 | 113 | 37.0 | 29.7-44.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 157 | 14 | 11.6 | 6.4-20.1 | *** | *** | *** | 41 | 33.5 | 24.2-44.3 | 18 | 10.3 | 6.1-17.0 | 76 | 39.7 | 30.7-49.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 153 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 21 | 12.0 | 7.5-18.7 | 28 | 18.2 | 12.2-26.2 | 88 | 57.3 | 47.6-66.5 |
| $50,000+ | 388 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 47 | 15.0 | 10.8-20.4 | 54 | 14.0 | 10.3-18.7 | 270 | 65.2 | 59.0-70.9 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 381 | 82 | 25.1 | 19.6-31.5 | 20 | 4.5 | 2.6- 7.7 | 72 | 17.8 | 13.5-23.0 | 36 | 10.6 | 7.2-15.3 | 171 | 42.0 | 35.7-48.7 |
| No | 944 | 68 | 9.1 | 6.9-11.9 | 31 | 3.0 | 2.0- 4.5 | 173 | 21.7 | 18.3-25.5 | 111 | 12.1 | 9.7-14.8 | 561 | 54.2 | 50.0-58.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 156 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 21 | 13.7 | 8.5-21.2 | *** | *** | *** | 107 | 67.0 | 57.7-75.1 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,174 | 137 | 13.1 | 10.7-15.9 | 50 | 4.1 | 2.8- 5.8 | 225 | 21.5 | 18.5-24.8 | 135 | 12.2 | 10.0-14.7 | 627 | 49.2 | 45.5-52.9 |
*Asked only of those who rent or own their home.
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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