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| Total Respond.^ |
Within the past year (<12 | Within the past 2 years | Within the past 5 years | 5 or more years ago | 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 | 11,749 | 9,208 | 73.5 | 72.4-74.6 | 1,079 | 10.8 | 10.1-11.7 | 683 | 7.1 | 6.5- 7.8 | 671 | 7.3 | 6.7- 8.0 | 108 | 1.3 | 1.0- 1.6 |
| -Western NC | 1,603 | 1,246 | 71.6 | 68.4-74.6 | 152 | 10.9 | 8.9-13.2 | 94 | 8.2 | 6.3-10.5 | 101 | 8.0 | 6.4-10.0 | 10 | 1.3 | 0.7- 2.6 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 614 | 453 | 66.7 | 61.5-71.6 | 62 | 11.4 | 8.3-15.4 | 42 | 9.9 | 6.8-14.1 | 49 | 9.5 | 6.8-12.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| Female | 989 | 793 | 76.1 | 72.4-79.5 | 90 | 10.4 | 8.1-13.2 | 52 | 6.6 | 4.7- 9.3 | 52 | 6.6 | 4.8- 9.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 1,299 | 1,018 | 71.6 | 68.0-74.9 | 125 | 11.2 | 9.0-14.0 | 72 | 7.8 | 5.8-10.4 | 77 | 8.1 | 6.3-10.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| Other minorities | 294 | 224 | 73.7 | 66.3-80.0 | 26 | 9.4 | 5.8-14.8 | 19 | 8.2 | 4.6-14.2 | 22 | 7.1 | 4.0-12.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 69 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,527 | 1,196 | 72.4 | 69.1-75.5 | 146 | 11.1 | 9.1-13.6 | 88 | 7.9 | 6.1-10.3 | 91 | 7.8 | 6.1- 9.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 232 | 143 | 58.8 | 51.1-66.1 | 30 | 12.6 | 8.2-18.9 | 28 | 14.6 | 9.6-21.5 | 26 | 11.0 | 7.3-16.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 412 | 284 | 67.1 | 61.4-72.4 | 51 | 11.8 | 8.6-16.0 | 33 | 9.5 | 6.5-13.7 | 41 | 10.5 | 7.4-14.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 356 | 281 | 76.5 | 70.1-81.9 | 37 | 13.5 | 9.1-19.5 | *** | *** | *** | 21 | 6.1 | 3.6-10.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 352 | 311 | 88.1 | 83.3-91.6 | 20 | 4.9 | 3.0- 8.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 237 | 214 | 91.0 | 85.3-94.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 214 | 159 | 70.7 | 61.7-78.3 | 24 | 12.1 | 7.1-20.1 | *** | *** | *** | 19 | 8.6 | 5.1-14.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 505 | 392 | 68.1 | 61.8-73.8 | 35 | 9.7 | 6.2-14.8 | 34 | 10.6 | 6.8-16.1 | 42 | 11.3 | 7.9-15.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 406 | 308 | 71.8 | 66.0-77.0 | 42 | 10.4 | 7.4-14.4 | 26 | 9.3 | 6.1-13.9 | 29 | 8.0 | 5.3-11.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 475 | 386 | 78.5 | 73.6-82.7 | 51 | 12.7 | 9.4-16.9 | 26 | 6.3 | 4.0- 9.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 236 | 164 | 59.9 | 51.0-68.2 | 31 | 15.9 | 10.0-24.3 | 16 | 10.6 | 6.0-18.1 | 21 | 10.2 | 6.2-16.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 304 | 232 | 68.2 | 60.3-75.2 | 20 | 7.2 | 4.4-11.7 | 23 | 9.8 | 5.6-16.7 | 27 | 13.1 | 8.5-19.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 178 | 140 | 73.8 | 64.6-81.2 | 16 | 12.0 | 6.9-19.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 177 | 146 | 80.0 | 71.9-86.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 420 | 336 | 75.2 | 69.5-80.1 | 52 | 12.4 | 9.2-16.6 | 20 | 7.4 | 4.6-11.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 464 | 386 | 78.5 | 72.3-83.6 | 35 | 7.8 | 5.1-11.8 | *** | *** | *** | 19 | 5.2 | 3.1- 8.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 1,121 | 846 | 69.2 | 65.4-72.8 | 117 | 12.0 | 9.6-14.9 | 70 | 8.4 | 6.3-11.1 | 81 | 9.0 | 7.0-11.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 188 | 165 | 87.4 | 80.1-92.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 1,415 | 1,081 | 69.9 | 66.4-73.1 | 143 | 11.6 | 9.4-14.1 | 88 | 8.8 | 6.8-11.4 | 93 | 8.3 | 6.5-10.4 | *** | *** | *** |
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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