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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 |
| -Western NC | 1,427 | 37 | 2.5 | 1.7- 3.7 | 99 | 7.8 | 6.2- 9.7 | 178 | 13.9 | 11.7-16.4 | 1,113 | 75.8 | 72.8-78.5 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 538 | 19 | 3.0 | 1.7- 5.0 | 60 | 11.0 | 8.3-14.6 | 77 | 15.2 | 11.8-19.4 | 382 | 70.8 | 65.8-75.3 |
| Female | 889 | 18 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.7 | 39 | 4.9 | 3.3- 7.1 | 101 | 12.7 | 10.1-15.9 | 731 | 80.2 | 76.6-83.4 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 1,176 | 31 | 2.2 | 1.5- 3.4 | 78 | 7.6 | 5.9- 9.7 | 146 | 14.2 | 11.8-17.0 | 921 | 76.0 | 72.7-79.0 |
| Other minorities | 243 | *** | *** | *** | 21 | 9.2 | 5.4-15.2 | 32 | 12.9 | 8.4-19.3 | 184 | 73.7 | 65.8-80.4 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 60 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,363 | 37 | 2.7 | 1.8- 3.9 | 95 | 7.9 | 6.2- 9.9 | 171 | 14.1 | 11.8-16.7 | 1,060 | 75.3 | 72.2-78.2 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 193 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 34 | 16.2 | 11.1-23.0 | 143 | 76.2 | 68.8-82.3 |
| 35-54 | 369 | *** | *** | *** | 28 | 9.1 | 6.0-13.6 | 58 | 16.0 | 12.1-20.9 | 271 | 71.3 | 65.5-76.5 |
| 55-64 | 325 | *** | *** | *** | 33 | 11.2 | 7.7-16.0 | 39 | 13.4 | 9.6-18.6 | 248 | 74.1 | 67.9-79.4 |
| 65-74 | 318 | *** | *** | *** | 21 | 8.3 | 5.2-13.0 | 32 | 10.1 | 6.8-14.7 | 253 | 78.3 | 72.4-83.1 |
| 75+ | 214 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 192 | 89.3 | 83.0-93.4 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 192 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 20 | 11.2 | 6.8-17.8 | 165 | 86.1 | 79.2-90.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 432 | *** | *** | *** | 43 | 12.4 | 8.9-17.1 | 46 | 11.8 | 8.2-16.8 | 334 | 73.9 | 68.0-79.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 364 | *** | *** | *** | 26 | 7.6 | 4.9-11.6 | 54 | 16.1 | 12.0-21.2 | 272 | 73.2 | 67.3-78.4 |
| College Graduate | 437 | *** | *** | *** | 25 | 5.6 | 3.5- 8.7 | 58 | 15.9 | 12.0-20.8 | 340 | 74.3 | 68.7-79.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 203 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 171 | 84.1 | 76.3-89.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 274 | *** | *** | *** | 22 | 8.8 | 5.4-14.1 | 32 | 13.7 | 9.3-19.8 | 211 | 74.6 | 67.5-80.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 159 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 21 | 18.4 | 11.5-28.1 | 129 | 76.9 | 67.2-84.4 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 158 | *** | *** | *** | 13 | 11.2 | 6.3-19.3 | 22 | 16.1 | 9.9-25.2 | 121 | 71.7 | 62.0-79.8 |
| $50,000+ | 389 | *** | *** | *** | 38 | 10.8 | 7.5-15.3 | 61 | 16.4 | 12.4-21.4 | 275 | 69.0 | 63.1-74.3 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 426 | *** | *** | *** | 28 | 7.2 | 4.7-10.9 | 50 | 14.9 | 10.8-20.1 | 336 | 74.8 | 69.0-79.9 |
| No | 992 | 25 | 2.4 | 1.5- 3.8 | 70 | 8.0 | 6.1-10.4 | 127 | 13.6 | 11.1-16.6 | 770 | 76.0 | 72.5-79.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 168 | *** | *** | *** | 24 | 18.0 | 11.5-27.0 | 20 | 13.9 | 8.8-21.4 | 114 | 62.8 | 53.5-71.1 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,259 | 27 | 2.2 | 1.4- 3.5 | 75 | 6.7 | 5.1- 8.6 | 158 | 13.9 | 11.6-16.6 | 999 | 77.2 | 74.1-80.1 |
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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