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| Total Respond.^ |
1+ times a day | 1+ times a week | 1+ times a month | All my life | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 2,416 | 142 | 7.2 | 5.8- 8.9 | 171 | 8.3 | 6.8-10.1 | 1,811 | 72.0 | 69.3-74.4 | 292 | 12.5 | 10.8-14.5 |
| -Eastern NC | 756 | 54 | 9.2 | 6.3-13.3 | 55 | 8.8 | 6.1-12.6 | 576 | 72.6 | 67.3-77.3 | 71 | 9.4 | 6.5-13.4 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 261 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 210 | 76.6 | 67.7-83.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| Female | 495 | 37 | 9.6 | 5.9-15.3 | 39 | 9.8 | 6.4-14.7 | 366 | 69.1 | 62.4-75.1 | 53 | 11.5 | 7.8-16.6 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 392 | 23 | 8.6 | 5.2-13.9 | 23 | 6.9 | 4.1-11.4 | 307 | 76.0 | 69.5-81.4 | 39 | 8.5 | 5.4-13.2 |
| African American | 226 | *** | *** | *** | 20 | 12.3 | 6.9-21.0 | 173 | 72.4 | 62.6-80.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| Other minorities | 130 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 33 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 720 | 51 | 9.4 | 6.3-13.8 | 52 | 8.8 | 6.0-12.7 | 555 | 74.4 | 69.1-79.0 | 62 | 7.4 | 5.2-10.5 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 72 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 227 | 23 | 13.7 | 8.3-21.7 | *** | *** | *** | 168 | 71.8 | 62.6-79.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 180 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 149 | 85.2 | 76.2-91.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 166 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 135 | 80.5 | 71.5-87.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 101 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 110 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 227 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 178 | 75.0 | 66.0-82.2 | 19 | 8.2 | 4.7-14.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 234 | 19 | 12.8 | 7.1-22.1 | 20 | 11.5 | 6.3-20.0 | 172 | 67.7 | 58.0-76.1 | 23 | 8.0 | 4.6-13.6 |
| College Graduate | 184 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 144 | 81.2 | 72.8-87.5 | 20 | 8.2 | 4.8-13.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 113 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 162 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 118 | 69.4 | 58.2-78.6 | 19 | 13.8 | 8.2-22.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 78 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 84 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 181 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 142 | 75.6 | 65.5-83.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 252 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 197 | 80.5 | 72.8-86.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 500 | 34 | 10.6 | 6.8-16.2 | 39 | 9.7 | 6.3-14.7 | 376 | 69.5 | 62.8-75.6 | 51 | 10.2 | 6.5-15.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 114 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 91 | 86.2 | 77.4-91.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 642 | 48 | 10.2 | 6.8-15.0 | 46 | 9.6 | 6.4-14.0 | 485 | 69.7 | 63.7-75.2 | 63 | 10.5 | 7.2-15.3 |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 569 | 44 | 10.0 | 6.6-14.8 | 42 | 8.4 | 5.6-12.7 | 429 | 71.3 | 65.2-76.7 | 54 | 10.3 | 6.9-15.1 |
| No | 187 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 147 | 78.4 | 67.5-86.3 | *** | *** | *** |
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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2013
are NOT comparable to 2010 and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2013 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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