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| Total Respond.^ |
Within the past 6 months | 6 to 12 months ago | 1 to 2 years ago | 3 or more years ago or never | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,857 | 3,282 | 81.2 | 79.3-82.9 | 322 | 9.8 | 8.6-11.2 | 127 | 4.5 | 3.6- 5.6 | 126 | 4.6 | 3.7- 5.6 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,170 | 1,021 | 82.3 | 78.4-85.6 | 80 | 8.8 | 6.4-11.9 | 36 | 4.8 | 3.2- 7.2 | 33 | 4.1 | 2.5- 6.5 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 432 | 350 | 74.3 | 67.6-80.1 | 39 | 12.1 | 7.9-18.1 | 20 | 6.3 | 3.7-10.6 | 23 | 7.3 | 4.3-12.1 |
| Female | 738 | 671 | 89.6 | 86.0-92.5 | 41 | 5.8 | 3.9- 8.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 678 | 595 | 84.4 | 79.9-88.1 | 46 | 6.5 | 4.4- 9.4 | *** | *** | *** | 21 | 5.4 | 3.2- 9.1 |
| African American | 283 | 252 | 82.2 | 73.9-88.3 | 21 | 12.0 | 7.1-19.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other minorities | 195 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 50 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,115 | 987 | 84.6 | 81.0-87.7 | 72 | 7.7 | 5.6-10.4 | 29 | 4.2 | 2.6- 6.7 | 27 | 3.5 | 2.0- 5.9 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 153 | 121 | 76.6 | 67.2-84.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 355 | 282 | 77.0 | 70.2-82.7 | 38 | 13.2 | 8.5-19.8 | *** | *** | *** | 18 | 4.7 | 2.7- 8.2 |
| 55-64 | 261 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 228 | 211 | 93.4 | 88.8-96.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 159 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 171 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 342 | 290 | 79.5 | 71.8-85.4 | 28 | 9.7 | 6.0-15.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 354 | 313 | 83.6 | 76.8-88.7 | 20 | 7.1 | 4.0-12.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 302 | 273 | 89.7 | 84.6-93.3 | 20 | 6.1 | 3.7-10.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 171 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 228 | 195 | 80.4 | 71.5-87.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 122 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 124 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 310 | 277 | 91.4 | 86.5-94.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 381 | 361 | 92.0 | 86.6-95.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 781 | 655 | 79.0 | 74.1-83.3 | 67 | 10.6 | 7.5-14.8 | 30 | 5.4 | 3.4- 8.5 | 29 | 5.0 | 2.9- 8.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 180 | 161 | 85.2 | 75.7-91.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 990 | 860 | 81.7 | 77.3-85.4 | 68 | 8.9 | 6.2-12.5 | 34 | 5.7 | 3.7- 8.6 | 28 | 3.8 | 2.2- 6.3 |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 866 | 756 | 83.4 | 79.0-87.0 | 60 | 9.3 | 6.5-13.1 | 25 | 3.8 | 2.3- 6.2 | 25 | 3.5 | 2.0- 6.1 |
| No | 304 | 265 | 77.9 | 68.6-85.1 | 20 | 6.9 | 3.9-12.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
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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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