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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 |
| -FEMALES | 2,407 | 2,114 | 84.9 | 82.7-86.9 | 179 | 8.9 | 7.4-10.6 | 65 | 3.5 | 2.5- 5.0 | 49 | 2.7 | 1.9- 3.8 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 1,670 | 1,467 | 85.5 | 82.8-87.8 | 127 | 8.4 | 6.7-10.5 | 40 | 3.3 | 2.1- 5.1 | 36 | 2.9 | 1.9- 4.3 |
| African American | 498 | 443 | 85.8 | 80.7-89.7 | 35 | 9.1 | 6.1-13.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other Minorities | 212 | 179 | 75.1 | 65.0-83.0 | 16 | 13.5 | 7.8-22.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 288 | 243 | 82.3 | 76.1-87.1 | 26 | 10.4 | 6.9-15.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 292 | 233 | 79.7 | 73.6-84.6 | 38 | 12.4 | 8.8-17.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 394 | 324 | 79.4 | 73.8-84.1 | 40 | 10.9 | 7.7-15.3 | *** | *** | *** | 17 | 5.2 | 3.0- 9.0 |
| 55-64 | 513 | 461 | 90.5 | 87.1-93.1 | 28 | 4.8 | 3.1- 7.5 | 17 | 3.4 | 2.0- 5.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 497 | 454 | 91.1 | 87.5-93.8 | 29 | 6.3 | 4.0- 9.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 393 | 370 | 93.8 | 90.3-96.1 | 17 | 4.8 | 2.8- 8.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 294 | 248 | 81.6 | 74.3-87.2 | 32 | 12.7 | 8.2-19.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 692 | 603 | 81.7 | 76.9-85.6 | 47 | 10.0 | 7.0-14.1 | 22 | 4.2 | 2.5- 7.1 | 20 | 4.1 | 2.3- 7.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 714 | 635 | 87.2 | 83.0-90.4 | 46 | 6.7 | 4.7- 9.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 705 | 626 | 86.9 | 83.2-89.8 | 54 | 8.6 | 6.3-11.6 | 17 | 2.7 | 1.5- 4.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 343 | 297 | 83.5 | 76.6-88.6 | 28 | 11.1 | 7.0-17.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 440 | 379 | 82.9 | 76.9-87.5 | 32 | 8.7 | 5.4-13.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 248 | 220 | 86.8 | 79.6-91.8 | 15 | 5.9 | 3.3-10.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 271 | 244 | 86.6 | 79.2-91.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 249 | 219 | 86.9 | 80.7-91.3 | 20 | 8.8 | 5.2-14.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 378 | 328 | 86.1 | 81.0-90.1 | 38 | 9.6 | 6.6-13.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 750 | 708 | 93.2 | 90.0-95.4 | 28 | 4.8 | 3.0- 7.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 1,645 | 1,397 | 82.6 | 79.9-85.1 | 149 | 9.8 | 8.0-11.9 | 55 | 4.2 | 2.9- 6.1 | 44 | 3.4 | 2.4- 4.9 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 61 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 2,346 | 2,060 | 84.8 | 82.5-86.8 | 174 | 8.9 | 7.4-10.7 | 64 | 3.6 | 2.6- 5.1 | 48 | 2.7 | 1.9- 3.9 |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,261 | 1,122 | 86.6 | 83.7-89.0 | 86 | 8.4 | 6.6-10.8 | 25 | 2.6 | 1.6- 4.4 | 28 | 2.4 | 1.4- 4.0 |
| No | 1,146 | 992 | 83.1 | 79.5-86.1 | 93 | 9.3 | 7.1-12.1 | 40 | 4.6 | 2.9- 7.2 | 21 | 3.0 | 1.8- 4.9 |
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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.
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