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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 |
| -Piedmont NC | 2,256 | 1,895 | 79.9 | 77.4-82.2 | 210 | 10.5 | 8.9-12.5 | 72 | 4.5 | 3.3- 5.9 | 79 | 5.1 | 3.8- 6.7 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 848 | 675 | 76.5 | 72.5-80.1 | 93 | 11.1 | 8.8-14.0 | 35 | 5.6 | 3.8- 8.1 | 45 | 6.7 | 4.7- 9.6 |
| Female | 1,408 | 1,220 | 82.9 | 79.6-85.8 | 117 | 10.0 | 7.8-12.8 | 37 | 3.5 | 2.2- 5.4 | 34 | 3.6 | 2.3- 5.6 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 1,634 | 1,382 | 80.7 | 77.7-83.4 | 150 | 10.2 | 8.3-12.6 | 52 | 4.9 | 3.5- 6.8 | 50 | 4.2 | 2.9- 5.9 |
| African American | 434 | 371 | 80.5 | 74.2-85.6 | 38 | 10.1 | 6.9-14.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other minorities | 164 | 121 | 72.8 | 63.8-80.2 | 21 | 14.0 | 8.6-22.2 | *** | *** | *** | 16 | 9.5 | 5.5-15.8 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 133 | 95 | 70.5 | 60.7-78.7 | 18 | 14.0 | 8.3-22.6 | *** | *** | *** | 14 | 9.8 | 5.5-16.9 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,111 | 1,790 | 80.7 | 78.0-83.1 | 192 | 10.3 | 8.6-12.3 | 65 | 4.3 | 3.2- 5.9 | 64 | 4.7 | 3.4- 6.4 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 304 | 235 | 75.3 | 69.0-80.7 | 33 | 11.6 | 7.9-16.7 | *** | *** | *** | 23 | 8.1 | 5.1-12.7 |
| 35-54 | 695 | 534 | 75.1 | 70.8-79.0 | 96 | 12.9 | 10.1-16.2 | 31 | 5.6 | 3.6- 8.4 | 34 | 6.4 | 4.4- 9.5 |
| 55-64 | 463 | 406 | 87.9 | 83.7-91.1 | 28 | 6.4 | 4.2- 9.7 | 15 | 3.9 | 2.1- 6.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 432 | 388 | 88.6 | 83.9-92.0 | 29 | 7.7 | 5.0-11.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 344 | 315 | 89.8 | 84.1-93.6 | 24 | 9.3 | 5.6-15.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 289 | 234 | 77.8 | 70.1-84.0 | 35 | 12.1 | 7.8-18.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 630 | 530 | 76.9 | 71.5-81.5 | 52 | 11.8 | 8.4-16.3 | 19 | 4.9 | 2.9- 8.2 | 29 | 6.5 | 4.0-10.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 613 | 521 | 82.0 | 77.1-86.0 | 48 | 7.4 | 5.0-10.8 | 24 | 5.7 | 3.5- 9.3 | 20 | 4.9 | 2.9- 8.2 |
| College Graduate | 722 | 608 | 81.4 | 77.3-85.0 | 75 | 12.0 | 9.2-15.5 | 26 | 4.5 | 2.7- 7.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 274 | 221 | 77.6 | 69.8-83.9 | 31 | 13.4 | 8.7-20.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 384 | 326 | 81.5 | 75.0-86.6 | 28 | 8.8 | 5.1-14.6 | *** | *** | *** | 17 | 6.3 | 3.5-11.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 197 | 162 | 70.6 | 59.9-79.5 | 19 | 14.7 | 8.2-25.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 266 | 232 | 84.4 | 77.3-89.6 | 18 | 9.4 | 5.5-15.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 692 | 577 | 83.0 | 79.1-86.3 | 80 | 10.5 | 8.1-13.5 | 22 | 4.4 | 2.7- 7.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 626 | 584 | 90.7 | 86.5-93.6 | 29 | 6.0 | 3.9- 9.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 1,617 | 1,300 | 77.4 | 74.4-80.1 | 179 | 11.3 | 9.4-13.5 | 68 | 5.5 | 4.1- 7.3 | 70 | 5.8 | 4.3- 7.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 254 | 221 | 85.3 | 78.4-90.2 | 20 | 8.8 | 5.1-14.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 2,002 | 1,674 | 79.4 | 76.6-81.8 | 190 | 10.7 | 8.9-12.8 | 65 | 4.6 | 3.4- 6.2 | 73 | 5.3 | 4.0- 7.1 |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 832 | 709 | 80.2 | 75.8-84.0 | 76 | 11.7 | 8.9-15.2 | *** | *** | *** | 30 | 5.3 | 3.2- 8.6 |
| No | 1,424 | 1,186 | 79.8 | 76.7-82.6 | 134 | 10.1 | 8.1-12.5 | 55 | 5.1 | 3.6- 7.0 | 49 | 5.0 | 3.6- 7.0 |
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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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