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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 |
| -Western NC | 431 | 366 | 81.0 | 75.1-85.8 | 32 | 9.0 | 6.0-13.2 | 19 | 5.5 | 2.8-10.3 | 14 | 4.5 | 2.3- 8.4 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 170 | 143 | 79.9 | 70.2-87.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Female | 261 | 223 | 82.1 | 74.5-87.7 | 21 | 10.3 | 6.2-16.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 377 | 319 | 80.2 | 73.8-85.4 | 28 | 8.8 | 5.8-13.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other minorities | 51 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 44 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 116 | 90 | 77.4 | 67.1-85.2 | 11 | 12.6 | 6.9-21.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 89 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 96 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 83 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 56 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 129 | 105 | 80.1 | 68.4-88.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 127 | 110 | 85.2 | 75.4-91.5 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 119 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 59 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 77 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 54 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 48 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 112 | 98 | 85.3 | 75.6-91.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 155 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 275 | 223 | 77.6 | 70.2-83.7 | 26 | 10.7 | 6.9-16.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 61 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 370 | 312 | 80.1 | 73.6-85.3 | 26 | 8.5 | 5.5-13.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 307 | 260 | 81.3 | 74.9-86.4 | 25 | 10.5 | 6.8-15.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 124 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
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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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