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| Total Respond.^ |
Within the past year (<12 months) | Within the past 2 years | Within the past 5 years | 5 or more years ago | Never | |||||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 7,192 | 5,705 | 75.6 | 74.4-76.9 | 665 | 10.7 | 9.9-11.7 | 419 | 6.9 | 6.2- 7.7 | 349 | 5.8 | 5.1- 6.5 | 54 | 0.9 | 0.7- 1.2 |
| -Eastern NC | 2,250 | 1,839 | 79.0 | 76.8-81.0 | 190 | 9.9 | 8.4-11.5 | 100 | 4.9 | 3.9- 6.1 | 108 | 5.5 | 4.4- 6.8 | 13 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.4 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 938 | 722 | 74.1 | 70.5-77.4 | 97 | 12.0 | 9.6-14.8 | 44 | 4.8 | 3.4- 6.5 | 63 | 7.7 | 5.8-10.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| Female | 1,312 | 1,117 | 83.4 | 80.7-85.8 | 93 | 8.0 | 6.3-10.0 | 56 | 4.9 | 3.6- 6.7 | 45 | 3.5 | 2.6- 4.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 1,454 | 1,194 | 78.9 | 76.1-81.4 | 118 | 9.7 | 8.0-11.8 | 65 | 5.3 | 4.0- 7.0 | 75 | 5.9 | 4.6- 7.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| African American | 575 | 485 | 82.1 | 77.9-85.7 | 50 | 10.7 | 7.9-14.4 | 20 | 3.1 | 1.8- 5.0 | 17 | 3.4 | 2.0- 5.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| Other minorities | 195 | 138 | 69.0 | 59.9-76.9 | 21 | 8.6 | 5.2-13.8 | 14 | 7.1 | 4.0-12.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 124 | 73 | 58.0 | 48.0-67.4 | 15 | 10.7 | 6.2-18.0 | 14 | 10.4 | 6.0-17.5 | 13 | 10.7 | 5.9-18.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,115 | 1,756 | 80.2 | 78.0-82.3 | 174 | 9.8 | 8.3-11.5 | 86 | 4.6 | 3.6- 5.8 | 95 | 5.2 | 4.1- 6.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 391 | 277 | 72.5 | 67.3-77.1 | 52 | 12.9 | 9.7-16.9 | 28 | 6.1 | 4.0- 9.1 | 27 | 7.0 | 4.6-10.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 612 | 458 | 75.2 | 71.2-78.8 | 68 | 11.8 | 9.2-15.0 | 43 | 6.4 | 4.6- 8.8 | 41 | 6.3 | 4.5- 8.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 524 | 439 | 84.6 | 80.7-87.8 | 42 | 6.8 | 4.8- 9.5 | *** | *** | *** | 28 | 5.7 | 3.9- 8.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| 65-74 | 424 | 389 | 90.2 | 85.8-93.3 | 16 | 4.5 | 2.5- 8.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 75+ | 278 | 259 | 93.8 | 89.9-96.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 286 | 214 | 75.3 | 68.8-80.8 | 26 | 8.8 | 5.6-13.5 | 16 | 5.0 | 3.0- 8.3 | 21 | 7.2 | 4.2-12.2 | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 687 | 560 | 78.3 | 74.2-82.0 | 56 | 9.9 | 7.4-13.2 | 33 | 5.8 | 3.9- 8.7 | 36 | 5.6 | 3.9- 8.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| Some Post-H.S. | 640 | 528 | 81.4 | 77.6-84.7 | 54 | 9.5 | 7.1-12.6 | 25 | 3.5 | 2.3- 5.5 | 31 | 5.2 | 3.5- 7.7 | *** | *** | *** |
| College Graduate | 628 | 530 | 78.9 | 74.5-82.8 | 53 | 11.2 | 8.3-14.9 | 26 | 5.6 | 3.7- 8.5 | 19 | 4.3 | 2.6- 7.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 283 | 222 | 78.0 | 71.8-83.2 | 24 | 9.3 | 5.9-14.5 | 14 | 4.9 | 2.8- 8.6 | 20 | 6.8 | 4.2-11.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 372 | 278 | 75.2 | 69.7-80.1 | 44 | 12.4 | 8.9-17.0 | 23 | 5.6 | 3.5- 8.9 | 24 | 5.8 | 3.7- 8.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 244 | 196 | 78.8 | 71.3-84.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 266 | 224 | 80.8 | 74.4-86.0 | 23 | 9.7 | 6.2-14.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 649 | 548 | 80.7 | 76.4-84.3 | 52 | 9.7 | 7.1-13.0 | 25 | 4.4 | 2.9- 6.8 | 24 | 5.3 | 3.2- 8.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 648 | 575 | 85.7 | 81.6-89.0 | 37 | 7.2 | 5.0-10.2 | 17 | 2.9 | 1.7- 4.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 1,513 | 1,196 | 77.0 | 74.3-79.5 | 142 | 10.7 | 8.9-12.8 | 81 | 5.6 | 4.4- 7.2 | 84 | 5.7 | 4.5- 7.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 373 | 321 | 84.7 | 79.8-88.6 | 31 | 9.5 | 6.4-13.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 1,874 | 1,516 | 77.9 | 75.4-80.2 | 159 | 10.0 | 8.4-11.8 | 89 | 5.1 | 4.0- 6.5 | 99 | 6.2 | 4.9- 7.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,879 | 1,531 | 78.8 | 76.4-81.0 | 157 | 9.4 | 7.9-11.2 | 86 | 5.1 | 4.0- 6.5 | 92 | 5.8 | 4.6- 7.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 371 | 308 | 80.1 | 74.4-84.8 | 33 | 12.7 | 8.7-18.2 | *** | *** | *** | 16 | 3.8 | 2.2- 6.3 | *** | *** | *** |
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 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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