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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 |
-FEMALES | 4,115 | 3,410 | 79.5 | 77.9-81.0 | 359 | 10.5 | 9.3-11.7 | 195 | 5.7 | 4.9- 6.7 | 140 | 4.0 | 3.3- 4.8 | 11 | 0.3 | 0.2- 0.6 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 2,897 | 2,417 | 79.9 | 77.9-81.7 | 239 | 9.9 | 8.6-11.4 | 130 | 5.5 | 4.5- 6.7 | 104 | 4.4 | 3.5- 5.5 | *** | *** | *** |
African American | 897 | 762 | 82.9 | 79.6-85.7 | 75 | 10.0 | 7.8-12.8 | 36 | 4.2 | 2.9- 6.0 | 22 | 2.6 | 1.6- 4.2 | *** | *** | *** |
Other Minorities | 268 | 190 | 66.2 | 59.1-72.7 | 39 | 16.7 | 12.0-22.9 | 26 | 12.6 | 8.4-18.4 | 11 | 3.6 | 1.8- 7.0 | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-34 | 662 | 473 | 72.3 | 68.4-75.9 | 101 | 14.1 | 11.4-17.2 | 53 | 8.3 | 6.2-11.0 | 31 | 4.8 | 3.3- 6.9 | *** | *** | *** |
35-44 | 521 | 371 | 70.1 | 65.4-74.3 | 77 | 15.9 | 12.6-19.9 | 40 | 7.5 | 5.4-10.3 | 30 | 6.0 | 4.1- 8.9 | *** | *** | *** |
45-54 | 616 | 482 | 79.4 | 75.6-82.7 | 64 | 10.2 | 7.9-13.2 | 43 | 6.5 | 4.7- 9.0 | 25 | 3.5 | 2.2- 5.5 | *** | *** | *** |
55-64 | 824 | 713 | 85.7 | 82.6-88.2 | 53 | 6.5 | 4.8- 8.8 | 29 | 4.0 | 2.7- 5.9 | 29 | 3.8 | 2.6- 5.7 | *** | *** | *** |
65-74 | 816 | 746 | 90.8 | 88.1-93.0 | 38 | 5.6 | 3.8- 8.1 | 15 | 1.3 | 0.8- 2.2 | 16 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.7 | *** | *** | *** |
75+ | 616 | 575 | 93.5 | 90.9-95.4 | 22 | 3.4 | 2.2- 5.4 | 12 | 2.2 | 1.2- 4.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 473 | 369 | 75.3 | 70.3-79.7 | 39 | 10.3 | 7.3-14.4 | 37 | 7.7 | 5.5-10.8 | 22 | 5.2 | 3.2- 8.3 | *** | *** | *** |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,133 | 945 | 79.7 | 76.6-82.5 | 86 | 9.1 | 7.2-11.4 | 53 | 6.0 | 4.4- 8.2 | 45 | 4.8 | 3.5- 6.6 | *** | *** | *** |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,143 | 940 | 78.8 | 75.7-81.6 | 108 | 11.7 | 9.5-14.2 | 52 | 5.6 | 4.1- 7.6 | 43 | 3.9 | 2.8- 5.5 | *** | *** | *** |
College Graduate | 1,348 | 1,144 | 82.8 | 80.2-85.0 | 122 | 10.2 | 8.4-12.3 | 52 | 4.5 | 3.3- 6.1 | 29 | 2.4 | 1.6- 3.6 | *** | *** | *** |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 517 | 396 | 71.4 | 66.3-76.1 | 51 | 12.0 | 8.9-16.1 | 36 | 9.1 | 6.4-12.9 | 30 | 6.5 | 4.3- 9.6 | *** | *** | *** |
$15,000- 24,999 | 706 | 547 | 73.1 | 68.8-76.9 | 70 | 12.1 | 9.3-15.6 | 50 | 8.4 | 6.2-11.3 | 36 | 5.8 | 4.0- 8.3 | *** | *** | *** |
$25,000- 34,999 | 408 | 337 | 78.3 | 72.5-83.2 | 32 | 8.5 | 5.6-12.5 | 22 | 7.6 | 4.5-12.5 | 16 | 5.3 | 3.1- 9.0 | *** | *** | *** |
$35,000- 49,999 | 465 | 386 | 79.5 | 74.4-83.7 | 44 | 11.5 | 8.3-15.7 | 22 | 5.7 | 3.5- 9.1 | 13 | 3.4 | 1.8- 6.1 | *** | *** | *** |
$50,000- 74,999 | 406 | 356 | 85.9 | 80.9-89.7 | 36 | 10.0 | 6.8-14.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$75,000+ | 705 | 611 | 85.6 | 82.3-88.4 | 56 | 7.8 | 5.8-10.3 | 25 | 4.2 | 2.7- 6.4 | 12 | 2.2 | 1.2- 4.2 | *** | *** | *** |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 1,161 | 1,008 | 82.8 | 79.8-85.5 | 72 | 8.2 | 6.3-10.6 | 45 | 5.3 | 3.7- 7.3 | 34 | 3.6 | 2.5- 5.2 | *** | *** | *** |
No | 2,834 | 2,311 | 78.7 | 76.8-80.5 | 275 | 11.2 | 9.8-12.7 | 142 | 5.9 | 4.9- 7.1 | 97 | 3.8 | 3.0- 4.8 | *** | *** | *** |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 105 | 86 | 79.2 | 68.7-86.9 | 11 | 11.6 | 6.2-20.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Veteran | 4,003 | 3,318 | 79.5 | 77.8-81.0 | 348 | 10.5 | 9.3-11.7 | 188 | 5.7 | 4.8- 6.7 | 138 | 4.0 | 3.3- 4.9 | 11 | 0.3 | 0.2- 0.6 |
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 2,407 | 1,994 | 80.0 | 77.9-81.9 | 199 | 9.5 | 8.1-11.2 | 112 | 5.7 | 4.6- 7.0 | 95 | 4.4 | 3.5- 5.6 | *** | *** | *** |
No | 1,708 | 1,416 | 78.8 | 76.3-81.2 | 160 | 11.7 | 9.9-13.8 | 83 | 5.8 | 4.6- 7.4 | 45 | 3.4 | 2.4- 4.6 | *** | *** | *** |
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.
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