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| Total Respond.^ |
Less than 1 year ago | 1 to 5 years ago | 5 to 10 years ago | 10 or more years ago | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 1,950 | 179 | 13.2 | 11.1-15.6 | 248 | 16.2 | 14.2-18.5 | 243 | 14.2 | 12.4-16.2 | 1,280 | 56.4 | 53.6-59.2 |
| -Piedmont NC | 997 | 97 | 14.2 | 11.2-17.8 | 119 | 15.5 | 12.8-18.6 | 132 | 15.5 | 12.9-18.4 | 649 | 54.9 | 51.0-58.7 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 500 | 52 | 16.3 | 11.8-22.1 | 58 | 15.3 | 11.6-19.8 | 64 | 15.3 | 11.8-19.6 | 326 | 53.1 | 47.6-58.6 |
| Female | 497 | 45 | 11.4 | 8.4-15.4 | 61 | 15.7 | 12.0-20.4 | 68 | 15.7 | 12.3-19.9 | 323 | 57.1 | 51.8-62.2 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 803 | 74 | 14.0 | 10.6-18.2 | 88 | 13.7 | 11.0-17.1 | 109 | 16.2 | 13.3-19.7 | 532 | 56.1 | 51.7-60.3 |
| African American | 140 | 17 | 14.7 | 8.9-23.2 | 21 | 22.1 | 14.0-33.1 | 16 | 11.0 | 6.5-17.9 | 86 | 52.2 | 42.4-61.8 |
| Other minorities | 46 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 43 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 950 | 87 | 13.3 | 10.4-16.9 | 111 | 15.4 | 12.6-18.7 | 123 | 15.2 | 12.6-18.2 | 629 | 56.1 | 52.1-60.0 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 72 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 12 | 14.5 | 8.0-24.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-54 | 229 | 32 | 13.5 | 9.4-19.1 | 45 | 20.5 | 15.3-26.9 | 57 | 25.8 | 20.0-32.5 | 95 | 40.2 | 33.5-47.4 |
| 55-64 | 222 | 16 | 7.3 | 4.4-11.9 | 26 | 12.5 | 8.4-18.2 | 23 | 11.2 | 7.2-17.0 | 157 | 69.0 | 61.8-75.3 |
| 65-74 | 277 | 15 | 5.4 | 3.0- 9.4 | 15 | 4.6 | 2.6- 8.0 | 27 | 9.7 | 6.4-14.3 | 220 | 80.4 | 74.6-85.1 |
| 75+ | 185 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 162 | 82.5 | 72.9-89.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 130 | *** | *** | *** | 17 | 15.3 | 9.0-24.7 | 22 | 17.0 | 10.9-25.5 | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 261 | 32 | 18.6 | 12.9-25.9 | 38 | 16.5 | 11.6-22.9 | 32 | 12.7 | 8.6-18.4 | 159 | 52.2 | 44.9-59.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 252 | 19 | 11.5 | 6.8-18.9 | 36 | 18.9 | 13.5-25.8 | 31 | 14.6 | 9.9-20.8 | 166 | 55.0 | 47.5-62.3 |
| College Graduate | 348 | 32 | 11.2 | 7.7-16.1 | 28 | 10.6 | 7.2-15.5 | 47 | 18.7 | 14.1-24.3 | 241 | 59.5 | 53.3-65.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 90 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 15 | 11.8 | 6.5-20.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 154 | *** | *** | *** | 24 | 18.1 | 11.3-27.7 | 25 | 19.3 | 12.6-28.3 | 86 | 43.8 | 34.4-53.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 92 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 12 | 14.8 | 8.3-25.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 110 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 356 | 31 | 11.3 | 7.3-17.2 | 42 | 16.2 | 11.8-21.9 | 44 | 16.1 | 11.9-21.4 | 239 | 56.4 | 49.9-62.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 325 | 26 | 9.4 | 6.2-14.0 | 47 | 17.6 | 13.0-23.5 | 42 | 15.7 | 11.4-21.4 | 210 | 57.3 | 50.8-63.5 |
| No | 670 | 71 | 16.2 | 12.3-21.0 | 72 | 14.6 | 11.4-18.5 | 90 | 15.4 | 12.4-19.0 | 437 | 53.8 | 49.0-58.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 179 | 14 | 10.1 | 5.7-17.1 | *** | *** | *** | 13 | 7.8 | 4.3-13.6 | 140 | 71.0 | 62.0-78.7 |
| Non-Veteran | 817 | 83 | 15.0 | 11.6-19.2 | 107 | 16.3 | 13.3-19.9 | 119 | 17.0 | 14.1-20.4 | 508 | 51.6 | 47.4-55.8 |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 366 | 41 | 17.3 | 11.9-24.6 | 47 | 15.5 | 11.5-20.7 | 47 | 13.6 | 10.0-18.3 | 231 | 53.5 | 47.0-59.9 |
| No | 631 | 56 | 12.3 | 9.2-16.4 | 72 | 15.4 | 12.0-19.6 | 85 | 16.6 | 13.3-20.5 | 418 | 55.7 | 50.9-60.4 |
*This question was asked of those who reported smoking 100+ cigarettes, but no longer smoke.
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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