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| Total Respond.^ |
Daily | Weekly | Monthly | Never | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,116 | 1,385 | 39.0 | 36.6-41.5 | 170 | 6.0 | 5.0- 7.3 | 46 | 1.8 | 1.2- 2.7 | 1,515 | 53.1 | 50.6-55.6 |
| -Piedmont NC | 1,697 | 741 | 37.6 | 34.4-40.8 | 104 | 6.6 | 5.2- 8.5 | 21 | 2.0 | 1.2- 3.4 | 831 | 53.8 | 50.4-57.2 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 712 | 271 | 33.6 | 28.8-38.8 | 35 | 5.3 | 3.4- 8.0 | *** | *** | *** | 394 | 58.9 | 53.6-63.9 |
| Female | 985 | 470 | 41.2 | 37.0-45.4 | 69 | 7.9 | 5.8-10.6 | *** | *** | *** | 437 | 49.2 | 44.7-53.6 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 1,173 | 543 | 40.9 | 37.0-44.8 | 61 | 6.0 | 4.4- 8.3 | *** | *** | *** | 558 | 51.5 | 47.5-55.5 |
| African American | 357 | 136 | 27.7 | 21.8-34.5 | 32 | 9.4 | 6.1-14.4 | *** | *** | *** | 182 | 59.5 | 52.1-66.5 |
| Other minorities | 140 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 136 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,547 | 686 | 37.8 | 34.5-41.2 | 95 | 6.4 | 5.0- 8.3 | *** | *** | *** | 751 | 54.1 | 50.5-57.6 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 262 | 78 | 29.5 | 22.5-37.6 | 25 | 8.2 | 5.2-12.8 | *** | *** | *** | 149 | 57.6 | 49.5-65.3 |
| 35-54 | 513 | 189 | 33.3 | 28.4-38.6 | 36 | 7.8 | 5.3-11.4 | *** | *** | *** | 283 | 57.9 | 52.4-63.2 |
| 55-64 | 344 | 165 | 46.3 | 40.0-52.7 | 17 | 4.6 | 2.6- 8.0 | *** | *** | *** | 158 | 47.6 | 41.2-54.1 |
| 65-74 | 335 | 175 | 49.9 | 43.5-56.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 144 | 45.7 | 39.3-52.2 |
| 75+ | 220 | 123 | 55.1 | 47.1-62.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 86 | 41.7 | 34.1-49.7 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 204 | 75 | 31.0 | 22.9-40.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 118 | 59.6 | 49.9-68.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 430 | 165 | 32.7 | 27.1-38.9 | 24 | 4.6 | 2.8- 7.3 | *** | *** | *** | 238 | 62.1 | 55.7-68.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 435 | 192 | 38.8 | 32.4-45.5 | 32 | 8.0 | 5.2-12.2 | *** | *** | *** | 205 | 50.1 | 43.4-56.7 |
| College Graduate | 620 | 306 | 45.1 | 40.0-50.2 | 43 | 7.9 | 5.5-11.2 | *** | *** | *** | 265 | 46.0 | 40.9-51.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 164 | 55 | 23.3 | 16.1-32.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 97 | 68.2 | 58.0-76.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 290 | 104 | 31.6 | 24.4-39.8 | 22 | 10.3 | 6.1-16.8 | *** | *** | *** | 159 | 55.5 | 47.4-63.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 173 | 85 | 43.3 | 34.4-52.6 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 79 | 48.4 | 39.1-57.8 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 179 | 82 | 37.9 | 28.5-48.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000+ | 553 | 255 | 41.2 | 35.4-47.2 | 42 | 7.3 | 5.0-10.5 | *** | *** | *** | 249 | 49.7 | 43.7-55.7 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 460 | 200 | 37.5 | 32.0-43.4 | 26 | 4.4 | 2.8- 7.1 | *** | *** | *** | 232 | 57.1 | 51.1-63.0 |
| No | 1,228 | 538 | 37.7 | 33.9-41.6 | 77 | 7.3 | 5.5- 9.6 | 19 | 2.3 | 1.3- 4.1 | 594 | 52.7 | 48.7-56.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 199 | 95 | 41.9 | 33.4-50.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 89 | 50.9 | 41.9-59.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,496 | 646 | 37.1 | 33.7-40.6 | 92 | 6.8 | 5.3- 8.8 | 18 | 2.0 | 1.1- 3.6 | 740 | 54.1 | 50.5-57.7 |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 540 | 243 | 40.0 | 34.4-45.9 | 29 | 5.9 | 3.7- 9.2 | *** | *** | *** | 264 | 52.9 | 46.9-58.7 |
| No | 1,157 | 498 | 36.4 | 32.6-40.3 | 75 | 7.0 | 5.2- 9.3 | *** | *** | *** | 567 | 54.3 | 50.2-58.3 |
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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