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| Total Respond.^ |
Daily | Weekly | Monthly | Yearly* | Never | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,185 | 86 | 1.4 | 1.1- 1.8 | 335 | 5.8 | 5.1- 6.6 | 290 | 4.9 | 4.3- 5.6 | 717 | 12.3 | 11.3-13.3 | 4,757 | 75.6 | 74.3-76.9 |
| -Western NC | 895 | 7 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.8 | 44 | 5.3 | 3.7- 7.6 | 35 | 4.3 | 3.0- 6.2 | 91 | 11.0 | 8.8-13.7 | 718 | 78.5 | 75.1-81.6 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 380 | *** | *** | *** | 30 | 8.4 | 5.4-13.0 | 24 | 6.8 | 4.4-10.4 | 46 | 12.5 | 9.3-16.8 | 276 | 70.9 | 65.2-76.0 |
| Female | 515 | *** | *** | *** | 14 | 2.6 | 1.5- 4.7 | *** | *** | *** | 45 | 9.7 | 6.9-13.4 | 442 | 85.1 | 81.1-88.4 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 819 | *** | *** | *** | 39 | 4.9 | 3.3- 7.3 | 34 | 4.6 | 3.2- 6.7 | 82 | 11.1 | 8.8-14.0 | 657 | 78.4 | 74.8-81.6 |
| Other minorities | 66 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 104 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 18 | 17.4 | 10.9-26.5 | 76 | 73.5 | 63.6-81.6 |
| 35-54 | 210 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 12 | 6.4 | 3.6-11.3 | 25 | 10.6 | 7.0-15.7 | 159 | 75.6 | 68.3-81.7 |
| 55-64 | 203 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 22 | 11.1 | 7.0-17.0 | 166 | 81.5 | 74.7-86.8 |
| 65-74 | 217 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 16 | 6.3 | 3.8-10.4 | 180 | 83.4 | 77.5-88.0 |
| 75+ | 152 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 131 | 84.2 | 76.3-89.8 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 121 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 108 | 89.6 | 82.0-94.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 257 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 25 | 10.8 | 7.1-16.1 | 207 | 76.3 | 69.1-82.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 239 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 28 | 13.3 | 9.0-19.3 | 192 | 78.4 | 71.7-83.9 |
| College Graduate | 273 | *** | *** | *** | 15 | 4.9 | 2.9- 8.2 | 14 | 6.0 | 3.3-10.5 | 33 | 14.9 | 10.5-20.9 | 208 | 73.2 | 66.7-78.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 95 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 167 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 144 | 80.3 | 70.4-87.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 93 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 136 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 26 | 17.5 | 11.6-25.6 | 98 | 74.0 | 64.9-81.4 |
| $50,000+ | 222 | *** | *** | *** | 18 | 8.6 | 5.0-14.4 | *** | *** | *** | 26 | 11.3 | 7.5-16.6 | 168 | 75.7 | 68.5-81.7 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 291 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 25 | 8.0 | 5.2-12.2 | 239 | 82.4 | 76.8-86.9 |
| No | 600 | *** | *** | *** | 31 | 5.6 | 3.6- 8.7 | 25 | 4.8 | 3.2- 7.3 | 66 | 12.4 | 9.6-15.9 | 475 | 76.7 | 72.3-80.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 136 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 14 | 12.1 | 7.0-20.2 | 100 | 70.6 | 61.0-78.8 |
| Non-Veteran | 759 | *** | *** | *** | 32 | 4.8 | 3.1- 7.4 | 27 | 4.0 | 2.6- 6.0 | 77 | 10.8 | 8.5-13.7 | 618 | 79.7 | 76.0-83.0 |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 725 | *** | *** | *** | 33 | 5.2 | 3.4- 7.9 | 29 | 4.3 | 2.9- 6.4 | 71 | 10.9 | 8.5-13.8 | 587 | 79.0 | 75.2-82.3 |
| No | 170 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 20 | 11.7 | 7.0-19.1 | 131 | 76.0 | 67.4-82.9 |
*Yearly equals less than once per month.
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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