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| Total Respond.# |
Yes, mild | Yes, moderate | Yes, severe | No | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,906 | 269 | 4.8 | 4.0- 5.7 | 318 | 4.8 | 4.0- 5.7 | 301 | 4.5 | 3.8- 5.3 | 5,018 | 85.9 | 84.5-87.2 |
| Buncombe County | 404 | 18 | 3.9 | 2.4- 6.4 | 26 | 6.3 | 3.9-10.0 | 24 | 5.4 | 3.5- 8.5 | 336 | 84.3 | 79.7-87.9 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 156 | 8 | 4.2 | 2.0- 8.6 | 10 | 5.0 | 2.6- 9.4 | 8 | 5.3 | 2.5-10.8 | 130 | 85.5 | 78.9-90.3 |
| Female | 248 | 10 | 3.7 | 1.9- 7.0 | 16 | 7.7 | 4.0-14.3 | 16 | 5.6 | 3.3- 9.5 | 206 | 83.0 | 76.4-88.1 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 362 | 15 | 3.7 | 2.1- 6.3 | 23 | 6.6 | 4.0-10.9 | 21 | 5.0 | 3.1- 8.0 | 303 | 84.7 | 79.8-88.5 |
| Other | 39 | 3 | 5.7 | 1.7-17.9 | 2 | 3.4 | 0.8-13.0 | 3 | 8.9 | 2.8-24.6 | 31 | 81.9 | 66.2-91.3 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 174 | 6 | 2.6 | 1.1- 6.3 | 4 | 3.2 | 0.8-12.0 | 8 | 3.9 | 1.8- 8.2 | 156 | 90.3 | 83.1-94.6 |
| 45+ | 229 | 12 | 5.1 | 2.8- 9.2 | 22 | 9.3 | 5.9-14.2 | 16 | 6.9 | 4.0-11.8 | 179 | 78.7 | 72.3-83.9 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 166 | 10 | 4.8 | 2.4- 9.2 | 14 | 9.6 | 5.0-17.6 | 18 | 10.1 | 6.0-16.5 | 124 | 75.5 | 66.9-82.5 |
| Some College + | 238 | 8 | 3.3 | 1.6- 6.8 | 12 | 3.9 | 2.2- 7.1 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.8- 4.7 | 212 | 90.8 | 86.3-93.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 244 | 11 | 3.7 | 1.9- 6.9 | 16 | 7.0 | 3.7-12.9 | 17 | 6.3 | 3.6-10.8 | 200 | 82.9 | 76.5-87.9 |
| $50,000+ | 91 | 3 | 4.1 | 1.3-12.1 | 4 | 3.4 | 1.2- 9.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 84 | 92.5 | 84.6-96.5 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||||||||
| Cumberland | 414 | 23 | 5.6 | 3.5- 8.8 | 17 | 3.2 | 1.9- 5.5 | 22 | 4.2 | 2.6- 6.7 | 352 | 87.0 | 82.8-90.3 |
| Durham | 380 | 20 | 3.8 | 2.3- 6.2 | 21 | 4.4 | 2.7- 7.1 | 17 | 4.4 | 2.5- 7.7 | 322 | 87.4 | 83.2-90.6 |
| Forsyth | 443 | 25 | 5.0 | 3.3- 7.5 | 23 | 3.9 | 2.5- 6.0 | 19 | 3.7 | 2.1- 6.4 | 376 | 87.5 | 83.8-90.4 |
| Gaston | 442 | 18 | 3.9 | 2.4- 6.5 | 27 | 5.8 | 3.7- 9.1 | 27 | 5.2 | 3.5- 7.8 | 370 | 85.0 | 80.9-88.4 |
| Guilford | 391 | 10 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.3 | 24 | 4.9 | 3.2- 7.5 | 18 | 4.1 | 2.5- 6.7 | 339 | 89.3 | 85.8-92.0 |
| Mecklenburg | 415 | 17 | 3.5 | 2.1- 5.7 | 14 | 3.6 | 2.0- 6.5 | 12 | 2.6 | 1.4- 4.8 | 372 | 90.2 | 86.7-92.9 |
| New Hanover | 389 | 13 | 3.1 | 1.7- 5.6 | 24 | 6.5 | 4.1-10.3 | 22 | 4.9 | 3.0- 7.9 | 330 | 85.5 | 80.8-89.2 |
| Onslow | 416 | 11 | 1.9 | 1.0- 3.6 | 20 | 3.2 | 1.9- 5.3 | 21 | 4.2 | 2.6- 6.7 | 364 | 90.7 | 87.4-93.2 |
| Wake | 405 | 12 | 3.0 | 1.7- 5.4 | 18 | 3.9 | 2.3- 6.5 | 12 | 2.4 | 1.3- 4.5 | 363 | 90.6 | 87.1-93.2 |
| Western NC | 591 | 28 | 4.5 | 3.1- 6.7 | 43 | 6.6 | 4.8- 9.1 | 46 | 7.7 | 5.6-10.4 | 474 | 81.2 | 77.5-84.4 |
| Piedmont NC | 638 | 35 | 5.8 | 3.8- 8.7 | 30 | 4.8 | 3.0- 7.4 | 28 | 3.9 | 2.5- 5.9 | 545 | 85.6 | 81.9-88.7 |
| Eastern NC | 578 | 39 | 5.9 | 4.0- 8.5 | 31 | 4.7 | 3.1- 7.0 | 33 | 5.3 | 3.5- 7.9 | 475 | 84.2 | 80.4-87.4 |
#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange,
Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey
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