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| Total Respond.# |
None | 1-2 days | 3-7 days | 8-29 days | 30 days | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,098 | 4,420 | 73.9 | 72.1-75.5 | 459 | 7.6 | 6.6- 8.6 | 502 | 7.7 | 6.7- 8.7 | 403 | 6.5 | 5.6- 7.5 | 314 | 4.4 | 3.7- 5.2 |
| Buncombe County | 414 | 291 | 69.8 | 64.4-74.8 | 33 | 9.5 | 6.2-14.2 | 38 | 9.3 | 6.5-13.1 | 33 | 7.0 | 4.8-10.1 | 19 | 4.3 | 2.6- 7.0 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 163 | 131 | 78.0 | 69.6-84.6 | 9 | 8.4 | 4.0-16.7 | 12 | 6.7 | 3.7-11.8 | 7 | 4.0 | 1.9- 8.5 | 4 | 2.9 | 1.1- 7.8 |
| Female | 251 | 160 | 61.6 | 54.3-68.4 | 24 | 10.6 | 6.5-16.8 | 26 | 12.0 | 7.7-18.1 | 26 | 10.1 | 6.6-15.0 | 15 | 5.7 | 3.4- 9.6 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 369 | 259 | 70.6 | 64.9-75.7 | 29 | 9.7 | 6.2-14.9 | 35 | 9.0 | 6.3-12.6 | 29 | 6.4 | 4.3- 9.5 | 17 | 4.3 | 2.5- 7.0 |
| Other | 41 | 29 | 65.9 | 47.3-80.6 | 4 | 8.8 | 2.5-26.5 | 3 | 12.2 | 3.7-33.2 | 4 | 11.5 | 4.3-27.0 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.2 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 180 | 119 | 65.2 | 56.4-73.1 | 19 | 12.6 | 7.1-21.3 | 22 | 12.3 | 7.7-19.1 | 12 | 5.2 | 2.8- 9.4 | 8 | 4.7 | 2.2- 9.6 |
| 45+ | 232 | 170 | 74.0 | 67.3-79.7 | 14 | 6.6 | 3.7-11.6 | 16 | 6.5 | 3.8-10.8 | 21 | 8.8 | 5.5-13.8 | 11 | 4.0 | 2.1- 7.4 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 167 | 127 | 75.2 | 65.8-82.6 | 12 | 11.0 | 5.4-21.2 | 6 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.4 | 10 | 5.5 | 2.8-10.6 | 12 | 6.4 | 3.5-11.6 |
| Some College + | 245 | 162 | 65.7 | 58.8-72.1 | 21 | 8.5 | 5.3-13.3 | 32 | 14.8 | 10.2-20.9 | 23 | 8.2 | 5.3-12.6 | 7 | 2.8 | 1.3- 6.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 245 | 163 | 67.2 | 59.8-73.8 | 22 | 10.6 | 6.1-17.7 | 27 | 10.3 | 6.9-15.3 | 18 | 6.2 | 3.7-10.2 | 15 | 5.8 | 3.3- 9.9 |
| $50,000+ | 94 | 67 | 69.4 | 58.1-78.8 | 8 | 12.1 | 5.8-23.5 | 8 | 8.7 | 4.3-16.9 | 10 | 8.7 | 4.5-16.3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 7.1 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||||||||
| Cumberland | 423 | 312 | 77.5 | 72.1-82.1 | 30 | 6.1 | 4.1- 9.1 | 31 | 8.6 | 5.8-12.5 | 30 | 4.9 | 3.2- 7.3 | 20 | 3.0 | 1.8- 4.9 |
| Durham | 393 | 278 | 73.2 | 67.5-78.1 | 29 | 8.3 | 5.5-12.5 | 48 | 11.0 | 8.0-14.8 | 24 | 5.1 | 3.2- 8.0 | 14 | 2.5 | 1.3- 4.5 |
| Forsyth | 451 | 336 | 77.0 | 72.4-81.0 | 28 | 5.3 | 3.5- 7.9 | 40 | 8.0 | 5.7-11.1 | 21 | 5.3 | 3.2- 8.4 | 26 | 4.5 | 2.9- 7.0 |
| Gaston | 461 | 319 | 70.2 | 65.2-74.8 | 30 | 6.5 | 4.3- 9.5 | 40 | 10.2 | 7.2-14.4 | 38 | 6.6 | 4.7- 9.3 | 34 | 6.5 | 4.5- 9.3 |
| Guilford | 408 | 291 | 73.9 | 69.0-78.3 | 30 | 6.6 | 4.5- 9.7 | 37 | 8.4 | 5.9-11.8 | 27 | 5.2 | 3.5- 7.8 | 23 | 5.9 | 3.8- 8.9 |
| Mecklenburg | 423 | 304 | 71.1 | 65.7-76.0 | 34 | 7.3 | 5.1-10.4 | 45 | 11.6 | 8.2-16.1 | 26 | 7.3 | 4.9-10.9 | 14 | 2.7 | 1.5- 4.8 |
| New Hanover | 396 | 285 | 75.7 | 70.4-80.2 | 33 | 7.2 | 4.9-10.5 | 27 | 6.0 | 4.0- 9.1 | 28 | 5.8 | 3.9- 8.7 | 23 | 5.3 | 3.3- 8.3 |
| Onslow | 429 | 325 | 79.2 | 74.5-83.3 | 26 | 5.7 | 3.8- 8.6 | 25 | 4.8 | 3.1- 7.3 | 29 | 5.1 | 3.4- 7.6 | 24 | 5.1 | 3.1- 8.3 |
| Wake | 421 | 315 | 74.7 | 69.6-79.2 | 46 | 11.2 | 8.2-15.1 | 26 | 6.7 | 4.4-10.1 | 20 | 4.8 | 2.9- 7.8 | 14 | 2.6 | 1.5- 4.8 |
| Western NC | 608 | 448 | 73.5 | 69.3-77.3 | 43 | 8.0 | 5.8-10.9 | 44 | 6.8 | 4.9- 9.5 | 38 | 6.5 | 4.6- 9.2 | 35 | 5.2 | 3.6- 7.5 |
| Piedmont NC | 663 | 477 | 73.2 | 68.8-77.1 | 57 | 8.3 | 6.2-11.0 | 52 | 7.1 | 5.0-10.0 | 47 | 7.9 | 5.8-10.9 | 30 | 3.5 | 2.3- 5.3 |
| Eastern NC | 608 | 439 | 74.7 | 70.4-78.6 | 40 | 6.0 | 4.1- 8.7 | 49 | 7.0 | 5.0- 9.7 | 42 | 6.1 | 4.2- 8.8 | 38 | 6.2 | 4.2- 9.0 |
#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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