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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 3,666 | 29 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.3 | 3,637 | 99.2 | 98.7-99.5 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 1,340 | 10 | 0.9 | 0.4- 1.9 | 1,330 | 99.1 | 98.1-99.6 |
| Female | 2,326 | 19 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.4 | 2,307 | 99.3 | 98.6-99.6 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 2,931 | 26 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.6 | 2,905 | 99.1 | 98.4-99.5 |
| African American | 586 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.6 | 583 | 99.6 | 98.4-99.9 |
| Other Minorities | 110 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 110 | 100 | . - . |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Yes | 55 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 55 | 100 | . - . |
| No | 3,605 | 29 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.3 | 3,576 | 99.2 | 98.7-99.5 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 40-44 | 636 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 636 | 100 | . - . |
| 45-54 | 1,103 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.5 | 1,101 | 99.9 | 99.5- 100 |
| 55-64 | 789 | 5 | 0.9 | 0.3- 3.1 | 784 | 99.1 | 96.9-99.7 |
| 65+ | 1,138 | 22 | 1.9 | 1.1- 3.3 | 1,116 | 98.1 | 96.7-98.9 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 630 | 6 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.7 | 624 | 99.2 | 97.3-99.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,092 | 6 | 0.4 | 0.2- 1.1 | 1,086 | 99.6 | 98.9-99.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 895 | 10 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.7 | 885 | 98.4 | 96.3-99.3 |
| College Graduate | 1,036 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.3 | 1,029 | 99.5 | 98.7-99.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 388 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0- 0.3 | 387 | 100 | 99.7- 100 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 569 | 9 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.1 | 560 | 98.4 | 95.9-99.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 465 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.6 | 459 | 99.0 | 97.4-99.6 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 511 | 5 | 1.1 | 0.4- 2.8 | 506 | 98.9 | 97.2-99.6 |
| $50,000+ | 964 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.4 | 960 | 99.3 | 97.6-99.8 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 267 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.7 | 265 | 98.8 | 95.3-99.7 |
| Cumberland | 213 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.8 | 212 | 99.5 | 96.2-99.9 |
| Durham | 207 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 207 | 100 | . - . |
| Forsyth | 304 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.0 | 303 | 99.7 | 98.0- 100 |
| Gaston | 283 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.1- 2.8 | 281 | 99.3 | 97.2-99.9 |
| Guilford | 250 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.0 | 248 | 99.5 | 98.0-99.9 |
| Mecklenburg | 239 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.4- 4.0 | 236 | 98.8 | 96.0-99.6 |
| New Hanover | 236 | 6 | 1.8 | 0.8- 4.1 | 230 | 98.2 | 95.9-99.2 |
| Onslow | 217 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.0 | 216 | 99.7 | 98.0- 100 |
| Wake | 210 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 210 | 100 | . - . |
| Western NC | 432 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.2- 2.4 | 429 | 99.2 | 97.6-99.8 |
| Piedmont NC | 425 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.8 | 421 | 99.1 | 97.2-99.7 |
| Eastern NC | 383 | 4 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.4 | 379 | 99.2 | 97.6-99.7 |
* Data for this table includes respondents who reported being age 40 or older.
#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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