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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%) | ||
| TOTAL | 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 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 2,263 | 99 | 4.2 | 3.2- 5.5 | 101 | 4.3 | 3.2- 5.9 | 112 | 4.3 | 3.3- 5.6 | 1,951 | 87.1 | 85.0-89.0 |
| Female | 3,643 | 170 | 5.3 | 4.1- 6.8 | 217 | 5.2 | 4.3- 6.3 | 189 | 4.7 | 3.8- 5.8 | 3,067 | 84.8 | 82.9-86.5 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 4,501 | 202 | 4.7 | 3.8- 5.8 | 229 | 4.5 | 3.7- 5.6 | 219 | 4.3 | 3.5- 5.2 | 3,851 | 86.5 | 84.9-88.0 |
| African American | 1,068 | 56 | 5.8 | 4.0- 8.3 | 73 | 6.3 | 4.5- 8.6 | 61 | 4.8 | 3.3- 6.8 | 878 | 83.2 | 79.7-86.2 |
| Other Minorities | 253 | 6 | 2.4 | 0.8- 6.9 | 12 | 3.8 | 1.7- 8.1 | 16 | 6.7 | 3.0-14.3 | 219 | 87.1 | 79.3-92.3 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 168 | 10 | 4.8 | 1.8-12.3 | 5 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.7 | 5 | 2.9 | 0.7-11.8 | 148 | 90.4 | 81.6-95.2 |
| No | 5,724 | 259 | 4.8 | 4.0- 5.8 | 313 | 4.9 | 4.1- 5.8 | 295 | 4.6 | 3.9- 5.4 | 4,857 | 85.7 | 84.3-87.1 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 524 | 11 | 3.2 | 1.1- 8.7 | 6 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.6 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.3 | 504 | 95.8 | 90.9-98.1 |
| 25-34 | 1,110 | 29 | 2.8 | 1.7- 4.7 | 18 | 1.0 | 0.5- 1.9 | 15 | 1.8 | 0.8- 4.1 | 1,048 | 94.4 | 91.9-96.2 |
| 35-44 | 1,231 | 34 | 2.5 | 1.5- 4.2 | 55 | 3.7 | 2.5- 5.5 | 42 | 3.7 | 2.4- 5.7 | 1,100 | 90.0 | 87.3-92.2 |
| 45-54 | 1,093 | 59 | 6.0 | 4.2- 8.6 | 73 | 7.0 | 4.7-10.4 | 70 | 4.8 | 3.4- 6.8 | 891 | 82.1 | 78.1-85.6 |
| 55-64 | 778 | 35 | 3.6 | 2.2- 5.9 | 65 | 6.4 | 4.5- 9.0 | 84 | 10.4 | 7.6-14.1 | 594 | 79.6 | 75.3-83.3 |
| 65+ | 1,122 | 98 | 9.6 | 7.4-12.5 | 101 | 9.9 | 7.6-12.9 | 84 | 7.0 | 5.2- 9.4 | 839 | 73.4 | 69.4-77.0 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 768 | 63 | 10.0 | 7.1-13.9 | 82 | 8.2 | 6.1-11.0 | 111 | 11.3 | 8.5-15.0 | 512 | 70.5 | 65.5-75.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,755 | 77 | 4.2 | 2.9- 6.2 | 109 | 5.2 | 3.9- 6.9 | 93 | 4.1 | 3.0- 5.5 | 1,476 | 86.5 | 83.9-88.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,537 | 86 | 5.1 | 3.7- 7.0 | 75 | 3.5 | 2.5- 4.8 | 62 | 3.9 | 2.8- 5.5 | 1,314 | 87.5 | 85.0-89.6 |
| College Graduate | 1,828 | 43 | 2.3 | 1.6- 3.4 | 50 | 3.4 | 2.1- 5.6 | 34 | 1.8 | 1.1- 2.9 | 1,701 | 92.5 | 90.1-94.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 546 | 39 | 7.5 | 4.8-11.7 | 72 | 10.0 | 6.8-14.4 | 95 | 17.3 | 12.8-22.9 | 340 | 65.2 | 58.7-71.2 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 967 | 57 | 5.1 | 3.5- 7.5 | 75 | 6.8 | 4.9- 9.3 | 70 | 5.8 | 4.1- 8.0 | 765 | 82.3 | 78.7-85.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 852 | 27 | 3.5 | 2.1- 5.7 | 39 | 3.2 | 2.1- 4.8 | 33 | 3.5 | 2.1- 5.7 | 753 | 89.8 | 86.8-92.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 942 | 33 | 3.7 | 2.2- 6.1 | 33 | 2.8 | 1.8- 4.5 | 10 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.8 | 866 | 92.8 | 90.0-94.8 |
| $50,000+ | 1,547 | 53 | 2.8 | 2.0- 3.9 | 28 | 2.5 | 1.3- 4.9 | 15 | 1.1 | 0.6- 2.0 | 1,451 | 93.6 | 91.3-95.4 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||||||||
| Buncombe | 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 |
| 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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