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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | Don't have a doctor | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 666 | 235 | 33.4 | 28.6-38.6 | 426 | 65.8 | 60.6-70.6 | 5 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.1 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 249 | 60 | 25.2 | 18.2-33.7 | 186 | 73.5 | 65.0-80.6 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.4- 4.5 |
| Female | 417 | 175 | 40.2 | 33.9-46.9 | 240 | 59.4 | 52.8-65.8 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.5 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 524 | 194 | 36.1 | 30.6-42.0 | 326 | 63.0 | 57.1-68.6 | 4 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.6 |
| African American | 98 | 26 | 26.1 | 15.1-41.2 | 72 | 73.9 | 58.8-84.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Other Minorities | 35 | 11 | 20.7 | 8.9-41.1 | 23 | 77.2 | 56.8-89.7 | 1 | 2.1 | 0.3-13.8 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Yes | 19 | 5 | 23.9 | 8.6-51.2 | 14 | 76.1 | 48.8-91.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| No | 646 | 229 | 33.8 | 28.8-39.1 | 412 | 65.4 | 60.1-70.4 | 5 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.2 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 69 | 17 | 24.2 | 14.1-38.5 | 51 | 75.2 | 60.9-85.4 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.2 |
| 25-34 | 151 | 50 | 30.9 | 21.2-42.7 | 99 | 66.9 | 55.2-76.9 | 2 | 2.2 | 0.5- 8.2 |
| 35-44 | 164 | 52 | 31.1 | 22.3-41.5 | 111 | 68.4 | 58.0-77.3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.3 |
| 45-54 | 159 | 64 | 39.9 | 29.6-51.2 | 94 | 59.8 | 48.5-70.1 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.3 |
| 55-64 | 63 | 28 | 41.4 | 26.3-58.2 | 35 | 58.6 | 41.8-73.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 65+ | 56 | 22 | 37.7 | 22.1-56.2 | 34 | 62.3 | 43.8-77.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 29 | 4 | 10.3 | 3.0-30.1 | 24 | 88.2 | 68.9-96.2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2-10.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 143 | 41 | 29.7 | 20.7-40.7 | 102 | 70.3 | 59.3-79.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Some Post-H.S. | 207 | 75 | 33.9 | 25.5-43.5 | 130 | 65.5 | 55.9-74.0 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.5 |
| College Graduate | 287 | 115 | 37.7 | 30.2-46.0 | 170 | 60.9 | 52.7-68.6 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.3- 5.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 43 | 11 | 16.9 | 7.2-34.5 | 30 | 77.8 | 58.5-89.7 | 2 | 5.3 | 1.1-22.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 88 | 29 | 31.1 | 19.0-46.3 | 59 | 68.9 | 53.7-81.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 114 | 40 | 35.5 | 24.2-48.7 | 73 | 64.2 | 51.0-75.5 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.6 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 123 | 42 | 30.7 | 20.5-43.2 | 81 | 69.3 | 56.8-79.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| $50,000+ | 223 | 86 | 38.5 | 30.2-47.5 | 136 | 60.8 | 51.7-69.1 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.2 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Buncombe | 60 | 24 | 35.0 | 23.1-49.2 | 35 | 62.9 | 48.6-75.2 | 1 | 2.1 | 0.3-13.5 |
| Cumberland | 40 | 12 | 28.9 | 16.0-46.5 | 28 | 71.1 | 53.5-84.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Durham | 41 | 14 | 26.1 | 12.9-45.6 | 26 | 70.7 | 50.4-85.1 | 1 | 3.3 | 0.4-20.4 |
| Forsyth | 42 | 15 | 34.5 | 20.8-51.4 | 27 | 65.5 | 48.6-79.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Gaston | 43 | 13 | 31.8 | 18.5-48.9 | 30 | 68.2 | 51.1-81.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Guilford | 50 | 13 | 23.1 | 13.2-37.1 | 37 | 76.9 | 62.9-86.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Mecklenburg | 37 | 12 | 30.1 | 16.9-47.6 | 25 | 69.9 | 52.4-83.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| New Hanover | 47 | 14 | 23.1 | 13.4-36.8 | 32 | 74.4 | 60.1-84.8 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.4-16.0 |
| Onslow | 41 | 15 | 35.3 | 21.4-52.4 | 26 | 64.7 | 47.6-78.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Wake | 65 | 19 | 20.9 | 12.7-32.5 | 45 | 77.0 | 65.0-85.8 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.3-13.1 |
| Western NC | 74 | 27 | 31.6 | 21.0-44.5 | 47 | 68.4 | 55.5-79.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Piedmont NC | 68 | 27 | 36.3 | 24.8-49.6 | 41 | 63.7 | 50.4-75.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Eastern NC | 58 | 30 | 46.6 | 32.2-61.5 | 27 | 52.0 | 37.1-66.5 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.6 |
+ Approximately half of the respondents received questions from this topic See Technical Notes for more information.
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported ever using any kind of medicinal herbs.
#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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