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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 667 | 444 | 68.2 | 63.2-72.8 | 223 | 31.8 | 27.2-36.8 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 250 | 175 | 71.1 | 63.0-78.0 | 75 | 28.9 | 22.0-37.0 |
| Female | 417 | 269 | 65.8 | 59.3-71.8 | 148 | 34.2 | 28.2-40.7 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 525 | 340 | 66.3 | 60.6-71.7 | 185 | 33.7 | 28.3-39.4 |
| African American | 98 | 71 | 74.3 | 60.8-84.4 | 27 | 25.7 | 15.6-39.2 |
| Other Minorities | 35 | 27 | 77.9 | 56.5-90.5 | 8 | 22.1 | 9.5-43.5 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Yes | 19 | 14 | 78.3 | 51.5-92.5 | 5 | 21.7 | 7.5-48.5 |
| No | 647 | 430 | 67.9 | 62.7-72.6 | 217 | 32.1 | 27.4-37.3 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 69 | 46 | 57.6 | 41.5-72.3 | 23 | 42.4 | 27.7-58.5 |
| 25-34 | 151 | 93 | 71.3 | 61.0-79.8 | 58 | 28.7 | 20.2-39.0 |
| 35-44 | 165 | 108 | 64.0 | 53.7-73.2 | 57 | 36.0 | 26.8-46.3 |
| 45-54 | 159 | 116 | 77.5 | 67.7-84.9 | 43 | 22.5 | 15.1-32.3 |
| 55-64 | 63 | 43 | 62.0 | 44.5-76.9 | 20 | 38.0 | 23.1-55.5 |
| 65+ | 56 | 35 | 72.6 | 55.4-85.0 | 21 | 27.4 | 15.0-44.6 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 29 | 21 | 80.1 | 51.1-94.0 | 8 | 19.9 | 6.0-48.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 143 | 97 | 71.0 | 61.0-79.3 | 46 | 29.0 | 20.7-39.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 207 | 140 | 67.9 | 58.6-76.1 | 67 | 32.1 | 23.9-41.4 |
| College Graduate | 288 | 186 | 65.5 | 57.3-72.8 | 102 | 34.5 | 27.2-42.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 43 | 30 | 73.4 | 48.2-89.1 | 13 | 26.6 | 10.9-51.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 89 | 55 | 65.4 | 50.3-77.9 | 34 | 34.6 | 22.1-49.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 114 | 76 | 66.3 | 53.4-77.1 | 38 | 33.7 | 22.9-46.6 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 123 | 82 | 61.8 | 49.1-73.0 | 41 | 38.2 | 27.0-50.9 |
| $50,000+ | 223 | 155 | 76.4 | 69.0-82.5 | 68 | 23.6 | 17.5-31.0 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 60 | 34 | 63.2 | 49.2-75.2 | 26 | 36.8 | 24.8-50.8 |
| Cumberland | 40 | 30 | 74.7 | 56.7-87.0 | 10 | 25.3 | 13.0-43.3 |
| Durham | 41 | 24 | 68.5 | 48.3-83.5 | 17 | 31.5 | 16.5-51.7 |
| Forsyth | 42 | 34 | 82.0 | 66.2-91.3 | 8 | 18.0 | 8.7-33.8 |
| Gaston | 43 | 31 | 71.2 | 54.0-83.9 | 12 | 28.8 | 16.1-46.0 |
| Guilford | 50 | 31 | 62.8 | 47.7-75.8 | 19 | 37.2 | 24.2-52.3 |
| Mecklenburg | 37 | 26 | 73.5 | 56.8-85.4 | 11 | 26.5 | 14.6-43.2 |
| New Hanover | 47 | 30 | 64.0 | 47.8-77.6 | 17 | 36.0 | 22.4-52.2 |
| Onslow | 41 | 29 | 74.4 | 58.6-85.7 | 12 | 25.6 | 14.3-41.4 |
| Wake | 65 | 39 | 55.0 | 40.5-68.7 | 26 | 45.0 | 31.3-59.5 |
| Western NC | 75 | 48 | 65.4 | 52.0-76.6 | 27 | 34.6 | 23.4-48.0 |
| Piedmont NC | 68 | 52 | 77.4 | 64.7-86.4 | 16 | 22.6 | 13.6-35.3 |
| Eastern NC | 58 | 36 | 64.5 | 49.8-76.9 | 22 | 35.5 | 23.1-50.2 |
+ 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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