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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | Not taking vitamins | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 2,890 | 1,226 | 39.9 | 37.2-42.6 | 249 | 8.2 | 6.9- 9.8 | 1,415 | 51.9 | 49.1-54.7 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,099 | 392 | 33.9 | 29.8-38.3 | 83 | 6.7 | 5.0- 9.0 | 624 | 59.3 | 54.9-63.6 |
| Female | 1,791 | 834 | 45.3 | 41.9-48.7 | 166 | 9.6 | 7.7-11.9 | 791 | 45.1 | 41.7-48.5 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,223 | 1,001 | 42.2 | 39.2-45.3 | 214 | 9.0 | 7.4-10.8 | 1,008 | 48.8 | 45.7-51.9 |
| African American | 517 | 170 | 31.3 | 25.5-37.7 | 26 | 6.1 | 3.6-10.1 | 321 | 62.6 | 56.0-68.7 |
| Other Minorities | 107 | 40 | 42.0 | 26.4-59.3 | 5 | 4.2 | 1.6-10.6 | 62 | 53.8 | 37.3-69.6 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Yes | 81 | 31 | 35.1 | 17.5-57.8 | 4 | 4.1 | 1.3-12.5 | 46 | 60.8 | 39.4-78.7 |
| No | 2,801 | 1,194 | 40.1 | 37.4-42.8 | 244 | 8.4 | 7.0-10.0 | 1,363 | 51.5 | 48.7-54.3 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 248 | 89 | 39.6 | 30.4-49.6 | 14 | 5.2 | 2.6-10.4 | 145 | 55.1 | 45.3-64.6 |
| 25-34 | 548 | 224 | 39.0 | 33.0-45.3 | 21 | 4.6 | 2.5- 8.3 | 303 | 56.4 | 50.0-62.6 |
| 35-44 | 591 | 234 | 36.2 | 30.6-42.2 | 36 | 7.8 | 4.9-12.1 | 321 | 56.1 | 49.9-62.0 |
| 45-54 | 523 | 233 | 41.2 | 34.3-48.5 | 55 | 9.1 | 6.3-13.1 | 235 | 49.6 | 42.0-57.3 |
| 55-64 | 404 | 182 | 41.6 | 34.9-48.6 | 52 | 12.0 | 8.3-17.2 | 170 | 46.4 | 39.3-53.6 |
| 65+ | 552 | 258 | 43.7 | 38.1-49.6 | 63 | 10.7 | 7.7-14.6 | 231 | 45.6 | 39.7-51.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 383 | 107 | 24.9 | 17.9-33.5 | 40 | 8.0 | 5.0-12.4 | 236 | 67.2 | 58.7-74.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 891 | 336 | 36.5 | 31.8-41.4 | 71 | 7.9 | 5.7-10.7 | 484 | 55.7 | 50.6-60.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 740 | 351 | 46.3 | 41.1-51.6 | 62 | 8.8 | 6.1-12.4 | 327 | 44.9 | 39.7-50.2 |
| College Graduate | 867 | 430 | 47.4 | 42.0-52.8 | 76 | 8.5 | 6.2-11.6 | 361 | 44.1 | 38.4-49.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 279 | 95 | 33.5 | 25.2-43.1 | 23 | 8.6 | 4.6-15.5 | 161 | 57.9 | 48.5-66.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 486 | 184 | 34.1 | 28.2-40.6 | 54 | 9.2 | 6.4-13.0 | 248 | 56.7 | 50.0-63.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 388 | 152 | 35.4 | 28.7-42.7 | 25 | 6.3 | 3.6-10.7 | 211 | 58.3 | 50.8-65.5 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 455 | 213 | 47.0 | 40.4-53.6 | 32 | 9.6 | 6.1-14.8 | 210 | 43.4 | 37.0-50.1 |
| $50,000+ | 759 | 366 | 44.3 | 38.7-50.1 | 67 | 7.5 | 5.3-10.5 | 326 | 48.1 | 42.2-54.1 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Buncombe | 196 | 90 | 39.1 | 32.0-46.7 | 15 | 8.2 | 4.6-14.0 | 91 | 52.7 | 44.9-60.4 |
| Cumberland | 207 | 94 | 48.5 | 34.5-62.7 | 11 | 3.5 | 1.7- 7.0 | 102 | 48.0 | 34.6-61.7 |
| Durham | 178 | 70 | 36.1 | 26.7-46.8 | 15 | 7.4 | 4.0-13.3 | 93 | 56.5 | 45.3-67.1 |
| Forsyth | 214 | 83 | 34.9 | 27.9-42.6 | 23 | 14.3 | 8.2-24.0 | 108 | 50.8 | 42.6-59.0 |
| Gaston | 213 | 76 | 35.8 | 28.9-43.4 | 19 | 7.9 | 4.9-12.5 | 118 | 56.3 | 48.7-63.5 |
| Guilford | 201 | 82 | 37.5 | 30.3-45.4 | 13 | 6.3 | 3.6-10.9 | 106 | 56.1 | 48.2-63.7 |
| Mecklenburg | 206 | 86 | 43.7 | 36.3-51.4 | 19 | 8.9 | 5.5-14.2 | 101 | 47.4 | 39.9-55.0 |
| New Hanover | 197 | 89 | 41.3 | 33.6-49.3 | 19 | 8.8 | 5.3-14.3 | 89 | 49.9 | 41.8-58.1 |
| Onslow | 204 | 88 | 37.9 | 29.1-47.5 | 17 | 6.6 | 3.9-11.1 | 99 | 55.5 | 45.7-64.9 |
| Wake | 202 | 113 | 54.1 | 46.0-62.0 | 15 | 7.1 | 4.2-11.8 | 74 | 38.8 | 31.1-47.0 |
| Western NC | 286 | 130 | 42.6 | 36.3-49.1 | 32 | 9.4 | 6.5-13.5 | 124 | 48.0 | 41.5-54.6 |
| Piedmont NC | 322 | 125 | 34.7 | 29.1-40.8 | 29 | 8.6 | 5.7-12.7 | 168 | 56.7 | 50.4-62.8 |
| Eastern NC | 264 | 100 | 38.9 | 31.8-46.5 | 22 | 7.9 | 4.9-12.5 | 142 | 53.2 | 45.6-60.6 |
+ 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 taking vitamins. 'Not taking vitamins' category is added to the denominator so that the estimates are based on all respondents.
#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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