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Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 667 | 187 | 24.6 | 20.6-29.1 | 480 | 75.4 | 70.9-79.4 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 250 | 66 | 21.8 | 16.2-28.7 | 184 | 78.2 | 71.3-83.8 |
Female | 417 | 121 | 26.9 | 21.6-32.9 | 296 | 73.1 | 67.1-78.4 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 525 | 154 | 25.2 | 20.7-30.2 | 371 | 74.8 | 69.8-79.3 |
African American | 98 | 17 | 16.3 | 8.7-28.5 | 81 | 83.7 | 71.5-91.3 |
Other Minorities | 35 | 14 | 43.6 | 23.5-66.0 | 21 | 56.4 | 34.0-76.5 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Yes | 19 | 3 | 20.0 | 5.4-52.2 | 16 | 80.0 | 47.8-94.6 |
No | 647 | 184 | 24.8 | 20.8-29.4 | 463 | 75.2 | 70.6-79.2 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 69 | 14 | 20.4 | 10.8-35.2 | 55 | 79.6 | 64.8-89.2 |
25-34 | 151 | 52 | 25.5 | 17.8-35.0 | 99 | 74.5 | 65.0-82.2 |
35-44 | 165 | 45 | 23.3 | 16.2-32.3 | 120 | 76.7 | 67.7-83.8 |
45-54 | 159 | 42 | 25.9 | 17.6-36.4 | 117 | 74.1 | 63.6-82.4 |
55-64 | 63 | 18 | 30.7 | 17.4-48.3 | 45 | 69.3 | 51.7-82.6 |
65+ | 56 | 15 | 22.4 | 12.0-37.9 | 41 | 77.6 | 62.1-88.0 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 29 | 5 | 9.9 | 2.8-29.3 | 24 | 90.1 | 70.7-97.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 143 | 35 | 24.8 | 16.9-34.8 | 108 | 75.2 | 65.2-83.1 |
Some Post-H.S. | 207 | 46 | 17.2 | 11.7-24.5 | 161 | 82.8 | 75.5-88.3 |
College Graduate | 288 | 101 | 32.2 | 25.4-39.9 | 187 | 67.8 | 60.1-74.6 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 43 | 13 | 25.0 | 11.4-46.2 | 30 | 75.0 | 53.8-88.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 89 | 22 | 19.9 | 10.9-33.4 | 67 | 80.1 | 66.6-89.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 114 | 28 | 17.2 | 10.8-26.3 | 86 | 82.8 | 73.7-89.2 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 123 | 32 | 26.8 | 17.5-38.7 | 91 | 73.2 | 61.3-82.5 |
$50,000+ | 223 | 70 | 27.2 | 20.6-35.1 | 153 | 72.8 | 64.9-79.4 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
Buncombe | 60 | 21 | 33.8 | 22.0-47.9 | 39 | 66.2 | 52.1-78.0 |
Cumberland | 40 | 7 | 15.9 | 7.1-32.0 | 33 | 84.1 | 68.0-92.9 |
Durham | 41 | 12 | 16.8 | 8.0-31.9 | 29 | 83.2 | 68.1-92.0 |
Forsyth | 42 | 10 | 20.0 | 10.5-34.8 | 32 | 80.0 | 65.2-89.5 |
Gaston | 43 | 9 | 19.5 | 9.8-35.0 | 34 | 80.5 | 65.0-90.2 |
Guilford | 50 | 15 | 27.2 | 16.1-42.1 | 35 | 72.8 | 57.9-83.9 |
Mecklenburg | 37 | 16 | 40.4 | 25.2-57.7 | 21 | 59.6 | 42.3-74.8 |
New Hanover | 47 | 10 | 21.9 | 11.6-37.5 | 37 | 78.1 | 62.5-88.4 |
Onslow | 41 | 11 | 25.0 | 13.8-41.0 | 30 | 75.0 | 59.0-86.2 |
Wake | 65 | 23 | 35.7 | 23.6-50.0 | 42 | 64.3 | 50.0-76.4 |
Western NC | 75 | 26 | 31.2 | 20.9-43.7 | 49 | 68.8 | 56.3-79.1 |
Piedmont NC | 68 | 16 | 22.1 | 13.2-34.5 | 52 | 77.9 | 65.5-86.8 |
Eastern NC | 58 | 11 | 12.1 | 6.1-22.8 | 47 | 87.9 | 77.2-93.9 |
+ 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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