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Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 795 | 76 | 8.5 | 6.1-11.8 | 719 | 91.5 | 88.2-93.9 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 285 | 22 | 4.8 | 2.4- 9.3 | 263 | 95.2 | 90.7-97.6 |
Female | 510 | 54 | 11.5 | 7.9-16.4 | 456 | 88.5 | 83.6-92.1 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 601 | 50 | 6.5 | 4.4- 9.5 | 551 | 93.5 | 90.5-95.6 |
African American | 150 | 22 | 19.1 | 10.3-32.5 | 128 | 80.9 | 67.5-89.7 |
Other Minorities | 30 | 3 | 7.5 | 1.9-25.8 | 27 | 92.5 | 74.2-98.1 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Yes | 18 | 3 | 11.4 | 2.1-43.6 | 15 | 88.6 | 56.4-97.9 |
No | 777 | 73 | 8.5 | 6.0-11.7 | 704 | 91.5 | 88.3-94.0 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 38 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.6 | 37 | 99.4 | 95.4-99.9 |
25-34 | 71 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.6- 7.1 | 68 | 98.0 | 92.9-99.4 |
35-44 | 101 | 13 | 12.3 | 5.7-24.4 | 88 | 87.7 | 75.6-94.3 |
45-54 | 176 | 20 | 11.4 | 5.7-21.6 | 156 | 88.6 | 78.4-94.3 |
55-64 | 134 | 9 | 5.4 | 2.2-12.6 | 125 | 94.6 | 87.4-97.8 |
65+ | 267 | 30 | 11.4 | 6.9-18.2 | 237 | 88.6 | 81.8-93.1 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 195 | 24 | 12.5 | 6.9-21.4 | 171 | 87.5 | 78.6-93.1 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 231 | 29 | 7.4 | 4.5-12.0 | 202 | 92.6 | 88.0-95.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 207 | 13 | 6.9 | 3.1-14.7 | 194 | 93.1 | 85.3-96.9 |
College Graduate | 160 | 10 | 5.8 | 2.8-11.9 | 150 | 94.2 | 88.1-97.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 147 | 17 | 6.6 | 3.2-13.0 | 130 | 93.4 | 87.0-96.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 162 | 19 | 9.8 | 4.8-18.9 | 143 | 90.2 | 81.1-95.2 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 116 | 9 | 8.8 | 4.2-17.6 | 107 | 91.2 | 82.4-95.8 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 77 | 6 | 6.8 | 2.1-19.9 | 71 | 93.2 | 80.1-97.9 |
$50,000+ | 128 | 7 | 6.7 | 2.5-16.5 | 121 | 93.3 | 83.5-97.5 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
Buncombe | 54 | 5 | 10.4 | 3.7-26.1 | 49 | 89.6 | 73.9-96.3 |
Cumberland | 61 | 4 | 6.0 | 2.0-16.5 | 57 | 94.0 | 83.5-98.0 |
Durham | 60 | 4 | 7.6 | 2.6-20.1 | 56 | 92.4 | 79.9-97.4 |
Forsyth | 65 | 11 | 13.3 | 7.1-23.5 | 54 | 86.7 | 76.5-92.9 |
Gaston | 60 | 5 | 11.9 | 4.7-26.9 | 55 | 88.1 | 73.1-95.3 |
Guilford | 44 | 3 | 7.3 | 2.2-21.4 | 41 | 92.7 | 78.6-97.8 |
Mecklenburg | 35 | 3 | 6.2 | 1.8-19.6 | 32 | 93.8 | 80.4-98.2 |
New Hanover | 47 | 3 | 5.9 | 1.6-19.6 | 44 | 94.1 | 80.4-98.4 |
Onslow | 54 | 6 | 8.7 | 3.6-19.3 | 48 | 91.3 | 80.7-96.4 |
Wake | 33 | 1 | 3.3 | 0.5-19.9 | 32 | 96.7 | 80.1-99.5 |
Western NC | 97 | 14 | 16.2 | 9.3-26.8 | 83 | 83.8 | 73.2-90.7 |
Piedmont NC | 85 | 8 | 8.3 | 3.6-18.4 | 77 | 91.7 | 81.6-96.4 |
Eastern NC | 100 | 9 | 6.1 | 2.6-13.8 | 91 | 93.9 | 86.2-97.4 |
+ Approximately half of the respondents received questions from this topic See Technical Notes for more information.
* This question was asked to respondents who reported having any type of disability. See questions 14.1, 14,2 in the core and the questions 1 and 5 in the disability section (page 53) of the BRFSS 2001 questionnaire.
#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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