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Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 2,838 | 1,205 | 39.4 | 36.8-42.2 | 1,633 | 60.6 | 57.8-63.2 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,083 | 374 | 31.0 | 27.1-35.1 | 709 | 69.0 | 64.9-72.9 |
Female | 1,755 | 831 | 47.1 | 43.7-50.6 | 924 | 52.9 | 49.4-56.3 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 2,173 | 989 | 43.0 | 40.0-46.1 | 1,184 | 57.0 | 53.9-60.0 |
African American | 516 | 166 | 30.3 | 24.6-36.7 | 350 | 69.7 | 63.3-75.4 |
Other Minorities | 107 | 36 | 28.6 | 17.7-42.9 | 71 | 71.4 | 57.1-82.3 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Yes | 79 | 27 | 19.6 | 10.6-33.6 | 52 | 80.4 | 66.4-89.4 |
No | 2,751 | 1,176 | 40.2 | 37.5-43.0 | 1,575 | 59.8 | 57.0-62.5 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 245 | 89 | 36.3 | 27.9-45.6 | 156 | 63.7 | 54.4-72.1 |
25-34 | 542 | 213 | 36.7 | 30.8-43.1 | 329 | 63.3 | 56.9-69.2 |
35-44 | 588 | 227 | 37.7 | 31.9-43.9 | 361 | 62.3 | 56.1-68.1 |
45-54 | 514 | 219 | 38.6 | 31.9-45.8 | 295 | 61.4 | 54.2-68.1 |
55-64 | 392 | 186 | 42.8 | 36.0-50.0 | 206 | 57.2 | 50.0-64.0 |
65+ | 535 | 261 | 45.8 | 40.0-51.8 | 274 | 54.2 | 48.2-60.0 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 375 | 106 | 21.4 | 16.0-28.0 | 269 | 78.6 | 72.0-84.0 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 876 | 348 | 39.0 | 34.2-44.1 | 528 | 61.0 | 55.9-65.8 |
Some Post-H.S. | 724 | 333 | 45.7 | 40.5-50.9 | 391 | 54.3 | 49.1-59.5 |
College Graduate | 854 | 416 | 45.6 | 40.2-51.0 | 438 | 54.4 | 49.0-59.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 273 | 97 | 35.5 | 26.9-45.2 | 176 | 64.5 | 54.8-73.1 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 472 | 178 | 33.1 | 27.2-39.5 | 294 | 66.9 | 60.5-72.8 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 381 | 154 | 37.8 | 30.8-45.2 | 227 | 62.2 | 54.8-69.2 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 447 | 200 | 46.2 | 39.6-52.9 | 247 | 53.8 | 47.1-60.4 |
$50,000+ | 750 | 367 | 45.1 | 39.3-50.9 | 383 | 54.9 | 49.1-60.7 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
Buncombe | 193 | 89 | 40.9 | 33.6-48.7 | 104 | 59.1 | 51.3-66.4 |
Cumberland | 207 | 86 | 32.6 | 23.0-43.9 | 121 | 67.4 | 56.1-77.0 |
Durham | 176 | 74 | 38.6 | 28.7-49.5 | 102 | 61.4 | 50.5-71.3 |
Forsyth | 208 | 80 | 36.2 | 29.2-43.7 | 128 | 63.8 | 56.3-70.8 |
Gaston | 209 | 77 | 37.0 | 30.0-44.6 | 132 | 63.0 | 55.4-70.0 |
Guilford | 197 | 80 | 36.8 | 29.5-44.8 | 117 | 63.2 | 55.2-70.5 |
Mecklenburg | 200 | 81 | 42.8 | 35.3-50.6 | 119 | 57.2 | 49.4-64.7 |
New Hanover | 191 | 86 | 39.4 | 31.8-47.6 | 105 | 60.6 | 52.4-68.2 |
Onslow | 199 | 91 | 40.2 | 31.1-50.0 | 108 | 59.8 | 50.0-68.9 |
Wake | 201 | 99 | 46.1 | 38.3-54.2 | 102 | 53.9 | 45.8-61.7 |
Western NC | 280 | 133 | 43.4 | 37.1-50.0 | 147 | 56.6 | 50.0-62.9 |
Piedmont NC | 314 | 127 | 36.8 | 31.0-43.1 | 187 | 63.2 | 56.9-69.0 |
Eastern NC | 263 | 102 | 39.6 | 32.5-47.2 | 161 | 60.4 | 52.8-67.5 |
+ Approximately half of the respondents received questions from this topic See Technical Notes for more information.
*Data for this table were derived from the folic acid question, 'How often do you take this vitamin pill or supplement?'
#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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