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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 3,666 | 113 | 2.6 | 2.0- 3.4 | 3,553 | 97.4 | 96.6-98.0 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 1,340 | 49 | 2.6 | 1.7- 3.9 | 1,291 | 97.4 | 96.1-98.3 |
| Female | 2,326 | 64 | 2.6 | 1.8- 3.7 | 2,262 | 97.4 | 96.3-98.2 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 2,931 | 113 | 3.3 | 2.5- 4.3 | 2,818 | 96.7 | 95.7-97.5 |
| African American | 586 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 586 | 100 | . - . |
| Other Minorities | 110 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 110 | 100 | . - . |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Yes | 55 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 55 | 100 | . - . |
| No | 3,605 | 112 | 2.6 | 2.0- 3.4 | 3,493 | 97.4 | 96.6-98.0 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 40-44 | 636 | 4 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.7 | 632 | 99.4 | 98.3-99.8 |
| 45-54 | 1,103 | 26 | 1.6 | 0.8- 2.9 | 1,077 | 98.4 | 97.1-99.2 |
| 55-64 | 789 | 22 | 2.6 | 1.4- 4.7 | 767 | 97.4 | 95.3-98.6 |
| 65+ | 1,138 | 61 | 4.9 | 3.4- 7.1 | 1,077 | 95.1 | 92.9-96.6 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 630 | 19 | 3.2 | 1.6- 6.2 | 611 | 96.8 | 93.8-98.4 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,092 | 31 | 2.0 | 1.2- 3.1 | 1,061 | 98.0 | 96.9-98.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 895 | 22 | 2.7 | 1.4- 5.1 | 873 | 97.3 | 94.9-98.6 |
| College Graduate | 1,036 | 41 | 2.8 | 1.8- 4.3 | 995 | 97.2 | 95.7-98.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 388 | 12 | 2.7 | 0.9- 8.0 | 376 | 97.3 | 92.0-99.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 569 | 18 | 2.7 | 1.4- 5.3 | 551 | 97.3 | 94.7-98.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 465 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.5- 2.2 | 456 | 99.0 | 97.8-99.5 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 511 | 18 | 2.9 | 1.6- 5.2 | 493 | 97.1 | 94.8-98.4 |
| $50,000+ | 964 | 32 | 2.9 | 1.7- 4.7 | 932 | 97.1 | 95.3-98.3 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 267 | 14 | 4.9 | 2.9- 8.4 | 253 | 95.1 | 91.6-97.1 |
| Cumberland | 213 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.8- 5.5 | 208 | 97.8 | 94.5-99.2 |
| Durham | 207 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.5 | 202 | 97.8 | 94.5-99.1 |
| Forsyth | 304 | 8 | 2.8 | 1.3- 5.7 | 296 | 97.2 | 94.3-98.7 |
| Gaston | 283 | 8 | 2.6 | 1.2- 5.3 | 275 | 97.4 | 94.7-98.8 |
| Guilford | 250 | 6 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.2 | 244 | 98.6 | 96.8-99.4 |
| Mecklenburg | 239 | 7 | 3.5 | 1.6- 7.2 | 232 | 96.5 | 92.8-98.4 |
| New Hanover | 236 | 12 | 4.9 | 2.7- 8.9 | 224 | 95.1 | 91.1-97.3 |
| Onslow | 217 | 7 | 2.6 | 1.2- 5.8 | 210 | 97.4 | 94.2-98.8 |
| Wake | 210 | 7 | 2.7 | 1.3- 5.9 | 203 | 97.3 | 94.1-98.7 |
| Western NC | 432 | 15 | 2.9 | 1.7- 4.9 | 417 | 97.1 | 95.1-98.3 |
| Piedmont NC | 425 | 8 | 2.1 | 1.0- 4.4 | 417 | 97.9 | 95.6-99.0 |
| Eastern NC | 383 | 11 | 2.5 | 1.2- 5.2 | 372 | 97.5 | 94.8-98.8 |
* Data for this table includes respondents who reported being age 40 or older.
#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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