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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 667 | 113 | 15.4 | 12.0-19.5 | 554 | 84.6 | 80.5-88.0 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 250 | 32 | 14.3 | 9.1-21.7 | 218 | 85.7 | 78.3-90.9 |
| Female | 417 | 81 | 16.3 | 12.3-21.3 | 336 | 83.7 | 78.7-87.7 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 525 | 94 | 16.9 | 12.9-21.8 | 431 | 83.1 | 78.2-87.1 |
| African American | 98 | 8 | 4.6 | 2.1- 9.9 | 90 | 95.4 | 90.1-97.9 |
| Other Minorities | 35 | 9 | 22.9 | 9.1-46.8 | 26 | 77.1 | 53.2-90.9 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Yes | 19 | 4 | 23.1 | 7.1-54.1 | 15 | 76.9 | 45.9-92.9 |
| No | 647 | 108 | 15.0 | 11.6-19.1 | 539 | 85.0 | 80.9-88.4 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 69 | 12 | 18.1 | 8.7-33.8 | 57 | 81.9 | 66.2-91.3 |
| 25-34 | 151 | 23 | 14.5 | 8.3-24.1 | 128 | 85.5 | 75.9-91.7 |
| 35-44 | 165 | 27 | 16.1 | 10.0-24.9 | 138 | 83.9 | 75.1-90.0 |
| 45-54 | 159 | 30 | 16.0 | 9.5-25.7 | 129 | 84.0 | 74.3-90.5 |
| 55-64 | 63 | 12 | 13.8 | 6.5-26.7 | 51 | 86.2 | 73.3-93.5 |
| 65+ | 56 | 9 | 11.9 | 4.2-29.6 | 47 | 88.1 | 70.4-95.8 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 29 | 100 | . - . |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 143 | 21 | 13.6 | 7.9-22.3 | 122 | 86.4 | 77.7-92.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 207 | 34 | 14.0 | 8.8-21.5 | 173 | 86.0 | 78.5-91.2 |
| College Graduate | 288 | 58 | 19.3 | 13.5-26.7 | 230 | 80.7 | 73.3-86.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 43 | 9 | 25.5 | 9.8-52.0 | 34 | 74.5 | 48.0-90.2 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 89 | 17 | 16.3 | 8.5-29.0 | 72 | 83.7 | 71.0-91.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 114 | 16 | 15.6 | 8.1-27.7 | 98 | 84.4 | 72.3-91.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 123 | 22 | 18.5 | 10.5-30.5 | 101 | 81.5 | 69.5-89.5 |
| $50,000+ | 223 | 34 | 11.8 | 7.7-17.6 | 189 | 88.2 | 82.4-92.3 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 60 | 17 | 22.4 | 13.4-35.0 | 43 | 77.6 | 65.0-86.6 |
| Cumberland | 40 | 4 | 15.3 | 5.7-34.7 | 36 | 84.7 | 65.3-94.3 |
| Durham | 41 | 11 | 21.2 | 10.1-39.4 | 30 | 78.8 | 60.6-89.9 |
| Forsyth | 42 | 7 | 12.3 | 5.6-25.2 | 35 | 87.7 | 74.8-94.4 |
| Gaston | 43 | 7 | 14.4 | 6.2-30.0 | 36 | 85.6 | 70.0-93.8 |
| Guilford | 50 | 9 | 16.0 | 8.1-29.2 | 41 | 84.0 | 70.8-91.9 |
| Mecklenburg | 37 | 7 | 16.4 | 7.3-32.9 | 30 | 83.6 | 67.1-92.7 |
| New Hanover | 47 | 6 | 16.7 | 7.1-34.4 | 41 | 83.3 | 65.6-92.9 |
| Onslow | 41 | 2 | 4.1 | 1.0-15.1 | 39 | 95.9 | 84.9-99.0 |
| Wake | 65 | 14 | 22.6 | 12.0-38.5 | 51 | 77.4 | 61.5-88.0 |
| Western NC | 75 | 12 | 13.3 | 7.1-23.5 | 63 | 86.7 | 76.5-92.9 |
| Piedmont NC | 68 | 11 | 16.7 | 9.0-28.9 | 57 | 83.3 | 71.1-91.0 |
| Eastern NC | 58 | 6 | 8.8 | 3.5-20.3 | 52 | 91.2 | 79.7-96.5 |
+ 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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