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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 3,043 | 667 | 19.9 | 18.0-21.9 | 2,376 | 80.1 | 78.1-82.0 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 1,175 | 250 | 18.8 | 16.0-22.0 | 925 | 81.2 | 78.0-84.0 |
| Female | 1,868 | 417 | 20.9 | 18.4-23.6 | 1,451 | 79.1 | 76.4-81.6 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 2,290 | 525 | 21.4 | 19.1-23.8 | 1,765 | 78.6 | 76.2-80.9 |
| African American | 559 | 98 | 14.4 | 10.9-18.9 | 461 | 85.6 | 81.1-89.1 |
| Other Minorities | 149 | 35 | 17.9 | 11.3-27.3 | 114 | 82.1 | 72.7-88.7 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Yes | 88 | 19 | 23.4 | 13.3-37.8 | 69 | 76.6 | 62.2-86.7 |
| No | 2,949 | 647 | 19.8 | 17.9-21.9 | 2,302 | 80.2 | 78.1-82.1 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 280 | 69 | 19.3 | 14.0-25.9 | 211 | 80.7 | 74.1-86.0 |
| 25-34 | 563 | 151 | 25.9 | 21.0-31.5 | 412 | 74.1 | 68.5-79.0 |
| 35-44 | 643 | 165 | 25.9 | 21.4-31.0 | 478 | 74.1 | 69.0-78.6 |
| 45-54 | 578 | 159 | 21.9 | 17.7-26.7 | 419 | 78.1 | 73.3-82.3 |
| 55-64 | 378 | 63 | 14.6 | 10.5-20.0 | 315 | 85.4 | 80.0-89.5 |
| 65+ | 574 | 56 | 9.5 | 6.6-13.4 | 518 | 90.5 | 86.6-93.4 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 389 | 29 | 5.5 | 3.2- 9.1 | 360 | 94.5 | 90.9-96.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 878 | 143 | 14.7 | 11.9-18.1 | 735 | 85.3 | 81.9-88.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 800 | 207 | 25.8 | 21.6-30.4 | 593 | 74.2 | 69.6-78.4 |
| College Graduate | 967 | 288 | 28.8 | 24.9-33.2 | 679 | 71.2 | 66.8-75.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 274 | 43 | 13.6 | 8.6-20.8 | 231 | 86.4 | 79.2-91.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 487 | 89 | 16.5 | 12.4-21.7 | 398 | 83.5 | 78.3-87.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 467 | 114 | 24.0 | 19.0-30.0 | 353 | 76.0 | 70.0-81.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 486 | 123 | 23.8 | 18.9-29.5 | 363 | 76.2 | 70.5-81.1 |
| $50,000+ | 794 | 223 | 26.1 | 22.1-30.5 | 571 | 73.9 | 69.5-77.9 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 209 | 60 | 27.5 | 21.1-34.9 | 149 | 72.5 | 65.1-78.9 |
| Cumberland | 207 | 40 | 15.5 | 11.0-21.2 | 167 | 84.5 | 78.8-89.0 |
| Durham | 206 | 41 | 25.9 | 17.0-37.3 | 165 | 74.1 | 62.7-83.0 |
| Forsyth | 229 | 42 | 17.2 | 12.5-23.3 | 187 | 82.8 | 76.7-87.5 |
| Gaston | 232 | 43 | 19.2 | 14.0-25.6 | 189 | 80.8 | 74.4-86.0 |
| Guilford | 191 | 50 | 23.7 | 17.8-30.7 | 141 | 76.3 | 69.3-82.2 |
| Mecklenburg | 210 | 37 | 17.6 | 12.7-23.9 | 173 | 82.4 | 76.1-87.3 |
| New Hanover | 195 | 47 | 24.0 | 17.4-32.1 | 148 | 76.0 | 67.9-82.6 |
| Onslow | 212 | 41 | 17.0 | 12.1-23.4 | 171 | 83.0 | 76.6-87.9 |
| Wake | 205 | 65 | 31.1 | 24.2-38.9 | 140 | 68.9 | 61.1-75.8 |
| Western NC | 304 | 75 | 25.2 | 19.9-31.3 | 229 | 74.8 | 68.7-80.1 |
| Piedmont NC | 323 | 68 | 17.7 | 13.7-22.6 | 255 | 82.3 | 77.4-86.3 |
| Eastern NC | 320 | 58 | 15.6 | 11.6-20.6 | 262 | 84.4 | 79.4-88.4 |
+ 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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