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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 9,232 | 7,677 | 77.9 | 76.3-79.4 | 1,555 | 22.1 | 20.6-23.7 |
| -Eastern NC | 3,247 | 2,689 | 77.1 | 74.1-79.9 | 558 | 22.9 | 20.1-25.9 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 1,141 | 913 | 72.7 | 67.5-77.4 | 228 | 27.3 | 22.6-32.5 |
| Female | 2,106 | 1,776 | 81.1 | 77.6-84.1 | 330 | 18.9 | 15.9-22.4 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 2,025 | 1,737 | 81.9 | 78.2-85.1 | 288 | 18.1 | 14.9-21.8 |
| African American | 962 | 788 | 77.2 | 71.6-81.9 | 174 | 22.8 | 18.1-28.4 |
| Other Minorities | 241 | 151 | 44.6 | 33.6-56.2 | 90 | 55.4 | 43.8-66.4 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 189 | 91 | 41.2 | 30.6-52.6 | 98 | 58.8 | 47.4-69.4 |
| 25-34 | 480 | 301 | 63.3 | 56.1-70.0 | 179 | 36.7 | 30.0-43.9 |
| 35-44 | 591 | 452 | 76.0 | 69.2-81.6 | 139 | 24.0 | 18.4-30.8 |
| 45-54 | 636 | 570 | 89.8 | 85.1-93.1 | 66 | 10.2 | 6.9-14.9 |
| 55-64 | 562 | 532 | 95.7 | 93.1-97.3 | 30 | 4.3 | 2.7- 6.9 |
| 65-74 | 453 | 433 | 97.9 | 96.5-98.7 | 20 | 2.1 | 1.3- 3.5 |
| 75+ | 316 | 293 | 89.7 | 83.0-94.0 | 23 | 10.3 | 6.0-17.0 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 638 | 502 | 64.3 | 56.7-71.3 | 136 | 35.7 | 28.7-43.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,092 | 872 | 73.8 | 68.5-78.4 | 220 | 26.2 | 21.6-31.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 828 | 700 | 78.8 | 71.6-84.6 | 128 | 21.2 | 15.4-28.4 |
| College Graduate | 683 | 610 | 90.7 | 87.3-93.3 | 73 | 9.3 | 6.7-12.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 460 | 382 | 77.8 | 68.6-84.9 | 78 | 22.2 | 15.1-31.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 642 | 486 | 67.3 | 60.0-73.9 | 156 | 32.7 | 26.1-40.0 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 375 | 309 | 74.9 | 65.8-82.2 | 66 | 25.1 | 17.8-34.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 422 | 353 | 77.8 | 69.7-84.3 | 69 | 22.2 | 15.7-30.3 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 327 | 290 | 92.0 | 87.9-94.8 | 37 | 8.0 | 5.2-12.1 |
| $75,000+ | 287 | 266 | 91.6 | 84.6-95.6 | 21 | 8.4 | 4.4-15.4 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 442 | 378 | 79.7 | 73.8-84.5 | 64 | 20.3 | 15.5-26.2 |
| Guilford | 436 | 375 | 83.4 | 78.3-87.5 | 61 | 16.6 | 12.5-21.7 |
| Mecklenburg | 435 | 364 | 74.4 | 67.6-80.3 | 71 | 25.6 | 19.7-32.4 |
| Orange | 434 | 350 | 74.9 | 67.7-81.0 | 84 | 25.1 | 19.0-32.3 |
| Wake | 445 | 376 | 78.3 | 72.4-83.3 | 69 | 21.7 | 16.7-27.6 |
| Chatham/Lee | 390 | 324 | 75.3 | 68.6-80.9 | 66 | 24.7 | 19.1-31.4 |
| Nash/Wilson | 374 | 313 | 79.9 | 74.2-84.6 | 61 | 20.1 | 15.4-25.8 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 446 | 370 | 77.9 | 72.3-82.7 | 76 | 22.1 | 17.3-27.7 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 432 | 362 | 79.3 | 73.8-83.9 | 70 | 20.7 | 16.1-26.2 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 445 | 371 | 72.6 | 64.1-79.7 | 74 | 27.4 | 20.3-35.9 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 469 | 382 | 71.6 | 60.7-80.5 | 87 | 28.4 | 19.5-39.3 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 413 | 335 | 66.6 | 51.4-79.0 | 78 | 33.4 | 21.0-48.6 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 469 | 376 | 77.0 | 71.9-81.4 | 93 | 23.0 | 18.6-28.1 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 409 | 340 | 76.3 | 69.9-81.7 | 69 | 23.7 | 18.3-30.1 |
| Northeast NC I | 451 | 367 | 75.8 | 68.0-82.2 | 84 | 24.2 | 17.8-32.0 |
| Northeast NC II | 502 | 424 | 78.2 | 72.6-83.0 | 78 | 21.8 | 17.0-27.4 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 953 | 791 | 77.4 | 72.9-81.3 | 162 | 22.6 | 18.7-27.1 |
| Mountain AHEC | 1,274 | 1,062 | 77.8 | 72.6-82.2 | 212 | 22.2 | 17.8-27.4 |
| NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
| Piedmont | 3,958 | 3,307 | 79.0 | 76.8-81.0 | 651 | 21.0 | 19.0-23.2 |
| Western NC | 2,027 | 1,681 | 75.0 | 70.9-78.6 | 346 | 25.0 | 21.4-29.1 |
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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.
** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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