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	Total Respond.^	1 or more times/day	1 or more times/week	1 or more times/month	1 or more times/year	Never
North Carolina	934	689	72.3	67.9-76.3	120	13.5	10.7-16.9	24	2.5	1.5- 4.2	12	1.0	0.5- 2.1	89	10.7	7.9-14.3
-Eastern NC	412	315	74.1	67.4-79.8	40	12.2	8.1-17.9	14	2.7	1.4- 5.0	6	1.0	0.4- 2.7	37	10.0	6.4-15.3
GENDER
Male	151	111	76.0	65.8-83.9	17	10.0	5.2-18.3	6	3.3	1.4- 7.9	4	1.7	0.5- 5.5	13	9.1	4.4-17.7
Female	261	204	72.6	63.3-80.3	23	13.9	8.3-22.5	8	2.2	0.9- 5.3	2	0.5	0.1- 2.6	24	10.7	6.0-18.5
RACE
White	218	162	73.8	64.5-81.4	24	13.3	7.9-21.7	4	1.2	0.3- 4.0	3	0.7	0.2- 2.5	25	11.0	6.3-18.3
African American	166	134	77.0	65.7-85.5	14	11.7	5.8-22.2	7	3.3	1.4- 7.4	3	1.9	0.5- 7.0	8	6.1	2.1-16.4
Other Minorities	26	18	66.3	39.4-85.6	2	6.6	1.4-26.0	2	6.4	1.1-29.1	0	0.0	. - .	4	20.7	6.0-51.8
AGE
18-24	3	2	57.5	10.9-93.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	42.5	6.3-89.1	0	0.0	. - .
25-34	12	6	41.9	16.8-72.1	3	34.9	11.7-68.5	1	8.4	1.1-42.0	1	8.6	1.2-42.8	1	6.2	0.8-34.4
35-44	32	25	74.6	51.3-89.1	4	20.1	7.2-44.9	1	1.3	0.2- 8.7	1	2.3	0.3-14.9	1	1.7	0.2-11.7
45-54	68	53	80.9	65.5-90.4	7	7.4	3.2-16.1	2	2.3	0.4-11.3	0	0.0	. - .	6	9.4	3.0-26.0
55-64	114	94	77.4	64.1-86.8	9	11.4	5.0-24.1	4	3.4	1.1- 9.9	0	0.0	. - .	7	7.8	2.9-19.0
65-74	108	76	66.2	51.2-78.6	13	15.9	7.2-31.7	5	3.1	0.9- 9.5	2	0.7	0.2- 2.8	12	14.1	6.5-28.0
75+	74	58	79.0	62.3-89.6	4	5.1	1.8-14.0	1	1.0	0.1- 7.1	1	0.4	0.1- 2.7	10	14.4	5.6-32.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	143	101	66.2	53.6-76.8	16	15.4	7.9-27.7	7	5.1	2.2-11.6	2	0.8	0.2- 3.7	17	12.6	6.4-23.4
H.S. or G.E.D.	129	103	78.4	66.8-86.8	9	8.2	3.8-16.6	5	1.8	0.7- 4.9	3	1.9	0.4- 7.5	9	9.7	4.1-21.2
Some Post-H.S.	86	66	75.4	60.0-86.3	9	15.4	6.8-31.5	1	0.4	0.1- 3.1	1	1.0	0.1- 6.6	9	7.7	3.1-18.0
College Graduate	53	44	81.1	60.4-92.3	6	7.5	3.1-17.3	1	3.0	0.4-18.8	0	0.0	. - .	2	8.4	1.4-37.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	119	96	77.6	64.1-87.1	6	6.2	2.2-15.9	3	1.4	0.4- 4.7	1	0.3	0.0- 1.8	13	14.6	6.8-28.3
$15,000- 24,999	67	52	78.0	62.1-88.5	7	10.6	4.6-22.5	2	3.6	0.8-14.2	1	0.4	0.1- 2.9	5	7.4	2.0-23.8
$25,000- 34,999	42	34	85.2	67.4-94.1	2	5.0	1.0-22.0	1	0.6	0.1- 4.5	1	1.7	0.2-11.3	4	7.5	1.9-25.2
$35,000- 49,999	32	23	66.1	38.6-85.8	5	25.8	8.4-56.7	2	6.1	1.4-23.1	0	0.0	. - .	2	2.0	0.5- 8.5
$50,000-74,999	28	21	84.1	66.6-93.3	5	11.1	4.0-26.9	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.3	0.4-20.5	1	1.6	0.2-10.8
$75,000+	15	7	52.3	24.9-78.4	3	19.9	5.7-50.3	1	12.9	1.8-53.6	1	3.4	0.4-21.4	3	11.6	3.3-33.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	41	25	62.1	44.5-77.0	10	21.6	10.7-38.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	6	16.3	6.8-34.1
Guilford	34	21	65.1	46.3-80.2	9	27.3	14.0-46.6	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.2	0.2- 8.2	3	6.3	1.7-20.6
Mecklenburg	36	26	67.8	47.9-82.8	6	21.3	9.0-42.4	1	3.9	0.5-23.1	1	3.1	0.4-19.0	2	4.0	1.0-14.8
Orange	23	13	49.3	27.7-71.1	6	21.8	8.6-45.1	1	10.8	1.6-47.5	0	0.0	. - .	3	18.2	5.8-44.4
Wake	29	15	50.4	30.6-70.0	10	27.8	14.1-47.5	1	5.4	0.8-29.9	1	5.0	0.7-28.0	2	11.5	2.4-40.7
Chatham/Lee	33	27	80.7	60.8-91.8	2	3.6	0.9-13.6	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.8	0.2-11.8	3	14.0	4.6-35.5
Nash/Wilson	40	30	71.1	52.4-84.6	3	8.1	2.6-22.9	2	11.1	2.8-34.6	0	0.0	. - .	5	9.7	3.9-22.3
Craven/Pamlico	55	48	87.9	75.5-94.5	3	6.6	2.0-19.1	1	0.8	0.1- 5.2	3	4.8	1.5-14.3	0	0.0	. - .
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	45	36	76.1	53.7-89.8	6	18.5	6.3-43.3	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.1	0.3-13.8	2	3.2	0.7-13.8
Appalachian/Wilkes	32	26	81.4	63.1-91.8	2	6.1	1.5-22.5	1	1.6	0.2-10.8	1	3.1	0.4-19.1	2	7.7	1.9-26.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance	32	25	83.4	66.8-92.6	5	13.1	5.0-29.8	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	3.5	0.8-13.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson	48	34	63.3	46.7-77.3	7	17.6	8.0-34.6	1	1.8	0.3-11.9	0	0.0	. - .	6	17.2	8.0-33.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	77	55	72.7	60.1-82.4	10	14.0	6.9-26.5	3	3.3	0.9-11.1	1	2.0	0.3-12.6	8	8.1	3.8-16.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	54	41	75.5	60.7-86.0	6	13.6	5.9-28.2	2	2.7	0.6-10.7	0	0.0	. - .	5	8.2	3.2-19.4
Northeast NC I	69	52	68.2	53.6-79.9	5	10.8	4.2-24.8	4	8.7	2.9-22.9	1	2.0	0.3-13.1	7	10.3	4.5-22.0
Northeast NC II	64	53	82.8	69.8-90.9	5	9.6	3.8-22.1	1	1.0	0.1- 6.9	0	0.0	. - .	5	6.6	2.4-17.1
Northeastern Partnership	133	105	77.2	67.7-84.6	10	10.0	5.2-18.5	5	3.9	1.5-10.1	1	0.8	0.1- 5.4	12	8.0	4.1-15.0
Mountain AHEC	133	94	73.7	63.5-81.8	20	12.0	6.9-20.0	3	3.6	1.0-12.6	0	0.0	. - .	16	10.7	6.1-18.3
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont	323	227	70.8	63.6-77.0	55	15.0	10.8-20.4	4	1.7	0.6- 4.8	5	1.2	0.4- 3.6	32	11.3	7.1-17.7
Western NC	199	147	73.4	64.0-81.0	25	11.5	6.6-19.3	6	5.1	2.0-12.4	1	0.3	0.0- 2.0	20	9.8	5.6-16.7

Total
Respond.^

1 or more times/day

1 or more times/week

1 or more times/month

1 or more times/year

Never

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

934

689

72.3

67.9-76.3

120

13.5

10.7-16.9

2.5

1.5- 4.2

1.0

0.5- 2.1

10.7

7.9-14.3

-Eastern NC

412

315

74.1

67.4-79.8

12.2

8.1-17.9

2.7

1.4- 5.0

1.0

0.4- 2.7

10.0

6.4-15.3

GENDER

Male

151

111

76.0

65.8-83.9

10.0

5.2-18.3

3.3

1.4- 7.9

1.7

0.5- 5.5

9.1

4.4-17.7

Female

261

204

72.6

63.3-80.3

13.9

8.3-22.5

2.2

0.9- 5.3

0.5

0.1- 2.6

10.7

6.0-18.5

RACE

White

218

162

73.8

64.5-81.4

13.3

7.9-21.7

1.2

0.3- 4.0

0.7

0.2- 2.5

11.0

6.3-18.3

African American

166

134

77.0

65.7-85.5

11.7

5.8-22.2

3.3

1.4- 7.4

1.9

0.5- 7.0

6.1

2.1-16.4

Other Minorities

66.3

39.4-85.6

6.6

1.4-26.0

6.4

1.1-29.1

0.0

. - .

20.7

6.0-51.8

AGE

18-24

57.5

10.9-93.7

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

42.5

6.3-89.1

0.0

. - .

25-34

41.9

16.8-72.1

34.9

11.7-68.5

8.4

1.1-42.0

8.6

1.2-42.8

6.2

0.8-34.4

35-44

74.6

51.3-89.1

20.1

7.2-44.9

1.3

0.2- 8.7

2.3

0.3-14.9

1.7

0.2-11.7

45-54

80.9

65.5-90.4

7.4

3.2-16.1

2.3

0.4-11.3

0.0

. - .

9.4

3.0-26.0

55-64

114

77.4

64.1-86.8

11.4

5.0-24.1

3.4

1.1- 9.9

0.0

. - .

7.8

2.9-19.0

65-74

108

66.2

51.2-78.6

15.9

7.2-31.7

3.1

0.9- 9.5

0.7

0.2- 2.8

14.1

6.5-28.0

75+

79.0

62.3-89.6

5.1

1.8-14.0

1.0

0.1- 7.1

0.4

0.1- 2.7

14.4

5.6-32.4

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

143

101

66.2

53.6-76.8

15.4

7.9-27.7

5.1

2.2-11.6

0.8

0.2- 3.7

12.6

6.4-23.4

H.S. or G.E.D.

129

103

78.4

66.8-86.8

8.2

3.8-16.6

1.8

0.7- 4.9

1.9

0.4- 7.5

9.7

4.1-21.2

Some Post-H.S.

75.4

60.0-86.3

15.4

6.8-31.5

0.4

0.1- 3.1

1.0

0.1- 6.6

7.7

3.1-18.0

College Graduate

81.1

60.4-92.3

7.5

3.1-17.3

3.0

0.4-18.8

0.0

. - .

8.4

1.4-37.5

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

119

77.6

64.1-87.1

6.2

2.2-15.9

1.4

0.4- 4.7

0.3

0.0- 1.8

14.6

6.8-28.3

$15,000- 24,999

78.0

62.1-88.5

10.6

4.6-22.5

3.6

0.8-14.2

0.4

0.1- 2.9

7.4

2.0-23.8

$25,000- 34,999

85.2

67.4-94.1

5.0

1.0-22.0

0.6

0.1- 4.5

1.7

0.2-11.3

7.5

1.9-25.2

$35,000- 49,999

66.1

38.6-85.8

25.8

8.4-56.7

6.1

1.4-23.1

0.0

. - .

2.0

0.5- 8.5

$50,000-74,999

84.1

66.6-93.3

11.1

4.0-26.9

0.0

. - .

3.3

0.4-20.5

1.6

0.2-10.8

$75,000+

52.3

24.9-78.4

19.9

5.7-50.3

12.9

1.8-53.6

3.4

0.4-21.4

11.6

3.3-33.7

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

62.1

44.5-77.0

21.6

10.7-38.7

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

16.3

6.8-34.1

Guilford

65.1

46.3-80.2

27.3

14.0-46.6

0.0

. - .

1.2

0.2- 8.2

6.3

1.7-20.6

Mecklenburg

67.8

47.9-82.8

21.3

9.0-42.4

3.9

0.5-23.1

3.1

0.4-19.0

4.0

1.0-14.8

Orange

49.3

27.7-71.1

21.8

8.6-45.1

10.8

1.6-47.5

0.0

. - .

18.2

5.8-44.4

Wake

50.4

30.6-70.0

27.8

14.1-47.5

5.4

0.8-29.9

5.0

0.7-28.0

11.5

2.4-40.7

Chatham/Lee

80.7

60.8-91.8

3.6

0.9-13.6

0.0

. - .

1.8

0.2-11.8

14.0

4.6-35.5

Nash/Wilson

71.1

52.4-84.6

8.1

2.6-22.9

11.1

2.8-34.6

0.0

. - .

9.7

3.9-22.3

Craven/Pamlico

87.9

75.5-94.5

6.6

2.0-19.1

0.8

0.1- 5.2

4.8

1.5-14.3

0.0

. - .

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

76.1

53.7-89.8

18.5

6.3-43.3

0.0

. - .

2.1

0.3-13.8

3.2

0.7-13.8

Appalachian/Wilkes

81.4

63.1-91.8

6.1

1.5-22.5

1.6

0.2-10.8

3.1

0.4-19.1

7.7

1.9-26.4

Franklin/Gran./Vance

83.4

66.8-92.6

13.1

5.0-29.8

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

3.5

0.8-13.5

Graham/Swain/Jackson

63.3

46.7-77.3

17.6

8.0-34.6

1.8

0.3-11.9

0.0

. - .

17.2

8.0-33.2

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

72.7

60.1-82.4

14.0

6.9-26.5

3.3

0.9-11.1

2.0

0.3-12.6

8.1

3.8-16.5

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

75.5

60.7-86.0

13.6

5.9-28.2

2.7

0.6-10.7

0.0

. - .

8.2

3.2-19.4

Northeast NC I

68.2

53.6-79.9

10.8

4.2-24.8

8.7

2.9-22.9

2.0

0.3-13.1

10.3

4.5-22.0

Northeast NC II

82.8

69.8-90.9

9.6

3.8-22.1

1.0

0.1- 6.9

0.0

. - .

6.6

2.4-17.1

Northeastern Partnership

133

105

77.2

67.7-84.6

10.0

5.2-18.5

3.9

1.5-10.1

0.8

0.1- 5.4

8.0

4.1-15.0

Mountain AHEC

133

73.7

63.5-81.8

12.0

6.9-20.0

3.6

1.0-12.6

0.0

. - .

10.7

6.1-18.3

NC REGIONS***

Piedmont

323

227

70.8

63.6-77.0

15.0

10.8-20.4

1.7

0.6- 4.8

1.2

0.4- 3.6

11.3

7.1-17.7

Western NC

199

147

73.4

64.0-81.0

11.5

6.6-19.3

5.1

2.0-12.4

0.3

0.0- 2.0

9.8

5.6-16.7

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Eastern North Carolina**. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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Respondents who reported having no feet excluded for this table.

^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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