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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 1,241 | 1,041 | 82.2 | 78.1-85.6 | 200 | 17.8 | 14.4-21.9 |
GENDER | |||||||
Female | 1,241 | 1,041 | 82.2 | 78.1-85.6 | 200 | 17.8 | 14.4-21.9 |
RACE | |||||||
African American | 1,241 | 1,041 | 82.2 | 78.1-85.6 | 200 | 17.8 | 14.4-21.9 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 13 | 13 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
-English Speaking | 13 | 13 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Non-Hispanic | 1,228 | 1,028 | 82.1 | 78.0-85.5 | 200 | 17.9 | 14.5-22.0 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 90 | 47 | 46.6 | 31.5-62.4 | 43 | 53.4 | 37.6-68.5 |
25-34 | 195 | 141 | 82.5 | 75.6-87.7 | 54 | 17.5 | 12.3-24.4 |
35-44 | 260 | 209 | 80.7 | 73.0-86.7 | 51 | 19.3 | 13.3-27.0 |
45-54 | 256 | 235 | 94.5 | 90.3-96.9 | 21 | 5.5 | 3.1- 9.7 |
55-64 | 183 | 171 | 95.2 | 90.8-97.6 | 12 | 4.8 | 2.4- 9.2 |
65-74 | 146 | 140 | 96.8 | 89.7-99.1 | 6 | 3.2 | 0.9-10.3 |
75+ | 99 | 88 | 86.7 | 72.3-94.2 | 11 | 13.3 | 5.8-27.7 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 284 | 237 | 80.4 | 71.9-86.8 | 47 | 19.6 | 13.2-28.1 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 419 | 341 | 78.3 | 70.1-84.8 | 78 | 21.7 | 15.2-29.9 |
Some Post-H.S. | 301 | 249 | 81.4 | 72.4-87.9 | 52 | 18.6 | 12.1-27.6 |
College Graduate | 234 | 211 | 91.8 | 86.3-95.2 | 23 | 8.2 | 4.8-13.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 266 | 219 | 81.8 | 74.7-87.2 | 47 | 18.2 | 12.8-25.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 278 | 222 | 79.5 | 70.9-86.1 | 56 | 20.5 | 13.9-29.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 162 | 143 | 89.5 | 80.6-94.6 | 19 | 10.5 | 5.4-19.4 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 112 | 100 | 87.0 | 73.6-94.1 | 12 | 13.0 | 5.9-26.4 |
$50,000-74,999 | 64 | 56 | 93.2 | 83.5-97.3 | 8 | 6.8 | 2.7-16.5 |
$75,000+ | 53 | 50 | 92.8 | 74.6-98.3 | 3 | 7.2 | 1.7-25.4 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
Buncombe | 16 | 14 | 78.8 | 42.5-94.9 | 2 | 21.2 | 5.1-57.5 |
Guilford | 70 | 58 | 82.6 | 70.1-90.5 | 12 | 17.4 | 9.5-29.9 |
Mecklenburg | 78 | 69 | 84.0 | 71.4-91.7 | 9 | 16.0 | 8.3-28.6 |
Orange | 30 | 23 | 76.2 | 57.0-88.5 | 7 | 23.8 | 11.5-43.0 |
Wake | 54 | 48 | 86.0 | 69.2-94.3 | 6 | 14.0 | 5.7-30.8 |
Chatham/Lee | 51 | 41 | 77.8 | 61.0-88.8 | 10 | 22.2 | 11.2-39.0 |
Nash/Wilson | 81 | 70 | 86.8 | 76.5-93.0 | 11 | 13.2 | 7.0-23.5 |
Craven/Pamlico | 57 | 44 | 78.2 | 63.1-88.2 | 13 | 21.8 | 11.8-36.9 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 9 | 6 | 81.6 | 43.9-96.2 | 3 | 18.4 | 3.8-56.1 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 6 | 5 | 71.2 | 22.3-95.5 | 1 | 28.8 | 4.5-77.7 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 103 | 84 | 79.7 | 68.9-87.4 | 19 | 20.3 | 12.6-31.1 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 8 | 6 | 64.7 | 26.7-90.2 | 2 | 35.3 | 9.8-73.3 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 95 | 82 | 83.6 | 71.0-91.4 | 13 | 16.4 | 8.6-29.0 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 101 | 88 | 84.8 | 74.9-91.3 | 13 | 15.2 | 8.7-25.1 |
Northeast NC I | 169 | 138 | 78.1 | 69.4-84.9 | 31 | 21.9 | 15.1-30.6 |
Northeast NC II | 97 | 78 | 78.6 | 67.8-86.5 | 19 | 21.4 | 13.5-32.2 |
Northeastern Partnership | 266 | 216 | 78.4 | 71.7-83.8 | 50 | 21.6 | 16.2-28.3 |
Mountain AHEC | 31 | 27 | 85.1 | 60.1-95.6 | 4 | 14.9 | 4.4-39.9 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 660 | 556 | 81.5 | 74.6-86.8 | 104 | 18.5 | 13.2-25.4 |
Piedmont | 536 | 447 | 83.3 | 78.1-87.5 | 89 | 16.7 | 12.5-21.9 |
Western NC | 45 | 38 | 66.1 | 31.8-89.1 | 7 | 33.9 | 10.9-68.2 |
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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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