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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 1,223 | 54 | 3.8 | 2.6- 5.6 | 16 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.3 | 1,091 | 88.6 | 85.1-91.4 | 3 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.9 | 59 | 6.1 | 3.9- 9.5 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Female | 1,223 | 54 | 3.8 | 2.6- 5.6 | 16 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.3 | 1,091 | 88.6 | 85.1-91.4 | 3 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.9 | 59 | 6.1 | 3.9- 9.5 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
African American | 1,223 | 54 | 3.8 | 2.6- 5.6 | 16 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.3 | 1,091 | 88.6 | 85.1-91.4 | 3 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.9 | 59 | 6.1 | 3.9- 9.5 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 11 | 90.7 | 53.0-98.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 9.3 | 1.2-47.0 |
-English Speaking | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 11 | 90.7 | 53.0-98.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 9.3 | 1.2-47.0 |
Non-Hispanic | 1,211 | 54 | 3.8 | 2.6- 5.6 | 16 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.3 | 1,080 | 88.6 | 85.1-91.4 | 3 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.9 | 58 | 6.1 | 3.9- 9.5 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 90 | 4 | 3.0 | 0.9- 9.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 78 | 84.8 | 64.2-94.5 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.4 | 7 | 12.0 | 3.3-35.1 |
25-34 | 198 | 11 | 6.2 | 2.7-13.9 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.6 | 175 | 86.1 | 77.0-92.0 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.9 | 9 | 6.3 | 2.6-14.7 |
35-44 | 255 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.8- 5.2 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.6 | 232 | 92.9 | 87.7-95.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 14 | 4.7 | 2.3- 9.6 |
45-54 | 254 | 12 | 4.4 | 2.1- 9.0 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.7 | 226 | 89.0 | 82.4-93.4 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.8 | 12 | 5.3 | 2.3-11.6 |
55-64 | 179 | 4 | 2.7 | 0.6-10.7 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.8 | 168 | 93.2 | 85.2-97.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 3.9 | 1.3-10.7 |
65-74 | 142 | 12 | 5.1 | 2.7- 9.6 | 3 | 1.7 | 0.5- 5.4 | 122 | 91.9 | 86.7-95.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.4 |
75+ | 94 | 4 | 3.2 | 1.0- 9.2 | 4 | 8.1 | 2.5-23.3 | 82 | 81.7 | 67.3-90.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 7.0 | 2.3-19.6 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 277 | 11 | 2.6 | 1.3- 5.0 | 6 | 3.5 | 1.3- 9.5 | 250 | 90.3 | 83.7-94.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 10 | 3.6 | 1.3- 9.5 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 415 | 16 | 4.4 | 2.2- 8.7 | 6 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.3 | 380 | 88.5 | 80.3-93.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 13 | 6.2 | 2.3-15.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 295 | 14 | 3.4 | 1.5- 7.5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.0 | 255 | 89.5 | 82.9-93.7 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.2 | 20 | 5.8 | 2.7-12.3 |
College Graduate | 234 | 13 | 4.3 | 2.1- 8.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 204 | 86.3 | 79.3-91.2 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.8 | 16 | 8.7 | 4.8-15.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 262 | 10 | 3.2 | 1.5- 6.6 | 6 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.4 | 233 | 91.9 | 87.5-94.8 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.2 | 12 | 2.6 | 1.4- 5.1 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 276 | 14 | 4.2 | 2.0- 8.5 | 5 | 2.3 | 0.7- 7.5 | 244 | 85.0 | 76.6-90.7 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.6 | 12 | 7.8 | 3.6-16.2 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 160 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 146 | 93.3 | 84.5-97.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 11 | 6.2 | 2.3-15.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 113 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.3- 4.9 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.3- 4.7 | 106 | 97.0 | 93.1-98.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.3 |
$50,000-74,999 | 63 | 5 | 8.6 | 2.9-22.8 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.3 | 51 | 83.7 | 69.9-91.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 7.2 | 2.9-16.5 |
$75,000+ | 52 | 3 | 3.6 | 1.0-12.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 44 | 84.3 | 68.8-92.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 12.1 | 4.6-28.0 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||||||||
Buncombe | 16 | 2 | 10.6 | 2.5-35.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 13 | 81.3 | 53.4-94.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 8.1 | 1.1-40.7 |
Guilford | 71 | 2 | 3.7 | 0.7-16.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 67 | 92.4 | 79.4-97.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 4.0 | 0.9-15.8 |
Mecklenburg | 79 | 3 | 2.1 | 0.6- 6.7 | 2 | 1.7 | 0.3- 8.6 | 71 | 90.2 | 79.5-95.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 6.0 | 1.9-17.6 |
Orange | 31 | 1 | 4.0 | 0.6-23.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 28 | 87.4 | 67.4-95.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 8.6 | 2.1-28.7 |
Wake | 55 | 3 | 5.0 | 1.5-15.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 49 | 90.4 | 79.3-95.9 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.0 | 2 | 2.9 | 0.7-11.3 |
Chatham/Lee | 52 | 2 | 3.9 | 1.0-14.6 | 1 | 2.3 | 0.3-14.9 | 44 | 85.4 | 72.0-93.0 | 1 | 3.3 | 0.5-19.8 | 4 | 5.0 | 1.7-13.7 |
Nash/Wilson | 79 | 2 | 3.5 | 0.7-15.1 | 2 | 3.5 | 0.8-13.5 | 72 | 89.7 | 78.5-95.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 3.3 | 0.9-11.0 |
Craven/Pamlico | 55 | 4 | 5.7 | 1.9-16.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 6.6 | 46 | 88.0 | 76.3-94.3 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.4 | 3 | 3.5 | 1.0-11.7 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 9 | 1 | 6.6 | 0.7-40.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 8 | 93.4 | 59.5-99.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 6 | 1 | 28.8 | 4.5-77.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 71.2 | 22.3-95.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 102 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.6- 9.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 96 | 93.6 | 85.0-97.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 3.9 | 1.2-12.2 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 9 | 1 | 6.2 | 0.8-34.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 8 | 93.8 | 65.3-99.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 92 | 5 | 8.3 | 2.9-21.5 | 2 | 2.8 | 0.7-10.6 | 79 | 81.9 | 69.5-89.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 7.0 | 3.0-15.5 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 93 | 4 | 4.7 | 1.7-12.4 | 2 | 2.3 | 0.5- 9.0 | 83 | 89.2 | 80.0-94.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 3.8 | 1.1-11.9 |
Northeast NC I | 168 | 6 | 3.1 | 1.1- 8.3 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.5- 9.2 | 152 | 88.5 | 80.3-93.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 8 | 6.3 | 2.7-13.8 |
Northeast NC II | 97 | 8 | 8.1 | 3.8-16.3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.8 | 84 | 86.8 | 77.7-92.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 4.5 | 1.7-11.7 |
Northeastern Partnership | 265 | 14 | 5.4 | 2.9- 9.7 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 5.0 | 236 | 87.7 | 82.0-91.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 12 | 5.5 | 2.9-10.1 |
Mountain AHEC | 31 | 3 | 6.6 | 1.8-21.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 25 | 76.1 | 52.5-90.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 17.2 | 5.5-42.7 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 647 | 29 | 3.0 | 1.9- 4.8 | 10 | 1.3 | 0.7- 2.7 | 576 | 88.4 | 81.9-92.9 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.5 | 31 | 7.1 | 3.3-14.7 |
Piedmont | 531 | 20 | 4.3 | 2.4- 7.4 | 6 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.2 | 478 | 89.0 | 84.6-92.2 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.6 | 25 | 5.3 | 3.1- 8.9 |
Western NC | 45 | 5 | 6.7 | 2.3-17.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 37 | 83.7 | 65.0-93.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 9.6 | 2.8-28.5 |
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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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