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1 or more/day | 1 or more/week | 1 or more/month | 1 or more/year | Never | |||||||||||
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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 | 1,230 | 462 | 34.8 | 31.0-38.8 | 560 | 45.7 | 41.4-50.0 | 148 | 13.2 | 10.4-16.5 | 9 | 0.9 | 0.4- 2.0 | 51 | 5.4 | 3.5- 8.3 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Female | 1,230 | 462 | 34.8 | 31.0-38.8 | 560 | 45.7 | 41.4-50.0 | 148 | 13.2 | 10.4-16.5 | 9 | 0.9 | 0.4- 2.0 | 51 | 5.4 | 3.5- 8.3 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
African American | 1,230 | 462 | 34.8 | 31.0-38.8 | 560 | 45.7 | 41.4-50.0 | 148 | 13.2 | 10.4-16.5 | 9 | 0.9 | 0.4- 2.0 | 51 | 5.4 | 3.5- 8.3 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 13 | 5 | 25.2 | 7.6-57.9 | 7 | 73.8 | 41.1-91.9 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 7.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
-English Speaking | 13 | 5 | 25.2 | 7.6-57.9 | 7 | 73.8 | 41.1-91.9 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 7.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Non-Hispanic | 1,217 | 457 | 34.9 | 31.0-38.9 | 553 | 45.5 | 41.2-49.9 | 147 | 13.3 | 10.5-16.6 | 9 | 0.9 | 0.4- 2.0 | 51 | 5.4 | 3.5- 8.4 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 89 | 29 | 20.6 | 12.1-33.0 | 37 | 47.4 | 31.9-63.4 | 15 | 18.0 | 9.0-32.6 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.4 | 7 | 13.8 | 5.4-31.3 |
25-34 | 197 | 59 | 28.2 | 20.5-37.5 | 99 | 52.0 | 42.0-61.7 | 30 | 14.5 | 8.8-22.9 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 3.0 | 8 | 4.9 | 1.8-12.6 |
35-44 | 256 | 81 | 29.0 | 21.8-37.4 | 118 | 47.7 | 38.8-56.7 | 44 | 16.2 | 10.3-24.4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 4.7 | 11 | 6.2 | 2.8-13.2 |
45-54 | 256 | 93 | 40.8 | 32.4-49.7 | 123 | 41.4 | 33.3-50.1 | 30 | 13.9 | 8.1-22.7 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.2- 6.6 | 8 | 2.6 | 1.0- 6.7 |
55-64 | 180 | 75 | 42.8 | 32.8-53.5 | 89 | 45.8 | 35.9-56.1 | 10 | 7.4 | 3.5-15.2 | 2 | 2.4 | 0.5-11.3 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.5- 4.4 |
65-74 | 138 | 76 | 55.8 | 43.4-67.5 | 49 | 34.6 | 24.1-46.9 | 11 | 9.0 | 4.3-17.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.3 |
75+ | 102 | 45 | 48.4 | 34.4-62.6 | 39 | 39.9 | 27.1-54.2 | 8 | 5.1 | 2.1-12.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 10 | 6.6 | 3.0-14.1 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 282 | 121 | 41.4 | 32.9-50.4 | 109 | 38.0 | 29.9-46.9 | 36 | 13.0 | 8.3-19.7 | 3 | 2.4 | 0.7- 8.1 | 13 | 5.2 | 2.4-10.8 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 415 | 138 | 30.6 | 24.4-37.6 | 197 | 50.2 | 42.5-57.9 | 60 | 14.6 | 10.0-20.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.7 | 19 | 4.5 | 2.1- 9.3 |
Some Post-H.S. | 295 | 107 | 29.2 | 22.3-37.2 | 143 | 48.3 | 39.5-57.2 | 28 | 13.7 | 7.9-22.7 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.4- 4.2 | 13 | 7.5 | 2.9-17.9 |
College Graduate | 235 | 96 | 43.0 | 34.8-51.6 | 109 | 41.6 | 33.5-50.1 | 24 | 10.3 | 5.9-17.3 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.9 | 5 | 4.7 | 1.9-11.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 254 | 112 | 36.8 | 29.2-45.0 | 104 | 45.1 | 36.6-54.0 | 29 | 12.1 | 7.6-18.8 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.2 | 8 | 4.6 | 1.6-12.5 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 282 | 82 | 24.8 | 17.9-33.1 | 139 | 49.7 | 40.3-59.1 | 43 | 19.1 | 12.2-28.6 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.4 | 15 | 5.8 | 2.7-12.0 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 163 | 62 | 37.9 | 27.9-49.2 | 71 | 41.2 | 30.6-52.6 | 23 | 17.3 | 9.3-29.8 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2- 7.8 | 6 | 2.4 | 0.9- 6.1 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 111 | 40 | 33.2 | 22.2-46.5 | 57 | 52.3 | 39.2-65.2 | 11 | 13.3 | 6.6-25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 1.1 | 0.3- 4.2 |
$50,000-74,999 | 64 | 21 | 34.6 | 20.5-51.9 | 35 | 50.5 | 34.1-66.9 | 5 | 9.5 | 2.1-33.4 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.8 | 2 | 4.7 | 1.0-18.9 |
$75,000+ | 53 | 26 | 49.1 | 32.2-66.1 | 25 | 41.8 | 25.7-59.8 | 2 | 9.2 | 2.3-29.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||||||||
Buncombe | 15 | 6 | 30.2 | 12.1-57.5 | 7 | 49.4 | 23.2-75.8 | 2 | 20.5 | 4.6-58.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Guilford | 70 | 25 | 36.0 | 23.4-50.9 | 35 | 45.3 | 32.1-59.3 | 7 | 9.1 | 4.2-18.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 9.5 | 3.0-26.7 |
Mecklenburg | 81 | 32 | 38.3 | 27.3-50.6 | 34 | 40.5 | 29.1-53.0 | 9 | 11.0 | 5.5-20.8 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.6-10.6 | 4 | 7.7 | 2.7-20.0 |
Orange | 30 | 12 | 36.2 | 20.3-55.7 | 15 | 51.3 | 32.6-69.6 | 1 | 2.6 | 0.4-16.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 10.0 | 2.3-34.1 |
Wake | 53 | 18 | 32.7 | 20.2-48.2 | 25 | 48.3 | 33.5-63.4 | 6 | 13.9 | 6.1-28.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 5.1 | 1.8-13.4 |
Chatham/Lee | 53 | 22 | 49.5 | 34.5-64.7 | 24 | 41.0 | 27.1-56.5 | 6 | 7.9 | 3.2-18.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 1.6 | 0.2-10.5 |
Nash/Wilson | 77 | 32 | 36.3 | 25.5-48.8 | 33 | 44.2 | 32.2-56.8 | 10 | 14.5 | 7.3-26.7 | 1 | 2.7 | 0.4-16.9 | 1 | 2.3 | 0.3-14.4 |
Craven/Pamlico | 56 | 21 | 32.6 | 19.6-49.0 | 24 | 50.0 | 32.6-67.4 | 7 | 10.5 | 4.6-22.4 | 1 | 2.4 | 0.3-15.4 | 3 | 4.5 | 1.3-14.3 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 9 | 5 | 27.6 | 6.7-67.1 | 2 | 59.1 | 18.2-90.4 | 1 | 8.9 | 1.0-48.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 4.4 | 0.5-30.5 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 6 | 1 | 11.6 | 1.5-53.4 | 3 | 62.0 | 24.1-89.3 | 1 | 11.8 | 1.5-54.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 14.6 | 1.9-60.0 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 103 | 34 | 34.1 | 24.1-45.7 | 45 | 43.2 | 32.8-54.2 | 17 | 15.0 | 8.6-24.8 | 1 | 1.8 | 0.3-11.6 | 6 | 6.0 | 2.2-15.5 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 8 | 6 | 77.3 | 39.8-94.6 | 2 | 22.7 | 5.4-60.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 92 | 39 | 41.3 | 30.5-53.1 | 37 | 37.8 | 27.3-49.6 | 13 | 17.2 | 9.5-29.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 3.7 | 1.0-12.4 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 99 | 36 | 41.6 | 31.3-52.8 | 47 | 43.2 | 32.9-54.0 | 13 | 11.9 | 6.6-20.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 3.3 | 1.0-10.4 |
Northeast NC I | 164 | 61 | 38.0 | 29.5-47.3 | 76 | 44.4 | 35.7-53.4 | 17 | 12.1 | 7.0-20.2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.2 | 9 | 5.1 | 2.4-10.4 |
Northeast NC II | 95 | 28 | 27.2 | 18.4-38.2 | 56 | 57.9 | 45.9-69.0 | 9 | 12.7 | 5.9-25.3 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.4 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2- 9.7 |
Northeastern Partnership | 259 | 89 | 33.0 | 26.6-40.1 | 132 | 50.6 | 43.3-57.9 | 26 | 12.4 | 7.8-19.1 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.5 | 10 | 3.4 | 1.7- 6.8 |
Mountain AHEC | 30 | 14 | 36.5 | 19.0-58.5 | 11 | 35.4 | 18.1-57.6 | 5 | 28.2 | 11.3-54.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 647 | 244 | 34.5 | 29.0-40.4 | 294 | 45.2 | 38.9-51.6 | 80 | 15.5 | 11.1-21.3 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.2 | 25 | 3.9 | 2.2- 6.8 |
Piedmont | 539 | 198 | 35.2 | 29.9-40.9 | 251 | 46.0 | 40.2-52.0 | 61 | 11.2 | 7.9-15.7 | 5 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.5 | 24 | 6.6 | 3.7-11.6 |
Western NC | 44 | 20 | 30.4 | 14.6-52.7 | 15 | 46.7 | 22.0-73.1 | 7 | 21.2 | 8.3-44.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 1.7 | 0.4- 7.1 |
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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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