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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Don't know/Not sure | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 1,250 | 540 | 46.5 | 42.2-50.8 | 378 | 28.1 | 24.5-31.9 | 332 | 25.4 | 22.0-29.2 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Female | 1,250 | 540 | 46.5 | 42.2-50.8 | 378 | 28.1 | 24.5-31.9 | 332 | 25.4 | 22.0-29.2 |
RACE | ||||||||||
African American | 1,250 | 540 | 46.5 | 42.2-50.8 | 378 | 28.1 | 24.5-31.9 | 332 | 25.4 | 22.0-29.2 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 13 | 5 | 40.9 | 11.1-79.3 | 4 | 16.0 | 4.3-44.5 | 4 | 43.0 | 12.0-80.7 |
-English Speaking | 13 | 5 | 40.9 | 11.1-79.3 | 4 | 16.0 | 4.3-44.5 | 4 | 43.0 | 12.0-80.7 |
Non-Hispanic | 1,237 | 535 | 46.5 | 42.2-50.9 | 374 | 28.1 | 24.6-32.0 | 328 | 25.3 | 21.9-29.1 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 89 | 30 | 50.5 | 34.8-66.2 | 31 | 21.3 | 12.5-33.9 | 28 | 28.2 | 16.9-43.0 |
25-34 | 199 | 90 | 51.6 | 41.8-61.3 | 65 | 32.1 | 23.5-42.0 | 44 | 16.3 | 10.9-23.8 |
35-44 | 259 | 117 | 42.6 | 34.2-51.6 | 89 | 29.2 | 22.2-37.3 | 53 | 28.2 | 20.2-37.9 |
45-54 | 257 | 125 | 49.5 | 40.8-58.2 | 79 | 31.2 | 23.4-40.2 | 53 | 19.3 | 13.4-27.2 |
55-64 | 182 | 84 | 42.9 | 33.3-53.1 | 44 | 27.7 | 18.7-38.9 | 54 | 29.4 | 21.0-39.5 |
65-74 | 147 | 53 | 42.8 | 31.2-55.2 | 40 | 24.3 | 14.9-37.1 | 54 | 32.9 | 23.2-44.4 |
75+ | 105 | 34 | 32.9 | 20.3-48.6 | 28 | 27.3 | 17.0-40.7 | 43 | 39.8 | 27.5-53.6 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 289 | 82 | 32.9 | 24.8-42.1 | 92 | 31.7 | 24.2-40.4 | 115 | 35.4 | 27.7-44.0 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 423 | 167 | 39.6 | 32.2-47.4 | 129 | 28.1 | 21.9-35.1 | 127 | 32.4 | 25.8-39.8 |
Some Post-H.S. | 299 | 142 | 55.8 | 47.0-64.2 | 98 | 25.4 | 19.2-32.9 | 59 | 18.8 | 13.1-26.2 |
College Graduate | 236 | 148 | 60.5 | 51.8-68.5 | 59 | 28.0 | 20.8-36.6 | 29 | 11.5 | 7.4-17.6 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 271 | 101 | 39.7 | 31.4-48.8 | 84 | 27.0 | 20.5-34.6 | 86 | 33.3 | 25.7-41.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 284 | 120 | 47.0 | 37.8-56.4 | 95 | 32.7 | 24.9-41.7 | 69 | 20.3 | 14.4-27.7 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 161 | 74 | 46.5 | 35.5-57.8 | 45 | 21.1 | 13.4-31.7 | 42 | 32.4 | 22.2-44.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 113 | 61 | 47.7 | 35.1-60.7 | 30 | 24.5 | 15.1-37.0 | 22 | 27.8 | 16.8-42.4 |
$50,000-74,999 | 64 | 31 | 43.1 | 27.6-60.0 | 24 | 41.1 | 25.9-58.2 | 9 | 15.8 | 6.6-33.3 |
$75,000+ | 53 | 33 | 64.2 | 46.5-78.7 | 14 | 23.0 | 12.1-39.2 | 6 | 12.9 | 4.7-30.8 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
Buncombe | 16 | 11 | 70.3 | 39.1-89.7 | 3 | 13.0 | 3.9-35.8 | 2 | 16.7 | 2.9-57.0 |
Guilford | 71 | 30 | 41.7 | 28.9-55.7 | 27 | 39.8 | 26.7-54.7 | 14 | 18.5 | 10.4-30.7 |
Mecklenburg | 81 | 46 | 59.4 | 47.0-70.7 | 17 | 18.7 | 11.0-30.0 | 18 | 21.9 | 13.5-33.5 |
Orange | 31 | 16 | 50.2 | 31.9-68.5 | 9 | 28.9 | 14.9-48.4 | 6 | 20.9 | 9.4-40.3 |
Wake | 55 | 23 | 43.8 | 29.8-58.9 | 12 | 24.4 | 13.7-39.6 | 20 | 31.7 | 19.5-47.1 |
Chatham/Lee | 53 | 25 | 46.3 | 31.6-61.6 | 13 | 24.1 | 13.3-39.6 | 15 | 29.7 | 17.5-45.6 |
Nash/Wilson | 80 | 28 | 31.8 | 21.7-44.0 | 28 | 35.8 | 24.8-48.4 | 24 | 32.4 | 21.9-45.0 |
Craven/Pamlico | 56 | 26 | 35.3 | 22.0-51.4 | 16 | 28.0 | 15.6-44.9 | 14 | 36.7 | 19.9-57.6 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 9 | 6 | 36.5 | 8.7-77.6 | 2 | 12.7 | 2.2-48.7 | 1 | 50.8 | 11.4-89.3 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 6 | 4 | 59.4 | 19.4-89.9 | 2 | 40.6 | 10.1-80.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 103 | 46 | 42.2 | 31.8-53.4 | 33 | 34.5 | 24.8-45.8 | 24 | 23.3 | 15.3-33.7 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 9 | 5 | 53.7 | 22.5-82.3 | 2 | 32.7 | 9.0-70.4 | 2 | 13.5 | 3.1-43.4 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 94 | 36 | 35.0 | 25.1-46.3 | 28 | 27.9 | 18.6-39.5 | 30 | 37.2 | 26.5-49.3 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 101 | 44 | 44.8 | 34.2-55.8 | 32 | 34.2 | 24.6-45.2 | 25 | 21.1 | 14.0-30.6 |
Northeast NC I | 170 | 60 | 38.9 | 30.3-48.2 | 61 | 36.5 | 28.4-45.4 | 49 | 24.6 | 18.2-32.4 |
Northeast NC II | 98 | 36 | 35.4 | 25.5-46.7 | 34 | 39.4 | 28.5-51.5 | 28 | 25.2 | 17.1-35.5 |
Northeastern Partnership | 268 | 96 | 37.2 | 30.6-44.4 | 95 | 37.9 | 31.0-45.2 | 77 | 24.9 | 19.6-31.1 |
Mountain AHEC | 32 | 17 | 48.2 | 27.9-69.0 | 9 | 34.1 | 16.4-57.8 | 6 | 17.7 | 5.9-42.4 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 663 | 261 | 41.8 | 35.6-48.3 | 215 | 31.3 | 25.9-37.3 | 187 | 26.9 | 21.8-32.6 |
Piedmont | 541 | 251 | 49.1 | 43.1-55.0 | 151 | 26.0 | 21.3-31.3 | 139 | 25.0 | 20.3-30.3 |
Western NC | 46 | 28 | 67.6 | 44.4-84.4 | 12 | 22.4 | 9.8-43.6 | 6 | 10.0 | 3.0-28.4 |
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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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