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Yes | No | Don't know/Not sure | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 1,249 | 773 | 63.6 | 59.2-67.7 | 227 | 18.0 | 14.7-21.9 | 249 | 18.4 | 15.3-22.1 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Female | 1,249 | 773 | 63.6 | 59.2-67.7 | 227 | 18.0 | 14.7-21.9 | 249 | 18.4 | 15.3-22.1 |
RACE | ||||||||||
African American | 1,249 | 773 | 63.6 | 59.2-67.7 | 227 | 18.0 | 14.7-21.9 | 249 | 18.4 | 15.3-22.1 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 13 | 7 | 55.6 | 19.1-86.9 | 4 | 36.0 | 8.6-77.1 | 2 | 8.4 | 1.5-35.1 |
-English Speaking | 13 | 7 | 55.6 | 19.1-86.9 | 4 | 36.0 | 8.6-77.1 | 2 | 8.4 | 1.5-35.1 |
Non-Hispanic | 1,236 | 766 | 63.6 | 59.2-67.8 | 223 | 17.9 | 14.6-21.8 | 247 | 18.5 | 15.3-22.1 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 89 | 55 | 55.2 | 38.6-70.7 | 17 | 23.3 | 11.0-42.6 | 17 | 21.5 | 10.8-38.3 |
25-34 | 199 | 139 | 73.7 | 64.3-81.3 | 33 | 13.7 | 8.3-21.6 | 27 | 12.7 | 7.5-20.7 |
35-44 | 259 | 172 | 64.3 | 55.1-72.6 | 47 | 21.4 | 14.8-29.9 | 40 | 14.3 | 8.8-22.4 |
45-54 | 257 | 173 | 69.1 | 60.1-76.9 | 45 | 14.4 | 9.0-22.1 | 39 | 16.5 | 10.7-24.7 |
55-64 | 182 | 106 | 65.0 | 54.4-74.3 | 31 | 12.4 | 7.8-19.1 | 45 | 22.6 | 14.4-33.7 |
65-74 | 147 | 71 | 52.9 | 40.8-64.7 | 30 | 18.8 | 10.5-31.4 | 46 | 28.2 | 19.2-39.4 |
75+ | 104 | 50 | 50.2 | 36.4-64.0 | 20 | 19.5 | 10.9-32.3 | 34 | 30.3 | 19.3-44.2 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 288 | 136 | 52.4 | 43.6-61.1 | 60 | 18.6 | 12.7-26.4 | 92 | 29.0 | 21.8-37.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 423 | 244 | 58.1 | 50.2-65.6 | 88 | 23.1 | 16.5-31.2 | 91 | 18.9 | 13.7-25.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 299 | 209 | 69.3 | 60.0-77.3 | 52 | 16.3 | 10.8-23.8 | 38 | 14.4 | 8.4-23.6 |
College Graduate | 236 | 183 | 77.0 | 69.0-83.4 | 26 | 10.4 | 6.3-16.7 | 27 | 12.6 | 7.8-19.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 271 | 152 | 61.2 | 52.5-69.2 | 61 | 19.4 | 13.4-27.3 | 58 | 19.4 | 13.6-26.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 283 | 169 | 64.4 | 55.3-72.6 | 58 | 21.1 | 14.4-29.8 | 56 | 14.5 | 9.7-21.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 161 | 109 | 63.7 | 51.6-74.3 | 22 | 16.4 | 9.1-27.8 | 30 | 19.9 | 11.8-31.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 113 | 80 | 67.3 | 53.9-78.4 | 19 | 14.4 | 7.9-24.9 | 14 | 18.2 | 9.6-31.9 |
$50,000-74,999 | 64 | 51 | 81.0 | 64.2-91.0 | 4 | 2.8 | 0.9- 9.0 | 9 | 16.2 | 6.8-33.6 |
$75,000+ | 53 | 41 | 82.8 | 66.2-92.2 | 10 | 15.1 | 6.3-32.0 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.5- 8.6 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
Buncombe | 16 | 12 | 70.6 | 39.0-90.1 | 1 | 4.9 | 0.7-28.7 | 3 | 24.5 | 6.9-58.5 |
Guilford | 71 | 48 | 64.9 | 49.8-77.5 | 17 | 25.4 | 14.2-41.1 | 6 | 9.7 | 4.1-21.4 |
Mecklenburg | 81 | 56 | 67.7 | 55.1-78.1 | 10 | 10.3 | 5.2-19.4 | 15 | 22.0 | 13.1-34.6 |
Orange | 31 | 18 | 62.3 | 43.4-78.1 | 7 | 20.9 | 9.7-39.5 | 6 | 16.7 | 7.2-34.1 |
Wake | 55 | 42 | 80.7 | 67.5-89.5 | 6 | 10.1 | 4.2-22.4 | 7 | 9.1 | 3.9-19.9 |
Chatham/Lee | 53 | 30 | 66.9 | 51.8-79.2 | 12 | 17.8 | 9.1-31.8 | 11 | 15.3 | 7.6-28.4 |
Nash/Wilson | 80 | 48 | 55.6 | 43.1-67.5 | 15 | 19.6 | 11.5-31.2 | 17 | 24.8 | 15.2-37.8 |
Craven/Pamlico | 56 | 35 | 57.4 | 38.4-74.5 | 9 | 13.8 | 5.7-29.9 | 12 | 28.8 | 13.4-51.3 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 9 | 7 | 40.3 | 9.6-81.2 | 1 | 8.9 | 1.0-48.5 | 1 | 50.8 | 11.4-89.3 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 6 | 6 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 103 | 55 | 55.4 | 44.4-65.9 | 25 | 22.2 | 14.7-31.9 | 23 | 22.4 | 14.6-32.8 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 9 | 7 | 79.1 | 41.2-95.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 20.9 | 4.6-58.8 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 94 | 53 | 56.6 | 44.8-67.7 | 16 | 14.2 | 8.3-23.3 | 25 | 29.2 | 19.2-41.6 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 101 | 63 | 69.1 | 59.1-77.6 | 19 | 15.6 | 9.7-24.2 | 19 | 15.3 | 9.5-23.5 |
Northeast NC I | 169 | 99 | 63.5 | 54.8-71.4 | 33 | 20.3 | 14.0-28.6 | 37 | 16.2 | 11.3-22.6 |
Northeast NC II | 98 | 55 | 59.8 | 48.4-70.2 | 20 | 20.0 | 12.3-30.7 | 23 | 20.3 | 13.2-29.9 |
Northeastern Partnership | 267 | 154 | 61.7 | 54.7-68.3 | 53 | 20.2 | 15.0-26.6 | 60 | 18.1 | 13.7-23.6 |
Mountain AHEC | 32 | 24 | 75.3 | 52.6-89.3 | 2 | 7.0 | 1.7-25.1 | 6 | 17.8 | 6.2-41.2 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 663 | 386 | 55.2 | 48.7-61.5 | 125 | 22.5 | 16.8-29.5 | 152 | 22.3 | 17.5-27.9 |
Piedmont | 540 | 349 | 68.7 | 62.8-74.0 | 100 | 15.3 | 11.6-20.0 | 91 | 16.0 | 11.8-21.2 |
Western NC | 46 | 38 | 86.0 | 68.0-94.7 | 2 | 4.0 | 0.9-15.9 | 6 | 10.0 | 3.2-27.5 |
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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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