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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 | 1,248 | 468 | 39.9 | 35.8-44.2 | 375 | 30.6 | 26.7-34.8 | 405 | 29.5 | 25.8-33.4 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Female | 1,248 | 468 | 39.9 | 35.8-44.2 | 375 | 30.6 | 26.7-34.8 | 405 | 29.5 | 25.8-33.4 |
RACE | ||||||||||
African American | 1,248 | 468 | 39.9 | 35.8-44.2 | 375 | 30.6 | 26.7-34.8 | 405 | 29.5 | 25.8-33.4 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 13 | 4 | 49.9 | 15.9-84.0 | 8 | 23.4 | 7.5-53.4 | 1 | 26.7 | 4.1-75.7 |
-English Speaking | 13 | 4 | 49.9 | 15.9-84.0 | 8 | 23.4 | 7.5-53.4 | 1 | 26.7 | 4.1-75.7 |
Non-Hispanic | 1,235 | 464 | 39.9 | 35.7-44.2 | 367 | 30.6 | 26.7-34.9 | 404 | 29.5 | 25.8-33.4 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 89 | 39 | 54.1 | 38.0-69.4 | 27 | 32.3 | 18.5-50.1 | 23 | 13.6 | 7.5-23.3 |
25-34 | 198 | 80 | 42.3 | 32.9-52.2 | 59 | 25.1 | 17.5-34.5 | 59 | 32.7 | 23.9-42.9 |
35-44 | 259 | 109 | 39.2 | 31.0-48.1 | 83 | 35.9 | 27.6-45.0 | 67 | 24.9 | 17.9-33.6 |
45-54 | 257 | 104 | 41.9 | 33.6-50.7 | 66 | 22.8 | 16.7-30.3 | 87 | 35.3 | 27.0-44.5 |
55-64 | 182 | 71 | 39.8 | 30.3-50.1 | 48 | 26.0 | 18.2-35.7 | 63 | 34.2 | 24.8-45.1 |
65-74 | 147 | 42 | 33.8 | 22.9-46.6 | 48 | 31.9 | 21.2-44.9 | 57 | 34.3 | 24.6-45.6 |
75+ | 104 | 19 | 17.6 | 9.8-29.7 | 40 | 46.5 | 32.8-60.8 | 45 | 35.8 | 24.2-49.3 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 288 | 84 | 29.2 | 22.1-37.6 | 97 | 37.0 | 28.6-46.2 | 107 | 33.8 | 26.2-42.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 422 | 146 | 34.7 | 28.0-42.1 | 121 | 31.5 | 24.5-39.6 | 155 | 33.7 | 27.1-41.2 |
Some Post-H.S. | 299 | 129 | 47.4 | 38.6-56.5 | 88 | 30.1 | 22.6-38.9 | 82 | 22.4 | 16.5-29.8 |
College Graduate | 236 | 109 | 50.3 | 41.8-58.7 | 68 | 23.4 | 17.3-30.7 | 59 | 26.4 | 19.5-34.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 271 | 102 | 37.8 | 29.9-46.4 | 88 | 33.8 | 26.0-42.6 | 81 | 28.4 | 21.3-36.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 282 | 105 | 37.3 | 28.8-46.7 | 86 | 31.7 | 23.5-41.3 | 91 | 30.9 | 23.3-39.8 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 161 | 72 | 46.4 | 35.4-57.8 | 38 | 16.9 | 11.0-25.2 | 51 | 36.6 | 25.9-48.8 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 113 | 37 | 28.7 | 18.7-41.3 | 40 | 35.0 | 23.6-48.5 | 36 | 36.3 | 24.6-49.9 |
$50,000-74,999 | 64 | 33 | 64.1 | 47.6-77.8 | 21 | 29.0 | 16.6-45.7 | 10 | 6.9 | 2.9-15.4 |
$75,000+ | 53 | 25 | 56.9 | 39.6-72.7 | 14 | 22.4 | 11.3-39.7 | 14 | 20.7 | 10.6-36.4 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
Buncombe | 16 | 9 | 50.6 | 24.7-76.2 | 2 | 10.7 | 2.5-35.4 | 5 | 38.7 | 15.9-67.9 |
Guilford | 71 | 29 | 37.4 | 25.4-51.3 | 25 | 41.9 | 28.4-56.8 | 17 | 20.6 | 12.3-32.5 |
Mecklenburg | 81 | 44 | 61.1 | 48.9-72.0 | 17 | 15.9 | 9.6-25.3 | 20 | 23.0 | 14.3-34.9 |
Orange | 31 | 15 | 45.9 | 28.2-64.7 | 7 | 22.3 | 10.4-41.5 | 9 | 31.8 | 16.8-51.8 |
Wake | 55 | 23 | 39.6 | 26.5-54.5 | 10 | 23.8 | 12.3-41.1 | 22 | 36.6 | 23.9-51.5 |
Chatham/Lee | 53 | 17 | 37.9 | 24.0-54.2 | 18 | 30.6 | 18.6-46.0 | 18 | 31.5 | 19.3-46.9 |
Nash/Wilson | 80 | 32 | 40.3 | 29.1-52.7 | 21 | 27.9 | 18.1-40.5 | 27 | 31.7 | 21.5-44.1 |
Craven/Pamlico | 56 | 18 | 31.8 | 18.6-48.8 | 21 | 36.3 | 21.9-53.6 | 17 | 31.9 | 16.3-53.2 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 9 | 3 | 18.1 | 3.9-54.8 | 4 | 73.1 | 34.0-93.5 | 2 | 8.8 | 1.6-36.8 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 6 | 2 | 40.4 | 10.0-80.5 | 2 | 26.4 | 6.0-67.1 | 2 | 33.2 | 7.9-74.2 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 103 | 35 | 37.8 | 27.6-49.3 | 32 | 27.9 | 19.5-38.3 | 36 | 34.2 | 24.6-45.4 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 9 | 2 | 20.9 | 5.0-56.9 | 5 | 57.1 | 25.1-84.1 | 2 | 22.0 | 5.1-59.7 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 94 | 32 | 34.4 | 24.1-46.3 | 24 | 23.6 | 15.5-34.2 | 38 | 42.0 | 31.1-53.8 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 100 | 39 | 39.9 | 29.7-51.0 | 29 | 30.6 | 21.2-42.0 | 32 | 29.5 | 21.0-39.8 |
Northeast NC I | 169 | 56 | 36.8 | 28.3-46.1 | 55 | 32.4 | 24.7-41.1 | 58 | 30.9 | 23.5-39.4 |
Northeast NC II | 98 | 36 | 35.7 | 25.6-47.2 | 34 | 40.8 | 29.9-52.7 | 28 | 23.5 | 15.9-33.3 |
Northeastern Partnership | 267 | 92 | 36.3 | 29.6-43.5 | 89 | 36.3 | 29.6-43.6 | 86 | 27.4 | 21.9-33.7 |
Mountain AHEC | 32 | 13 | 40.2 | 21.5-62.2 | 8 | 15.1 | 6.3-32.0 | 11 | 44.7 | 24.7-66.6 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 662 | 240 | 37.4 | 31.6-43.6 | 198 | 31.5 | 25.6-38.1 | 224 | 31.1 | 25.7-37.0 |
Piedmont | 540 | 209 | 42.0 | 36.3-48.0 | 166 | 29.8 | 24.7-35.5 | 165 | 28.2 | 23.3-33.6 |
Western NC | 46 | 19 | 33.4 | 16.3-56.3 | 11 | 33.0 | 10.4-67.7 | 16 | 33.6 | 16.1-57.0 |
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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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