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True | False | Don't know/Not sure | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 987 | 838 | 87.9 | 84.9-90.5 | 47 | 3.4 | 2.2- 5.0 | 102 | 8.7 | 6.5-11.5 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Female | 987 | 838 | 87.9 | 84.9-90.5 | 47 | 3.4 | 2.2- 5.0 | 102 | 8.7 | 6.5-11.5 |
RACE | ||||||||||
African American | 987 | 838 | 87.9 | 84.9-90.5 | 47 | 3.4 | 2.2- 5.0 | 102 | 8.7 | 6.5-11.5 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 10 | 9 | 99.0 | 91.6-99.9 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 8.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
-English Speaking | 10 | 9 | 99.0 | 91.6-99.9 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 8.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Non-Hispanic | 977 | 829 | 87.9 | 84.8-90.4 | 46 | 3.4 | 2.2- 5.1 | 102 | 8.7 | 6.6-11.6 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 91 | 78 | 94.2 | 88.7-97.2 | 6 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.3 | 7 | 3.7 | 1.4- 8.9 |
25-34 | 199 | 173 | 90.0 | 83.5-94.1 | 9 | 5.3 | 2.3-11.8 | 17 | 4.7 | 2.6- 8.6 |
35-44 | 260 | 221 | 83.4 | 74.9-89.5 | 13 | 2.7 | 1.5- 5.0 | 26 | 13.9 | 8.1-22.7 |
45-54 | 257 | 212 | 88.5 | 83.1-92.3 | 13 | 2.6 | 1.3- 4.9 | 32 | 8.9 | 5.5-14.2 |
55-64 | 180 | 154 | 84.3 | 74.5-90.8 | 6 | 4.1 | 1.2-12.4 | 20 | 11.6 | 6.3-20.5 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 147 | 102 | 72.7 | 59.9-82.6 | 18 | 10.2 | 5.3-18.8 | 27 | 17.1 | 8.9-30.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 349 | 290 | 85.1 | 79.1-89.5 | 13 | 3.3 | 1.5- 7.0 | 46 | 11.7 | 7.8-17.1 |
Some Post-H.S. | 277 | 245 | 90.8 | 85.5-94.2 | 9 | 1.8 | 0.8- 3.7 | 23 | 7.5 | 4.3-12.6 |
College Graduate | 214 | 201 | 97.4 | 94.5-98.8 | 7 | 1.9 | 0.7- 5.0 | 6 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 176 | 134 | 74.0 | 64.0-81.9 | 21 | 11.0 | 6.2-18.5 | 21 | 15.1 | 8.9-24.4 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 238 | 201 | 83.7 | 74.8-89.8 | 9 | 4.5 | 1.8-10.9 | 28 | 11.8 | 6.7-20.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 153 | 134 | 89.7 | 78.9-95.3 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.3 | 16 | 9.9 | 4.4-20.9 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 107 | 98 | 92.2 | 82.6-96.7 | 4 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.2 | 5 | 6.1 | 2.1-16.3 |
$50,000-74,999 | 62 | 59 | 98.5 | 95.1-99.5 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.8 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.2 |
$75,000+ | 52 | 50 | 99.0 | 95.9-99.8 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 4.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
Buncombe | 12 | 11 | 94.0 | 66.3-99.2 | 1 | 6.0 | 0.8-33.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Guilford | 57 | 53 | 94.7 | 83.9-98.4 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 5.0 | 3 | 4.6 | 1.2-15.9 |
Mecklenburg | 69 | 65 | 94.4 | 84.8-98.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 5.6 | 1.9-15.2 |
Orange | 27 | 25 | 92.3 | 73.7-98.1 | 2 | 7.7 | 1.9-26.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Wake | 46 | 44 | 96.5 | 86.9-99.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 3.5 | 0.8-13.1 |
Chatham/Lee | 40 | 33 | 91.2 | 80.9-96.2 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.3- 6.2 | 5 | 7.3 | 2.8-17.7 |
Nash/Wilson | 71 | 58 | 80.9 | 68.5-89.2 | 7 | 10.8 | 4.9-22.0 | 6 | 8.3 | 3.4-18.9 |
Craven/Pamlico | 41 | 30 | 76.8 | 59.0-88.5 | 6 | 14.8 | 6.0-32.0 | 5 | 8.4 | 3.1-20.8 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 5 | 3 | 63.2 | 21.2-91.6 | 1 | 23.9 | 3.3-74.2 | 1 | 12.9 | 1.6-57.0 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 5 | 5 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 87 | 70 | 77.4 | 65.4-86.1 | 4 | 4.2 | 1.6-11.0 | 13 | 18.3 | 10.4-30.3 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 8 | 8 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 76 | 66 | 86.7 | 75.3-93.3 | 2 | 3.7 | 0.7-17.2 | 8 | 9.6 | 4.6-18.8 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 73 | 53 | 74.3 | 61.8-83.8 | 4 | 8.2 | 2.9-21.1 | 16 | 17.4 | 10.3-28.1 |
Northeast NC I | 125 | 108 | 86.4 | 78.0-91.9 | 8 | 5.6 | 2.7-11.4 | 9 | 8.0 | 3.9-15.9 |
Northeast NC II | 76 | 63 | 85.0 | 74.5-91.7 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.5- 8.5 | 11 | 12.9 | 6.7-23.2 |
Northeastern Partnership | 201 | 171 | 85.7 | 79.4-90.3 | 10 | 3.9 | 2.0- 7.5 | 20 | 10.3 | 6.4-16.3 |
Mountain AHEC | 24 | 22 | 93.7 | 76.5-98.5 | 1 | 3.8 | 0.5-23.3 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.3-16.3 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 520 | 428 | 84.7 | 79.8-88.5 | 31 | 5.2 | 3.2- 8.3 | 61 | 10.2 | 7.0-14.4 |
Piedmont | 432 | 378 | 89.9 | 85.5-93.1 | 15 | 2.2 | 1.0- 4.5 | 39 | 7.9 | 5.1-12.1 |
Western NC | 35 | 32 | 95.8 | 85.6-98.9 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.2-13.4 | 2 | 2.3 | 0.5- 9.8 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported being less than age 65.
^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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