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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 1,265 | 586 | 46.3 | 42.0-50.5 | 393 | 32.1 | 28.2-36.2 | 286 | 21.7 | 18.5-25.3 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Female | 1,265 | 586 | 46.3 | 42.0-50.5 | 393 | 32.1 | 28.2-36.2 | 286 | 21.7 | 18.5-25.3 |
RACE | ||||||||||
African American | 1,265 | 586 | 46.3 | 42.0-50.5 | 393 | 32.1 | 28.2-36.2 | 286 | 21.7 | 18.5-25.3 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 13 | 6 | 29.6 | 9.1-63.9 | 4 | 36.6 | 8.9-77.3 | 3 | 33.8 | 7.0-77.7 |
-English Speaking | 13 | 6 | 29.6 | 9.1-63.9 | 4 | 36.6 | 8.9-77.3 | 3 | 33.8 | 7.0-77.7 |
Non-Hispanic | 1,252 | 580 | 46.4 | 42.1-50.7 | 389 | 32.0 | 28.1-36.2 | 283 | 21.6 | 18.4-25.2 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 93 | 33 | 42.5 | 27.5-59.1 | 28 | 25.6 | 14.6-40.8 | 32 | 31.9 | 20.1-46.7 |
25-34 | 199 | 104 | 47.3 | 37.6-57.2 | 62 | 35.9 | 26.8-46.2 | 33 | 16.8 | 10.9-25.1 |
35-44 | 262 | 131 | 47.4 | 38.7-56.2 | 82 | 36.0 | 27.8-45.2 | 49 | 16.6 | 10.9-24.3 |
45-54 | 259 | 135 | 54.6 | 45.8-63.2 | 75 | 31.0 | 23.0-40.3 | 49 | 14.4 | 9.6-20.9 |
55-64 | 184 | 104 | 56.2 | 45.9-65.9 | 47 | 26.9 | 18.8-36.9 | 33 | 16.9 | 10.8-25.4 |
65-74 | 149 | 56 | 48.3 | 36.4-60.4 | 56 | 33.5 | 23.2-45.7 | 37 | 18.2 | 11.7-27.1 |
75+ | 106 | 17 | 13.5 | 6.9-24.8 | 39 | 28.4 | 18.4-41.0 | 50 | 58.1 | 44.5-70.6 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 294 | 114 | 31.7 | 24.7-39.5 | 83 | 30.7 | 23.0-39.7 | 97 | 37.6 | 29.4-46.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 428 | 190 | 43.5 | 36.1-51.2 | 143 | 36.8 | 29.7-44.6 | 95 | 19.7 | 14.6-26.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 303 | 169 | 59.9 | 51.2-68.0 | 85 | 24.5 | 18.0-32.4 | 49 | 15.6 | 10.6-22.5 |
College Graduate | 237 | 113 | 48.5 | 40.1-57.0 | 82 | 34.2 | 26.4-42.8 | 42 | 17.4 | 11.6-25.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 274 | 128 | 49.8 | 41.2-58.3 | 67 | 22.2 | 15.7-30.4 | 79 | 28.0 | 21.2-36.0 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 285 | 131 | 43.4 | 34.4-52.8 | 96 | 41.2 | 32.1-50.9 | 58 | 15.4 | 10.4-22.2 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 163 | 85 | 48.8 | 37.7-60.0 | 52 | 33.0 | 22.8-45.2 | 26 | 18.1 | 10.5-29.4 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 113 | 59 | 48.1 | 35.4-61.1 | 35 | 29.9 | 19.3-43.1 | 19 | 22.0 | 12.3-36.3 |
$50,000-74,999 | 64 | 30 | 51.2 | 34.7-67.5 | 21 | 28.1 | 15.4-45.6 | 13 | 20.6 | 10.1-37.4 |
$75,000+ | 53 | 30 | 50.2 | 33.2-67.2 | 17 | 38.1 | 22.2-56.9 | 6 | 11.7 | 3.9-30.2 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
Buncombe | 16 | 8 | 40.7 | 18.6-67.3 | 4 | 20.9 | 7.3-46.7 | 4 | 38.5 | 14.8-69.2 |
Guilford | 71 | 27 | 32.4 | 21.4-45.7 | 27 | 40.8 | 27.5-55.7 | 17 | 26.8 | 16.4-40.6 |
Mecklenburg | 82 | 47 | 57.0 | 44.6-68.6 | 20 | 25.8 | 16.4-38.0 | 15 | 17.3 | 9.7-28.9 |
Orange | 31 | 18 | 60.7 | 41.4-77.2 | 10 | 30.1 | 15.7-50.0 | 3 | 9.1 | 2.7-26.6 |
Wake | 54 | 27 | 48.2 | 33.6-63.1 | 18 | 27.7 | 16.8-42.0 | 9 | 24.2 | 12.4-41.8 |
Chatham/Lee | 53 | 26 | 52.8 | 37.5-67.5 | 14 | 19.0 | 10.7-31.3 | 13 | 28.3 | 16.3-44.4 |
Nash/Wilson | 81 | 38 | 47.1 | 35.1-59.4 | 22 | 27.0 | 17.5-39.1 | 21 | 26.0 | 16.8-37.9 |
Craven/Pamlico | 57 | 26 | 43.0 | 26.3-61.5 | 18 | 35.4 | 20.8-53.2 | 13 | 21.7 | 11.6-36.7 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 9 | 3 | 65.4 | 24.5-91.7 | 2 | 14.0 | 2.5-51.5 | 4 | 20.6 | 4.8-57.2 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 6 | 3 | 55.0 | 18.5-86.8 | 3 | 45.0 | 13.2-81.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 105 | 45 | 42.2 | 31.7-53.3 | 40 | 43.9 | 33.3-55.1 | 20 | 13.9 | 8.6-21.7 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 9 | 3 | 29.9 | 9.3-64.0 | 2 | 18.2 | 4.1-53.5 | 4 | 51.9 | 21.6-80.8 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 95 | 44 | 46.2 | 35.1-57.8 | 30 | 32.7 | 22.6-44.7 | 21 | 21.1 | 13.5-31.4 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 102 | 42 | 44.1 | 33.7-55.0 | 32 | 28.3 | 19.8-38.7 | 28 | 27.6 | 18.9-38.3 |
Northeast NC I | 171 | 75 | 40.9 | 32.7-49.6 | 50 | 28.6 | 21.3-37.3 | 46 | 30.5 | 22.5-39.9 |
Northeast NC II | 100 | 47 | 50.8 | 39.5-62.0 | 31 | 29.4 | 20.3-40.4 | 22 | 19.8 | 12.8-29.5 |
Northeastern Partnership | 271 | 122 | 45.5 | 38.5-52.7 | 81 | 29.0 | 23.0-35.8 | 68 | 25.5 | 19.8-32.2 |
Mountain AHEC | 32 | 15 | 49.5 | 28.9-70.3 | 8 | 22.2 | 10.1-42.1 | 9 | 28.3 | 12.4-52.5 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 671 | 307 | 45.6 | 39.4-51.9 | 203 | 31.1 | 25.6-37.1 | 161 | 23.4 | 18.6-28.9 |
Piedmont | 548 | 258 | 46.9 | 41.1-52.8 | 178 | 32.5 | 27.2-38.3 | 112 | 20.6 | 16.3-25.6 |
Western NC | 46 | 21 | 42.0 | 21.1-66.2 | 12 | 38.1 | 14.5-69.1 | 13 | 19.9 | 8.5-40.0 |
^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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