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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 | 1,247 | 787 | 64.1 | 59.8-68.2 | 133 | 10.0 | 7.4-13.4 | 327 | 25.9 | 22.3-29.8 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Female | 1,247 | 787 | 64.1 | 59.8-68.2 | 133 | 10.0 | 7.4-13.4 | 327 | 25.9 | 22.3-29.8 |
RACE | ||||||||||
African American | 1,247 | 787 | 64.1 | 59.8-68.2 | 133 | 10.0 | 7.4-13.4 | 327 | 25.9 | 22.3-29.8 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 13 | 10 | 90.7 | 64.9-98.1 | 2 | 7.1 | 1.1-34.7 | 1 | 2.2 | 0.3-16.1 |
-English Speaking | 13 | 10 | 90.7 | 64.9-98.1 | 2 | 7.1 | 1.1-34.7 | 1 | 2.2 | 0.3-16.1 |
Non-Hispanic | 1,234 | 777 | 64.0 | 59.7-68.1 | 131 | 10.0 | 7.4-13.5 | 326 | 26.0 | 22.4-29.9 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 89 | 50 | 62.2 | 45.7-76.3 | 14 | 17.4 | 6.9-37.5 | 25 | 20.4 | 12.0-32.5 |
25-34 | 198 | 138 | 69.5 | 59.3-78.1 | 21 | 9.0 | 4.7-16.7 | 39 | 21.4 | 14.0-31.4 |
35-44 | 259 | 172 | 64.2 | 54.9-72.5 | 23 | 8.2 | 4.6-14.3 | 64 | 27.6 | 19.9-36.9 |
45-54 | 257 | 182 | 71.9 | 62.7-79.6 | 19 | 4.8 | 2.7- 8.3 | 56 | 23.3 | 15.9-32.7 |
55-64 | 182 | 122 | 70.6 | 59.7-79.6 | 21 | 7.2 | 4.1-12.5 | 39 | 22.2 | 13.9-33.5 |
65-74 | 147 | 74 | 49.7 | 37.8-61.8 | 18 | 13.1 | 6.0-26.1 | 55 | 37.2 | 26.2-49.6 |
75+ | 103 | 42 | 47.5 | 33.7-61.7 | 15 | 12.2 | 6.0-23.3 | 46 | 40.4 | 27.9-54.2 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 287 | 136 | 50.7 | 41.9-59.4 | 41 | 14.4 | 9.2-22.0 | 110 | 34.9 | 27.1-43.6 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 423 | 253 | 56.1 | 48.3-63.6 | 55 | 13.1 | 8.0-20.9 | 115 | 30.8 | 24.2-38.3 |
Some Post-H.S. | 298 | 211 | 70.7 | 61.7-78.2 | 25 | 7.2 | 3.5-14.2 | 62 | 22.2 | 15.6-30.5 |
College Graduate | 236 | 187 | 83.5 | 76.6-88.6 | 11 | 3.7 | 1.5- 8.5 | 38 | 12.9 | 8.4-19.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 269 | 157 | 59.9 | 51.1-68.1 | 37 | 12.5 | 7.4-20.2 | 75 | 27.6 | 20.7-35.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 283 | 171 | 60.5 | 51.1-69.2 | 38 | 13.1 | 8.0-20.8 | 74 | 26.3 | 18.9-35.4 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 161 | 102 | 63.3 | 51.3-74.0 | 15 | 5.7 | 2.7-11.6 | 44 | 31.0 | 20.8-43.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 113 | 86 | 71.8 | 57.3-82.9 | 7 | 7.2 | 2.2-21.5 | 20 | 21.0 | 11.6-34.9 |
$50,000-74,999 | 64 | 56 | 87.7 | 71.4-95.4 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.4- 6.7 | 6 | 10.6 | 3.5-27.8 |
$75,000+ | 53 | 39 | 70.1 | 51.5-83.8 | 4 | 9.4 | 2.9-26.8 | 10 | 20.5 | 9.5-38.9 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
Buncombe | 16 | 10 | 47.6 | 22.9-73.6 | 2 | 8.1 | 1.8-29.3 | 4 | 44.2 | 19.2-72.6 |
Guilford | 71 | 53 | 78.0 | 65.5-86.9 | 5 | 4.0 | 1.6-10.0 | 13 | 18.0 | 9.8-30.5 |
Mecklenburg | 81 | 59 | 72.8 | 60.5-82.3 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.2- 5.2 | 20 | 26.1 | 16.7-38.4 |
Orange | 31 | 21 | 66.4 | 47.0-81.4 | 2 | 7.7 | 1.9-26.4 | 8 | 26.0 | 13.0-45.2 |
Wake | 55 | 37 | 62.1 | 46.1-75.8 | 5 | 13.3 | 4.9-31.3 | 13 | 24.7 | 13.9-39.8 |
Chatham/Lee | 53 | 37 | 77.7 | 64.0-87.2 | 3 | 2.8 | 0.8- 9.6 | 13 | 19.5 | 10.6-33.1 |
Nash/Wilson | 79 | 48 | 58.6 | 45.9-70.4 | 8 | 10.0 | 4.7-19.9 | 23 | 31.4 | 20.7-44.5 |
Craven/Pamlico | 56 | 31 | 53.7 | 35.7-70.8 | 5 | 10.2 | 3.7-25.1 | 20 | 36.0 | 19.9-56.2 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 9 | 6 | 36.5 | 8.7-77.6 | 1 | 8.2 | 0.9-46.5 | 2 | 55.3 | 14.8-89.8 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 6 | 3 | 58.1 | 20.9-87.9 | 2 | 26.4 | 6.0-67.1 | 1 | 15.5 | 2.0-61.7 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 103 | 61 | 60.7 | 49.6-70.7 | 12 | 12.2 | 6.7-21.2 | 30 | 27.1 | 18.6-37.6 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 9 | 8 | 93.8 | 65.3-99.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 6.2 | 0.8-34.7 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 94 | 57 | 57.8 | 45.9-68.9 | 11 | 9.9 | 5.2-18.2 | 26 | 32.3 | 22.0-44.6 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 101 | 66 | 67.8 | 57.4-76.8 | 15 | 13.4 | 7.8-21.9 | 20 | 18.8 | 12.0-28.2 |
Northeast NC I | 168 | 90 | 55.6 | 46.6-64.2 | 25 | 17.1 | 11.2-25.4 | 53 | 27.3 | 20.3-35.6 |
Northeast NC II | 98 | 53 | 53.2 | 41.7-64.3 | 17 | 23.9 | 14.8-36.3 | 28 | 22.9 | 15.3-32.8 |
Northeastern Partnership | 266 | 143 | 54.5 | 47.2-61.5 | 42 | 20.3 | 14.7-27.5 | 81 | 25.2 | 19.8-31.5 |
Mountain AHEC | 32 | 22 | 52.9 | 31.4-73.4 | 3 | 9.5 | 2.8-28.2 | 7 | 37.6 | 18.2-61.9 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 661 | 395 | 59.9 | 53.3-66.1 | 84 | 14.2 | 9.4-20.9 | 182 | 25.9 | 20.9-31.7 |
Piedmont | 540 | 361 | 67.2 | 61.3-72.5 | 44 | 7.1 | 4.5-11.0 | 135 | 25.7 | 20.9-31.3 |
Western NC | 46 | 31 | 65.4 | 41.5-83.5 | 5 | 6.9 | 2.3-19.1 | 10 | 27.7 | 12.1-51.5 |
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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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