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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 | 1,246 | 625 | 49.8 | 45.5-54.1 | 292 | 23.9 | 20.2-28.0 | 329 | 26.3 | 22.7-30.2 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Female | 1,246 | 625 | 49.8 | 45.5-54.1 | 292 | 23.9 | 20.2-28.0 | 329 | 26.3 | 22.7-30.2 |
RACE | ||||||||||
African American | 1,246 | 625 | 49.8 | 45.5-54.1 | 292 | 23.9 | 20.2-28.0 | 329 | 26.3 | 22.7-30.2 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 13 | 5 | 50.2 | 16.1-84.1 | 6 | 18.7 | 5.5-47.6 | 2 | 31.1 | 5.6-77.4 |
-English Speaking | 13 | 5 | 50.2 | 16.1-84.1 | 6 | 18.7 | 5.5-47.6 | 2 | 31.1 | 5.6-77.4 |
Non-Hispanic | 1,233 | 620 | 49.8 | 45.5-54.1 | 286 | 24.0 | 20.2-28.1 | 327 | 26.2 | 22.7-30.1 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 89 | 53 | 57.4 | 40.6-72.6 | 16 | 25.0 | 12.0-44.9 | 20 | 17.6 | 9.2-31.0 |
25-34 | 198 | 103 | 49.0 | 39.3-58.9 | 46 | 23.1 | 15.8-32.5 | 49 | 27.9 | 19.3-38.4 |
35-44 | 259 | 134 | 50.1 | 41.2-59.0 | 71 | 26.7 | 19.7-35.2 | 54 | 23.2 | 16.5-31.6 |
45-54 | 256 | 125 | 50.2 | 41.4-58.9 | 67 | 25.2 | 18.4-33.4 | 64 | 24.6 | 17.8-33.0 |
55-64 | 182 | 94 | 50.4 | 40.2-60.6 | 33 | 16.0 | 10.5-23.6 | 55 | 33.6 | 24.0-44.8 |
65-74 | 147 | 68 | 55.6 | 43.7-66.9 | 29 | 16.1 | 10.0-24.8 | 50 | 28.3 | 19.3-39.5 |
75+ | 103 | 41 | 33.6 | 22.4-47.1 | 28 | 29.8 | 17.3-46.2 | 34 | 36.6 | 24.6-50.5 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 287 | 135 | 48.8 | 40.1-57.7 | 58 | 17.6 | 11.6-25.9 | 94 | 33.5 | 26.0-42.1 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 422 | 217 | 50.4 | 42.7-58.0 | 85 | 20.5 | 14.5-28.2 | 120 | 29.1 | 22.7-36.6 |
Some Post-H.S. | 298 | 158 | 51.2 | 42.2-60.1 | 80 | 31.0 | 22.9-40.5 | 60 | 17.8 | 12.4-24.8 |
College Graduate | 236 | 115 | 48.1 | 39.7-56.6 | 68 | 27.1 | 20.3-35.1 | 53 | 24.8 | 17.9-33.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 269 | 137 | 49.3 | 40.7-57.9 | 53 | 16.8 | 11.1-24.5 | 79 | 33.9 | 26.1-42.7 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 282 | 151 | 52.5 | 43.2-61.7 | 62 | 21.5 | 15.1-29.7 | 69 | 26.0 | 18.3-35.5 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 161 | 84 | 54.8 | 43.5-65.7 | 33 | 17.7 | 10.8-27.7 | 44 | 27.4 | 18.8-38.2 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 113 | 52 | 45.1 | 32.6-58.3 | 44 | 40.8 | 28.8-54.0 | 17 | 14.1 | 7.0-26.2 |
$50,000-74,999 | 64 | 36 | 59.4 | 42.8-74.2 | 17 | 19.9 | 10.7-33.9 | 11 | 20.7 | 10.1-37.5 |
$75,000+ | 53 | 19 | 40.5 | 24.9-58.2 | 20 | 35.4 | 20.9-53.2 | 14 | 24.1 | 11.7-43.4 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
Buncombe | 16 | 9 | 51.4 | 25.3-76.8 | 1 | 4.7 | 0.6-27.6 | 6 | 43.9 | 19.8-71.3 |
Guilford | 71 | 35 | 50.0 | 36.2-63.7 | 21 | 28.9 | 18.0-43.0 | 15 | 21.1 | 12.2-34.0 |
Mecklenburg | 81 | 46 | 58.3 | 45.8-69.8 | 18 | 17.3 | 10.5-27.2 | 17 | 24.4 | 14.9-37.3 |
Orange | 31 | 17 | 57.3 | 38.5-74.3 | 9 | 26.9 | 13.7-46.0 | 5 | 15.8 | 6.4-34.0 |
Wake | 55 | 24 | 49.0 | 34.4-63.8 | 13 | 18.4 | 10.0-31.4 | 18 | 32.5 | 20.2-47.9 |
Chatham/Lee | 53 | 31 | 62.8 | 47.3-76.0 | 9 | 16.4 | 7.8-31.3 | 13 | 20.9 | 11.4-35.1 |
Nash/Wilson | 79 | 40 | 50.8 | 38.5-63.0 | 17 | 20.3 | 12.2-31.7 | 22 | 28.9 | 18.9-41.6 |
Craven/Pamlico | 56 | 26 | 50.9 | 33.5-68.0 | 12 | 21.7 | 10.9-38.7 | 18 | 27.4 | 15.4-43.8 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 9 | 4 | 26.3 | 6.1-66.3 | 1 | 5.2 | 0.6-34.3 | 4 | 68.5 | 27.8-92.5 |
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 | 52 | 53.0 | 42.0-63.7 | 26 | 23.9 | 15.8-34.5 | 25 | 23.1 | 15.3-33.3 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 9 | 4 | 34.4 | 11.9-67.1 | 3 | 39.1 | 13.1-73.2 | 2 | 26.5 | 6.7-64.2 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 94 | 48 | 51.1 | 39.6-62.5 | 22 | 19.0 | 12.1-28.7 | 24 | 29.8 | 20.0-41.9 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 101 | 59 | 61.7 | 50.9-71.4 | 23 | 21.1 | 13.7-31.1 | 19 | 17.2 | 10.8-26.4 |
Northeast NC I | 168 | 79 | 48.8 | 39.9-57.8 | 39 | 22.1 | 15.7-30.2 | 50 | 29.1 | 21.8-37.6 |
Northeast NC II | 97 | 45 | 48.1 | 36.7-59.6 | 22 | 24.0 | 15.4-35.5 | 30 | 27.9 | 19.3-38.6 |
Northeastern Partnership | 265 | 124 | 48.5 | 41.3-55.7 | 61 | 23.0 | 17.5-29.7 | 80 | 28.5 | 22.7-35.1 |
Mountain AHEC | 32 | 16 | 46.8 | 26.7-67.9 | 6 | 14.1 | 5.5-31.9 | 10 | 39.1 | 20.2-62.0 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 660 | 329 | 49.4 | 43.1-55.7 | 154 | 26.8 | 20.9-33.6 | 177 | 23.8 | 19.4-29.0 |
Piedmont | 540 | 274 | 50.6 | 44.7-56.5 | 130 | 22.5 | 17.8-27.9 | 136 | 26.9 | 22.0-32.6 |
Western NC | 46 | 22 | 37.1 | 18.5-60.6 | 8 | 9.5 | 3.7-22.2 | 16 | 53.4 | 29.0-76.2 |
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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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