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1 or more/day | 1 or more/week | 1 or more/month | 1 or more/year | Never | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 1,244 | 950 | 73.1 | 68.7-77.0 | 263 | 23.1 | 19.5-27.1 | 20 | 2.0 | 1.1- 3.8 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.2 | 8 | 1.3 | 0.4- 4.5 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Female | 1,244 | 950 | 73.1 | 68.7-77.0 | 263 | 23.1 | 19.5-27.1 | 20 | 2.0 | 1.1- 3.8 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.2 | 8 | 1.3 | 0.4- 4.5 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
African American | 1,244 | 950 | 73.1 | 68.7-77.0 | 263 | 23.1 | 19.5-27.1 | 20 | 2.0 | 1.1- 3.8 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.2 | 8 | 1.3 | 0.4- 4.5 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 13 | 11 | 94.9 | 78.2-99.0 | 2 | 5.1 | 1.0-21.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
-English Speaking | 13 | 11 | 94.9 | 78.2-99.0 | 2 | 5.1 | 1.0-21.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Non-Hispanic | 1,231 | 939 | 72.9 | 68.6-76.9 | 261 | 23.2 | 19.5-27.3 | 20 | 2.0 | 1.1- 3.9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.2 | 8 | 1.3 | 0.4- 4.5 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 90 | 59 | 58.6 | 41.7-73.8 | 26 | 30.7 | 17.3-48.4 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.4- 8.9 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.3-15.7 | 2 | 6.1 | 1.0-29.5 |
25-34 | 199 | 157 | 77.2 | 67.6-84.6 | 40 | 22.3 | 14.9-31.9 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
35-44 | 259 | 187 | 69.2 | 60.2-77.0 | 60 | 24.5 | 17.7-32.8 | 7 | 5.4 | 1.9-14.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.5 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.4 |
45-54 | 254 | 199 | 76.3 | 67.3-83.4 | 49 | 21.5 | 14.6-30.5 | 5 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.4 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
55-64 | 181 | 142 | 78.7 | 69.2-85.8 | 37 | 20.4 | 13.4-29.8 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 4.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
65-74 | 146 | 113 | 78.1 | 66.2-86.7 | 32 | 21.3 | 12.8-33.3 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 3.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
75+ | 102 | 84 | 78.1 | 64.0-87.8 | 16 | 18.2 | 9.8-31.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 3.7 | 0.6-20.1 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 287 | 215 | 70.5 | 61.7-78.0 | 65 | 25.9 | 18.8-34.6 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.8- 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 1.6 | 0.3- 8.9 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 421 | 317 | 72.0 | 63.7-78.9 | 91 | 24.1 | 17.4-32.2 | 10 | 3.5 | 1.4- 8.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.1 |
Some Post-H.S. | 299 | 222 | 69.5 | 60.1-77.5 | 69 | 23.9 | 17.2-32.1 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.4- 4.7 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.5- 8.4 | 2 | 3.2 | 0.5-18.7 |
College Graduate | 234 | 195 | 82.3 | 74.8-88.0 | 37 | 17.4 | 11.8-24.9 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 268 | 207 | 75.7 | 67.7-82.2 | 54 | 20.6 | 14.6-28.3 | 5 | 2.5 | 1.0- 6.1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 7.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 1.0 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 285 | 201 | 65.8 | 56.4-74.1 | 77 | 31.7 | 23.7-41.0 | 7 | 2.5 | 0.7- 8.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
$25,000- 34,999 | 161 | 121 | 69.3 | 56.6-79.6 | 34 | 23.1 | 14.3-35.0 | 2 | 3.7 | 0.6-19.9 | 2 | 2.6 | 0.4-15.0 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.3- 5.6 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 110 | 89 | 83.2 | 71.9-90.6 | 20 | 15.9 | 8.7-27.3 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
$50,000-74,999 | 62 | 54 | 83.8 | 63.1-94.0 | 8 | 16.2 | 6.0-36.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
$75,000+ | 53 | 44 | 80.2 | 62.7-90.7 | 9 | 19.8 | 9.3-37.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||||||||
Buncombe | 15 | 14 | 95.1 | 71.2-99.3 | 1 | 4.9 | 0.7-28.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Guilford | 70 | 53 | 81.1 | 69.5-88.9 | 16 | 18.3 | 10.6-29.8 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Mecklenburg | 80 | 60 | 75.7 | 63.9-84.6 | 18 | 21.3 | 13.1-32.8 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2- 7.8 |
Orange | 31 | 24 | 78.6 | 60.2-89.9 | 6 | 19.1 | 8.5-37.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 2.3 | 0.3-14.9 |
Wake | 55 | 45 | 79.0 | 63.9-88.9 | 9 | 16.9 | 8.6-30.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 4.1 | 0.6-24.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Chatham/Lee | 52 | 46 | 92.2 | 82.0-96.8 | 6 | 7.8 | 3.2-18.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Nash/Wilson | 79 | 56 | 72.2 | 60.0-81.7 | 19 | 20.4 | 12.6-31.2 | 4 | 7.5 | 2.7-19.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Craven/Pamlico | 55 | 43 | 69.0 | 46.4-85.2 | 11 | 29.8 | 13.8-53.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 1.1 | 0.2- 7.9 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 9 | 6 | 81.5 | 43.8-96.2 | 2 | 9.6 | 1.7-39.4 | 1 | 8.9 | 1.0-48.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 6 | 4 | 59.4 | 19.4-89.9 | 1 | 28.8 | 4.5-77.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 11.8 | 1.5-54.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 104 | 83 | 81.2 | 71.2-88.4 | 17 | 12.4 | 7.4-20.1 | 2 | 3.9 | 0.9-15.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 2.5 | 0.5-11.4 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 8 | 4 | 48.1 | 17.9-79.7 | 4 | 51.9 | 20.3-82.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 92 | 73 | 79.9 | 68.4-87.9 | 17 | 17.2 | 10.0-28.0 | 2 | 2.9 | 0.6-13.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 100 | 80 | 77.1 | 66.4-85.2 | 18 | 21.1 | 13.3-31.8 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 6.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.2 |
Northeast NC I | 171 | 135 | 75.8 | 66.7-83.1 | 34 | 23.5 | 16.3-32.7 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Northeast NC II | 97 | 69 | 73.1 | 62.1-81.9 | 27 | 25.2 | 16.8-36.0 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-10.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Northeastern Partnership | 268 | 204 | 74.6 | 67.7-80.4 | 61 | 24.3 | 18.6-31.1 | 3 | 1.1 | 0.3- 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Mountain AHEC | 30 | 23 | 84.6 | 66.5-93.8 | 6 | 11.0 | 4.0-26.7 | 1 | 4.4 | 0.6-25.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 657 | 492 | 68.2 | 61.3-74.4 | 149 | 28.0 | 22.0-34.8 | 13 | 3.1 | 1.3- 7.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 0.8 | 0.1- 4.1 |
Piedmont | 543 | 425 | 76.8 | 71.2-81.6 | 105 | 19.3 | 15.1-24.3 | 6 | 1.3 | 0.4- 3.6 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.8 | 5 | 1.8 | 0.4- 7.9 |
Western NC | 44 | 33 | 64.8 | 31.3-88.1 | 9 | 32.1 | 9.5-68.1 | 1 | 2.4 | 0.3-16.1 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
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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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