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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 9,232 | 7,677 | 77.9 | 76.3-79.4 | 1,555 | 22.1 | 20.6-23.7 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 3,393 | 2,716 | 73.1 | 70.4-75.7 | 677 | 26.9 | 24.3-29.6 |
| Female | 5,839 | 4,961 | 82.3 | 80.6-84.0 | 878 | 17.7 | 16.0-19.4 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 6,776 | 5,816 | 82.1 | 80.3-83.7 | 960 | 17.9 | 16.3-19.7 |
| African American | 1,831 | 1,494 | 77.7 | 74.1-80.9 | 337 | 22.3 | 19.1-25.9 |
| Asian | 50 | 36 | 54.9 | 33.0-75.1 | 14 | 45.1 | 24.9-67.0 |
| Native American | 225 | 174 | 76.8 | 64.7-85.7 | 51 | 23.2 | 14.3-35.3 |
| Other Minorities | 315 | 133 | 34.6 | 27.1-42.8 | 182 | 65.4 | 57.2-72.9 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 327 | 143 | 30.9 | 23.8-39.0 | 184 | 69.1 | 61.0-76.2 |
| -English Speaking | 132 | 98 | 52.7 | 37.9-67.0 | 34 | 47.3 | 33.0-62.1 |
| -Spanish Speaking | 195 | 45 | 23.3 | 15.4-33.6 | 150 | 76.7 | 66.4-84.6 |
| Non-Hispanic | 8,895 | 7,527 | 81.0 | 79.4-82.5 | 1,368 | 19.0 | 17.5-20.6 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 543 | 260 | 47.1 | 40.7-53.7 | 283 | 52.9 | 46.3-59.3 |
| 25-34 | 1,364 | 878 | 62.0 | 57.8-66.1 | 486 | 38.0 | 33.9-42.2 |
| 35-44 | 1,758 | 1,399 | 78.4 | 75.0-81.4 | 359 | 21.6 | 18.6-25.0 |
| 45-54 | 1,822 | 1,626 | 88.2 | 85.3-90.6 | 196 | 11.8 | 9.4-14.7 |
| 55-64 | 1,521 | 1,428 | 94.0 | 91.9-95.7 | 93 | 6.0 | 4.3- 8.1 |
| 65-74 | 1,255 | 1,200 | 96.6 | 94.8-97.8 | 55 | 3.4 | 2.2- 5.2 |
| 75+ | 902 | 829 | 91.3 | 88.2-93.7 | 73 | 8.7 | 6.3-11.8 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 1,542 | 1,179 | 64.4 | 59.7-68.7 | 363 | 35.6 | 31.3-40.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,771 | 2,218 | 74.0 | 70.9-76.9 | 553 | 26.0 | 23.1-29.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 2,294 | 1,934 | 79.1 | 75.7-82.1 | 360 | 20.9 | 17.9-24.3 |
| College Graduate | 2,598 | 2,324 | 89.1 | 87.1-90.9 | 274 | 10.9 | 9.1-12.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 1,067 | 859 | 71.7 | 66.1-76.7 | 208 | 28.3 | 23.3-33.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 1,682 | 1,252 | 65.0 | 60.8-69.0 | 430 | 35.0 | 31.0-39.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 1,018 | 853 | 76.9 | 71.8-81.3 | 165 | 23.1 | 18.7-28.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 1,231 | 1,055 | 81.6 | 77.6-85.0 | 176 | 18.4 | 15.0-22.4 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 994 | 870 | 87.3 | 83.6-90.2 | 124 | 12.7 | 9.8-16.4 |
| $75,000+ | 1,147 | 1,065 | 91.5 | 88.2-93.9 | 82 | 8.5 | 6.1-11.8 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 442 | 378 | 79.7 | 73.8-84.5 | 64 | 20.3 | 15.5-26.2 |
| Guilford | 436 | 375 | 83.4 | 78.3-87.5 | 61 | 16.6 | 12.5-21.7 |
| Mecklenburg | 435 | 364 | 74.4 | 67.6-80.3 | 71 | 25.6 | 19.7-32.4 |
| Orange | 434 | 350 | 74.9 | 67.7-81.0 | 84 | 25.1 | 19.0-32.3 |
| Wake | 445 | 376 | 78.3 | 72.4-83.3 | 69 | 21.7 | 16.7-27.6 |
| Chatham/Lee | 390 | 324 | 75.3 | 68.6-80.9 | 66 | 24.7 | 19.1-31.4 |
| Nash/Wilson | 374 | 313 | 79.9 | 74.2-84.6 | 61 | 20.1 | 15.4-25.8 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 446 | 370 | 77.9 | 72.3-82.7 | 76 | 22.1 | 17.3-27.7 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 432 | 362 | 79.3 | 73.8-83.9 | 70 | 20.7 | 16.1-26.2 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 445 | 371 | 72.6 | 64.1-79.7 | 74 | 27.4 | 20.3-35.9 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 469 | 382 | 71.6 | 60.7-80.5 | 87 | 28.4 | 19.5-39.3 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 413 | 335 | 66.6 | 51.4-79.0 | 78 | 33.4 | 21.0-48.6 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 469 | 376 | 77.0 | 71.9-81.4 | 93 | 23.0 | 18.6-28.1 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 409 | 340 | 76.3 | 69.9-81.7 | 69 | 23.7 | 18.3-30.1 |
| Northeast NC I | 451 | 367 | 75.8 | 68.0-82.2 | 84 | 24.2 | 17.8-32.0 |
| Northeast NC II | 502 | 424 | 78.2 | 72.6-83.0 | 78 | 21.8 | 17.0-27.4 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 953 | 791 | 77.4 | 72.9-81.3 | 162 | 22.6 | 18.7-27.1 |
| Mountain AHEC | 1,274 | 1,062 | 77.8 | 72.6-82.2 | 212 | 22.2 | 17.8-27.4 |
| NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
| Eastern NC | 3,247 | 2,689 | 77.1 | 74.1-79.9 | 558 | 22.9 | 20.1-25.9 |
| Piedmont | 3,958 | 3,307 | 79.0 | 76.8-81.0 | 651 | 21.0 | 19.0-23.2 |
| Western NC | 2,027 | 1,681 | 75.0 | 70.9-78.6 | 346 | 25.0 | 21.4-29.1 |
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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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