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  Total
Respond.^		 0-3 months 4-11 months 1 year 2-5 years 5+ years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,324 983 20.4 18.6-22.3 893 18.1 16.4-19.9 1,010 18.3 16.7-19.9 1,715 30.7 28.8-32.6 723 12.6 11.3-14.0
GENDER
Male 1,608 311 20.4 17.3-23.8 260 18.3 15.3-21.8 267 15.8 13.3-18.5 515 30.7 27.4-34.1 255 14.9 12.5-17.7
Female 3,716 672 20.4 18.4-22.6 633 17.9 16.0-20.0 743 20.0 18.0-22.0 1,200 30.7 28.5-32.9 468 11.0 9.7-12.5
RACE
White 4,102 748 20.1 18.1-22.2 667 17.2 15.3-19.2 756 17.9 16.2-19.8 1,343 31.8 29.7-33.9 588 13.0 11.6-14.6
African American 927 175 20.6 16.7-25.2 167 20.0 15.9-25.0 198 19.8 16.3-23.9 286 28.3 24.1-32.9 101 11.3 8.4-15.0
Asian 19 1 3.7 0.5-23.5 2 9.3 1.8-36.0 5 36.6 11.7-71.5 10 36.7 14.0-67.4 1 13.7 1.9-55.9
Native American 131 29 22.2 13.2-34.7 22 25.0 10.4-48.7 28 16.8 8.4-30.7 37 29.7 18.5-44.2 15 6.3 3.3-11.8
Other Minorities 127 25 25.3 14.2-41.0 34 25.8 16.1-38.7 21 17.6 9.4-30.6 33 19.6 11.5-31.3 14 11.6 5.3-23.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 141 27 24.2 12.9-40.8 41 30.0 19.3-43.4 22 16.9 8.9-29.8 33 15.2 8.4-25.8 18 13.7 6.6-26.3
-English Speaking 75 15 35.6 16.0-61.6 23 31.4 16.7-51.1 12 10.6 4.7-21.9 15 8.7 3.7-18.8 10 13.8 5.1-32.1
-Spanish Speaking 66 12 18.0 6.9-39.4 18 29.2 15.8-47.4 10 20.4 9.2-39.2 18 18.7 9.2-34.5 8 13.7 5.0-32.2
Non-Hispanic 5,176 955 20.2 18.5-22.1 851 17.6 15.9-19.4 988 18.4 16.8-20.0 1,678 31.3 29.4-33.2 704 12.6 11.3-14.0
AGE
18-24 274 67 28.7 20.6-38.4 73 30.3 21.8-40.4 62 21.1 14.7-29.4 66 18.6 13.0-25.9 6 1.3 0.4- 3.7
25-34 848 198 23.5 19.3-28.2 180 20.6 16.8-25.0 169 18.1 14.8-22.1 243 28.5 24.3-33.2 58 9.2 6.5-12.9
35-44 1,139 222 19.8 16.5-23.5 204 18.1 14.9-21.7 214 17.3 14.3-20.6 354 31.6 27.8-35.7 145 13.3 10.5-16.6
45-54 1,192 220 18.3 15.1-22.1 181 16.3 13.2-19.9 229 18.4 15.4-22.0 403 33.7 29.8-37.8 159 13.2 10.3-16.8
55-64 930 148 18.6 14.9-22.8 133 14.1 11.0-17.8 175 17.5 14.3-21.3 330 35.0 30.7-39.6 144 14.8 11.7-18.5
65-74 628 91 16.7 12.8-21.5 89 12.8 9.7-16.7 109 18.7 14.4-23.9 220 32.2 27.2-37.6 119 19.7 15.4-24.7
75+ 284 32 14.4 9.1-21.9 32 10.7 6.5-17.3 46 19.0 13.3-26.3 87 27.8 21.4-35.2 87 28.2 21.4-36.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 610 118 23.2 17.4-30.3 82 13.8 9.6-19.6 127 21.6 16.7-27.5 196 25.7 20.9-31.3 87 15.6 11.3-21.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,514 247 17.9 14.9-21.3 264 20.4 16.9-24.5 286 17.1 14.4-20.1 518 31.8 28.4-35.5 199 12.8 10.4-15.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,454 285 23.2 19.6-27.4 251 19.0 15.7-22.8 275 17.2 14.4-20.4 473 32.1 28.5-35.9 170 8.5 6.8-10.5
College Graduate 1,742 333 19.2 16.7-21.9 295 16.6 14.2-19.4 322 19.2 16.6-22.0 527 30.0 27.0-33.2 265 15.0 12.6-17.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 511 92 20.5 14.5-28.3 87 17.8 13.0-24.0 112 19.7 15.0-25.5 145 27.9 22.3-34.3 75 14.0 10.1-19.1
$15,000- 24,999 901 171 21.9 17.3-27.3 157 19.5 15.2-24.6 164 20.7 16.5-25.6 295 26.6 22.5-31.2 114 11.4 8.4-15.2
$25,000- 34,999 619 117 19.0 14.5-24.4 123 22.0 16.7-28.3 115 18.1 13.5-24.0 194 28.7 23.6-34.6 70 12.1 8.5-17.0
$35,000- 49,999 806 156 20.5 16.6-25.1 121 15.2 11.8-19.4 156 19.4 15.6-23.7 278 36.7 32.0-41.6 95 8.3 6.2-11.0
$50,000-74,999 702 124 19.8 15.3-25.3 136 18.5 14.6-23.1 125 16.6 13.1-20.9 209 29.1 24.4-34.3 108 16.0 12.4-20.4
$75,000+ 802 155 20.6 16.9-24.9 129 16.2 12.9-20.2 151 18.6 15.2-22.6 256 31.8 27.5-36.4 111 12.7 9.5-16.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 266 55 23.2 17.5-30.0 31 11.6 7.6-17.2 53 20.3 15.3-26.6 94 33.9 27.5-41.0 33 10.9 7.5-15.7
Guilford 285 54 20.1 15.0-26.4 43 16.5 11.9-22.4 60 21.1 16.2-27.0 88 30.1 24.3-36.6 40 12.2 8.5-17.0
Mecklenburg 285 51 17.4 13.0-22.9 48 20.1 14.1-27.7 59 21.5 16.4-27.7 92 30.5 24.8-36.9 35 10.5 7.4-14.8
Orange 264 52 24.1 14.7-36.9 51 16.8 11.8-23.3 45 23.6 14.2-36.6 81 26.7 19.7-35.1 35 8.8 5.8-13.0
Wake 269 63 23.9 18.5-30.3 44 17.3 12.6-23.4 46 17.9 12.6-24.7 86 30.5 24.5-37.1 30 10.5 7.1-15.1
Chatham/Lee 189 20 14.9 7.3-27.8 33 15.6 10.6-22.4 47 22.4 15.9-30.5 59 32.2 24.0-41.7 30 14.9 9.8-22.0
Nash/Wilson 220 25 12.0 7.8-17.9 36 15.6 9.8-24.0 48 23.1 17.0-30.6 76 34.1 27.1-41.9 35 15.1 10.6-21.2
Craven/Pamlico 275 50 20.7 15.0-28.0 49 17.0 12.0-23.5 47 15.9 11.7-21.3 85 32.1 25.8-39.0 44 14.3 10.3-19.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 239 47 23.2 16.8-31.2 36 15.2 10.7-21.1 47 17.5 12.8-23.6 81 33.6 25.5-42.8 28 10.4 7.0-15.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 251 43 15.5 11.1-21.4 59 29.8 20.6-41.0 45 14.9 10.7-20.4 72 27.5 20.8-35.3 32 12.3 8.3-17.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 250 49 18.4 11.7-27.7 36 23.5 10.3-45.2 48 16.8 11.2-24.5 88 32.1 23.0-42.8 29 9.2 5.4-15.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 251 52 20.2 13.4-29.2 46 29.1 14.0-50.8 43 12.0 8.0-17.8 70 24.6 16.9-34.3 40 14.1 9.1-21.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 243 41 16.2 11.7-21.9 35 15.4 10.9-21.3 53 19.9 14.8-26.2 77 34.4 27.7-41.8 37 14.2 10.1-19.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 232 46 18.7 13.5-25.2 45 18.6 13.4-25.3 36 16.2 11.2-22.8 71 32.6 24.2-42.2 34 14.0 9.7-19.7
Northeast NC I 231 45 21.9 15.9-29.5 43 19.8 14.5-26.5 39 17.3 12.1-24.0 78 31.8 25.5-38.8 26 9.2 6.1-13.6
Northeast NC II 277 46 19.3 14.0-25.9 41 14.1 10.0-19.5 52 19.0 14.3-24.7 104 37.0 30.7-43.9 34 10.6 7.3-15.1
Northeastern Partnership 508 91 20.2 16.0-25.1 84 16.0 12.6-20.1 91 18.4 14.7-22.7 182 35.3 30.5-40.4 60 10.1 7.6-13.4
Mountain AHEC 753 142 17.4 14.1-21.2 113 15.1 11.4-19.7 148 20.8 17.1-25.1 237 32.3 27.8-37.1 113 14.4 11.4-18.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,843 321 20.5 17.2-24.1 309 16.9 14.2-20.0 339 17.0 14.4-19.9 619 32.0 28.7-35.5 255 13.7 11.1-16.7
Piedmont 2,299 442 20.9 18.4-23.5 384 18.7 16.2-21.4 437 18.8 16.6-21.2 736 29.9 27.3-32.5 300 11.8 10.2-13.7
Western NC 1,182 220 18.3 15.2-22.0 200 18.1 14.6-22.2 234 18.9 15.9-22.3 360 31.2 27.3-35.4 168 13.4 11.0-16.3

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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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