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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 5,877 | 1,978 | 29.9 | 28.2-31.7 | 3,899 | 70.1 | 68.3-71.8 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 4,296 | 1,406 | 29.6 | 27.7-31.7 | 2,890 | 70.4 | 68.3-72.3 |
| African American | 1,236 | 459 | 31.3 | 27.6-35.1 | 777 | 68.7 | 64.9-72.4 |
| Asian | 23 | 3 | 3.3 | 0.9-11.5 | 20 | 96.7 | 88.5-99.1 |
| Native American | 146 | 67 | 46.4 | 33.2-60.1 | 79 | 53.6 | 39.9-66.8 |
| Other Minorities | 159 | 38 | 27.4 | 18.1-39.2 | 121 | 72.6 | 60.8-81.9 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 164 | 36 | 22.6 | 13.7-35.0 | 128 | 77.4 | 65.0-86.3 |
| -English Speaking | 81 | 24 | 38.1 | 21.4-58.1 | 57 | 61.9 | 41.9-78.6 |
| -Spanish Speaking | 83 | 12 | 15.8 | 7.2-31.4 | 71 | 84.2 | 68.6-92.8 |
| Non-Hispanic | 5,706 | 1,940 | 30.2 | 28.5-32.0 | 3,766 | 69.8 | 68.0-71.5 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 356 | 60 | 15.7 | 10.8-22.1 | 296 | 84.3 | 77.9-89.2 |
| 25-34 | 871 | 160 | 16.7 | 13.4-20.6 | 711 | 83.3 | 79.4-86.6 |
| 35-44 | 1,081 | 265 | 23.0 | 19.6-26.9 | 816 | 77.0 | 73.1-80.4 |
| 45-54 | 1,146 | 395 | 35.0 | 31.0-39.3 | 751 | 65.0 | 60.7-69.0 |
| 55-64 | 932 | 361 | 37.6 | 33.1-42.4 | 571 | 62.4 | 57.6-66.9 |
| 65-74 | 797 | 349 | 40.8 | 35.9-45.8 | 448 | 59.2 | 54.2-64.1 |
| 75+ | 650 | 380 | 57.2 | 51.4-62.8 | 270 | 42.8 | 37.2-48.6 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 973 | 539 | 50.3 | 45.1-55.5 | 434 | 49.7 | 44.5-54.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,768 | 614 | 33.1 | 29.8-36.5 | 1,154 | 66.9 | 63.5-70.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,518 | 441 | 23.3 | 20.5-26.5 | 1,077 | 76.7 | 73.5-79.5 |
| College Graduate | 1,603 | 378 | 20.1 | 17.5-22.9 | 1,225 | 79.9 | 77.1-82.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 793 | 453 | 56.0 | 50.6-61.3 | 340 | 44.0 | 38.7-49.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 1,104 | 393 | 32.4 | 28.2-36.7 | 711 | 67.6 | 63.3-71.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 659 | 179 | 25.9 | 20.9-31.6 | 480 | 74.1 | 68.4-79.1 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 711 | 166 | 24.8 | 20.3-29.9 | 545 | 75.2 | 70.1-79.7 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 570 | 112 | 17.7 | 13.8-22.6 | 458 | 82.3 | 77.4-86.2 |
| $75,000+ | 647 | 103 | 13.5 | 10.5-17.3 | 544 | 86.5 | 82.7-89.5 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 268 | 100 | 35.9 | 29.8-42.5 | 168 | 64.1 | 57.5-70.2 |
| Guilford | 279 | 81 | 27.9 | 22.1-34.5 | 198 | 72.1 | 65.5-77.9 |
| Mecklenburg | 276 | 79 | 25.7 | 20.5-31.6 | 197 | 74.3 | 68.4-79.5 |
| Orange | 280 | 77 | 23.3 | 15.6-33.3 | 203 | 76.7 | 66.7-84.4 |
| Wake | 275 | 72 | 25.6 | 19.8-32.4 | 203 | 74.4 | 67.6-80.2 |
| Chatham/Lee | 244 | 73 | 27.9 | 21.8-34.9 | 171 | 72.1 | 65.1-78.2 |
| Nash/Wilson | 235 | 88 | 36.6 | 30.0-43.7 | 147 | 63.4 | 56.3-70.0 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 281 | 104 | 32.8 | 27.0-39.2 | 177 | 67.2 | 60.8-73.0 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 268 | 94 | 31.9 | 26.0-38.6 | 174 | 68.1 | 61.4-74.0 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 285 | 81 | 24.0 | 18.5-30.6 | 204 | 76.0 | 69.4-81.5 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 297 | 113 | 33.4 | 26.9-40.7 | 184 | 66.6 | 59.3-73.1 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 262 | 92 | 30.2 | 24.5-36.6 | 170 | 69.8 | 63.4-75.5 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 294 | 112 | 34.5 | 28.8-40.7 | 182 | 65.5 | 59.3-71.2 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 286 | 110 | 35.1 | 29.2-41.6 | 176 | 64.9 | 58.4-70.8 |
| Northeast NC I | 311 | 112 | 36.1 | 30.1-42.5 | 199 | 63.9 | 57.5-69.9 |
| Northeast NC II | 322 | 118 | 35.8 | 30.0-42.0 | 204 | 64.2 | 58.0-70.0 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 633 | 230 | 35.9 | 31.6-40.4 | 403 | 64.1 | 59.6-68.4 |
| Mountain AHEC | 800 | 302 | 37.2 | 32.8-41.8 | 498 | 62.8 | 58.2-67.2 |
| NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
| Eastern NC | 2,110 | 752 | 32.2 | 29.1-35.5 | 1,358 | 67.8 | 64.5-70.9 |
| Piedmont | 2,486 | 765 | 27.3 | 25.0-29.8 | 1,721 | 72.7 | 70.2-75.0 |
| Western NC | 1,281 | 461 | 35.2 | 31.5-39.2 | 820 | 64.8 | 60.8-68.5 |
*Data for this table were derived from questions 1,2,3,4 in the Disability, Quality of Life Module (page 51) of the BRFSS 2003 questionnaire.
^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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