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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 3,393 | 2,716 | 73.1 | 70.4-75.7 | 677 | 26.9 | 24.3-29.6 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 2,521 | 2,115 | 79.0 | 75.8-81.8 | 406 | 21.0 | 18.2-24.2 |
| African American | 590 | 453 | 72.0 | 65.7-77.5 | 137 | 28.0 | 22.5-34.3 |
| Asian | 26 | 17 | 44.9 | 21.1-71.2 | 9 | 55.1 | 28.8-78.9 |
| Native American | 81 | 67 | 77.1 | 54.6-90.4 | 14 | 22.9 | 9.6-45.4 |
| Other Minorities | 159 | 53 | 26.2 | 17.3-37.6 | 106 | 73.8 | 62.4-82.7 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 164 | 49 | 23.4 | 14.9-34.6 | 115 | 76.6 | 65.4-85.1 |
| -English Speaking | 51 | 29 | 37.1 | 20.0-58.3 | 22 | 62.9 | 41.7-80.0 |
| -Spanish Speaking | 113 | 20 | 19.5 | 10.4-33.6 | 93 | 80.5 | 66.4-89.6 |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,226 | 2,665 | 77.5 | 74.7-80.0 | 561 | 22.5 | 20.0-25.3 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 208 | 91 | 43.4 | 33.9-53.4 | 117 | 56.6 | 46.6-66.1 |
| 25-34 | 512 | 304 | 56.1 | 49.4-62.6 | 208 | 43.9 | 37.4-50.6 |
| 35-44 | 671 | 506 | 74.4 | 69.0-79.2 | 165 | 25.6 | 20.8-31.0 |
| 45-54 | 676 | 581 | 83.4 | 78.1-87.6 | 95 | 16.6 | 12.4-21.9 |
| 55-64 | 576 | 534 | 91.9 | 87.6-94.8 | 42 | 8.1 | 5.2-12.4 |
| 65-74 | 458 | 436 | 97.1 | 95.1-98.3 | 22 | 2.9 | 1.7- 4.9 |
| 75+ | 272 | 249 | 91.6 | 85.5-95.3 | 23 | 8.4 | 4.7-14.5 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 584 | 406 | 53.3 | 46.3-60.2 | 178 | 46.7 | 39.8-53.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,003 | 757 | 68.4 | 63.2-73.1 | 246 | 31.6 | 26.9-36.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 792 | 647 | 74.5 | 68.5-79.7 | 145 | 25.5 | 20.3-31.5 |
| College Graduate | 1,003 | 897 | 89.0 | 85.5-91.7 | 106 | 11.0 | 8.3-14.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 282 | 220 | 62.8 | 51.5-72.8 | 62 | 37.2 | 27.2-48.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 592 | 385 | 54.1 | 47.4-60.7 | 207 | 45.9 | 39.3-52.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 362 | 292 | 74.1 | 65.7-81.0 | 70 | 25.9 | 19.0-34.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 522 | 432 | 79.2 | 73.0-84.3 | 90 | 20.8 | 15.7-27.0 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 429 | 368 | 85.1 | 78.9-89.7 | 61 | 14.9 | 10.3-21.1 |
| $75,000+ | 498 | 465 | 91.1 | 85.3-94.7 | 33 | 8.9 | 5.3-14.7 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 172 | 144 | 75.3 | 65.3-83.2 | 28 | 24.7 | 16.8-34.7 |
| Guilford | 160 | 131 | 78.2 | 69.2-85.1 | 29 | 21.8 | 14.9-30.8 |
| Mecklenburg | 166 | 130 | 65.9 | 54.6-75.6 | 36 | 34.1 | 24.4-45.4 |
| Orange | 162 | 121 | 71.3 | 61.4-79.6 | 41 | 28.7 | 20.4-38.6 |
| Wake | 175 | 144 | 76.2 | 66.6-83.8 | 31 | 23.8 | 16.2-33.4 |
| Chatham/Lee | 147 | 119 | 74.0 | 63.1-82.6 | 28 | 26.0 | 17.4-36.9 |
| Nash/Wilson | 138 | 110 | 76.3 | 66.6-83.8 | 28 | 23.7 | 16.2-33.4 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 166 | 139 | 76.5 | 66.1-84.5 | 27 | 23.5 | 15.5-33.9 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 162 | 130 | 76.3 | 67.0-83.6 | 32 | 23.7 | 16.4-33.0 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 166 | 134 | 69.2 | 56.3-79.7 | 32 | 30.8 | 20.3-43.7 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 173 | 138 | 66.0 | 47.1-80.9 | 35 | 34.0 | 19.1-52.9 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 157 | 124 | 56.4 | 35.1-75.6 | 33 | 43.6 | 24.4-64.9 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 173 | 147 | 82.0 | 73.8-88.0 | 26 | 18.0 | 12.0-26.2 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 126 | 93 | 67.2 | 55.4-77.1 | 33 | 32.8 | 22.9-44.6 |
| Northeast NC I | 139 | 108 | 69.8 | 53.8-82.1 | 31 | 30.2 | 17.9-46.2 |
| Northeast NC II | 182 | 145 | 71.1 | 61.4-79.2 | 37 | 28.9 | 20.8-38.6 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 321 | 253 | 70.7 | 62.5-77.7 | 68 | 29.3 | 22.3-37.5 |
| Mountain AHEC | 475 | 383 | 70.9 | 61.7-78.7 | 92 | 29.1 | 21.3-38.3 |
| NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
| Eastern NC | 1,141 | 913 | 72.7 | 67.5-77.4 | 228 | 27.3 | 22.6-32.5 |
| Piedmont | 1,494 | 1,193 | 74.2 | 70.5-77.6 | 301 | 25.8 | 22.4-29.5 |
| Western NC | 758 | 610 | 69.5 | 62.6-75.7 | 148 | 30.5 | 24.3-37.4 |
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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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