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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 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
RACE
White 1,284 238 19.4 16.1-23.2 204 17.9 14.6-21.8 204 15.3 12.6-18.4 427 32.3 28.7-36.2 211 15.1 12.4-18.2
African American 219 50 23.1 15.5-32.8 37 16.4 9.6-26.7 44 20.1 13.6-28.7 57 26.0 18.0-36.0 31 14.4 8.8-22.8
Asian 7 1 7.9 1.0-43.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 29.9 5.7-75.2 3 32.9 7.0-76.2 1 29.2 4.4-78.8
Native American 46 9 21.4 8.8-43.6 10 39.5 15.1-70.6 9 9.6 3.9-21.8 13 26.2 12.0-48.1 5 3.3 1.1- 9.0
Other Minorities 43 11 28.4 11.4-54.9 8 24.9 10.4-48.7 7 11.4 3.7-30.1 13 18.6 8.5-36.1 4 16.7 5.1-43.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 50 13 29.7 12.5-55.4 13 30.6 14.8-52.9 5 8.8 2.3-28.1 12 11.1 4.7-24.1 7 19.7 7.1-44.2
-English Speaking 24 8 52.3 19.9-83.0 7 22.6 7.0-53.2 1 0.9 0.1- 6.8 5 11.7 3.0-36.5 3 12.5 2.2-47.0
-Spanish Speaking 26 5 16.2 4.7-43.0 6 35.4 14.5-63.9 4 13.6 3.4-41.0 7 10.8 3.5-28.6 4 24.1 7.1-56.8
Non-Hispanic 1,555 298 20.0 17.0-23.4 246 17.7 14.7-21.2 262 16.1 13.6-18.9 502 31.5 28.2-35.0 247 14.7 12.3-17.5
AGE
18-24 64 13 28.3 14.1-48.9 18 34.7 19.0-54.6 13 15.7 7.1-31.2 18 20.5 10.4-36.4 2 0.8 0.2- 3.4
25-34 234 52 23.4 15.9-33.1 48 20.6 14.1-29.0 39 11.9 7.7-17.9 80 32.8 25.0-41.6 15 11.3 6.3-19.6
35-44 354 72 19.5 14.5-25.7 61 17.5 12.3-24.2 58 14.9 10.5-20.6 113 32.6 26.1-39.7 50 15.6 10.7-22.1
45-54 351 63 17.8 12.6-24.7 53 18.6 13.0-26.0 69 19.6 14.2-26.4 115 30.3 23.9-37.6 51 13.6 8.6-20.9
55-64 308 55 17.6 12.6-24.0 47 13.6 9.2-19.7 52 16.2 11.2-22.8 102 35.9 28.7-43.9 52 16.7 11.4-23.7
65-74 200 38 21.0 14.2-29.9 25 7.2 4.2-12.0 25 18.1 10.9-28.6 62 27.3 19.5-36.7 50 26.4 18.4-36.5
75+ 89 16 15.5 7.9-28.2 7 11.2 4.2-26.4 11 12.9 6.7-23.4 24 24.8 15.0-38.2 31 35.7 23.8-49.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 168 40 20.4 11.9-32.7 21 16.6 8.3-30.4 25 17.3 9.9-28.4 47 22.5 14.8-32.8 35 23.2 14.2-35.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 426 80 18.5 13.0-25.5 68 20.0 13.8-28.2 70 13.4 9.6-18.5 140 33.1 26.7-40.2 68 14.9 10.7-20.5
Some Post-H.S. 413 81 25.1 18.4-33.2 68 18.8 13.1-26.2 71 14.9 10.4-20.9 145 34.7 28.1-42.0 48 6.5 4.2- 9.8
College Graduate 600 110 18.2 14.4-22.7 103 17.0 13.2-21.7 101 17.8 13.9-22.6 183 27.5 22.9-32.7 103 19.5 14.9-24.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 99 18 20.5 7.8-43.9 13 11.5 5.5-22.6 19 22.1 11.4-38.4 32 31.1 18.9-46.6 17 14.9 7.3-27.9
$15,000- 24,999 236 49 24.5 16.2-35.2 40 18.4 11.1-28.9 35 15.6 9.5-24.6 77 26.4 19.2-35.3 35 15.0 9.3-23.4
$25,000- 34,999 166 40 21.9 13.4-33.6 27 21.5 12.3-35.0 21 12.5 6.8-21.9 49 29.7 19.9-41.7 29 14.4 8.3-23.9
$35,000- 49,999 262 53 24.0 17.0-32.7 35 14.9 9.6-22.4 46 18.7 12.7-26.6 90 33.4 25.9-41.8 38 9.0 5.9-13.7
$50,000-74,999 260 43 18.6 11.4-28.8 51 19.3 13.2-27.3 39 14.0 9.0-20.9 85 30.9 23.5-39.5 42 17.3 11.6-25.1
$75,000+ 312 60 20.7 15.2-27.6 55 17.6 12.3-24.5 58 16.9 12.1-23.0 94 30.6 24.1-37.9 45 14.3 9.0-21.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 90 22 24.1 15.6-35.2 10 12.5 6.1-24.1 18 20.9 12.7-32.5 31 34.4 23.7-46.9 9 8.1 4.1-15.4
Guilford 91 18 23.2 14.4-35.0 14 13.7 7.6-23.6 21 24.1 15.6-35.3 21 22.4 14.3-33.3 17 16.6 9.8-26.7
Mecklenburg 88 16 15.6 9.1-25.3 18 29.8 17.7-45.6 17 21.3 12.8-33.2 26 23.5 15.4-34.0 11 9.9 5.3-17.9
Orange 78 18 33.4 14.5-59.8 18 20.3 11.1-34.1 12 10.1 5.1-19.0 20 25.6 14.5-41.1 10 10.6 5.1-20.8
Wake 85 29 28.8 19.8-39.8 14 17.4 9.9-28.8 9 13.0 6.1-25.6 22 28.0 18.4-40.1 11 12.8 6.8-22.9
Chatham/Lee 58 5 17.1 4.6-46.8 8 11.0 4.9-22.5 13 20.0 10.3-35.3 20 35.0 20.3-53.2 12 16.9 8.3-31.1
Nash/Wilson 73 12 15.1 8.2-26.1 5 12.0 3.6-33.1 17 26.0 15.8-39.5 23 26.8 17.0-39.7 16 20.1 12.0-31.7
Craven/Pamlico 84 15 16.9 9.4-28.6 15 20.4 11.0-34.6 10 10.3 5.2-19.3 25 32.7 21.9-45.8 19 19.6 12.0-30.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 65 13 20.4 11.3-33.9 11 15.6 8.1-28.0 11 13.5 6.9-24.5 21 38.0 21.4-58.0 9 12.6 6.1-24.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 77 12 10.7 5.9-18.6 18 29.8 18.4-44.2 10 12.4 6.6-22.3 25 32.0 21.3-44.9 12 15.1 8.4-25.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 70 12 17.5 6.9-38.0 10 34.4 11.0-69.1 11 9.8 4.1-21.5 32 34.1 17.4-56.0 5 4.2 1.5-11.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 81 16 13.9 6.7-26.9 21 44.9 19.3-73.4 12 8.5 3.8-17.9 20 19.8 9.3-37.4 12 12.8 5.7-26.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 80 13 15.4 8.5-26.4 7 10.1 4.7-20.5 15 20.8 12.4-32.9 28 34.7 24.0-47.1 17 18.9 11.4-29.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 57 9 12.0 5.7-23.4 13 20.9 11.1-36.0 6 11.3 4.9-23.9 15 36.2 19.0-57.9 14 19.6 10.8-32.9
Northeast NC I 58 11 24.2 12.3-42.1 10 18.5 9.3-33.5 7 14.0 6.0-29.6 24 36.0 23.6-50.6 6 7.3 3.0-16.4
Northeast NC II 79 20 28.4 17.9-41.9 9 10.5 5.2-19.9 12 15.2 8.2-26.5 31 37.8 26.8-50.3 7 8.1 3.7-16.8
Northeastern Partnership 137 31 27.1 18.6-37.7 19 13.0 7.9-20.5 19 14.8 9.0-23.5 55 37.2 28.5-46.9 13 7.9 4.3-14.0
Mountain AHEC 231 46 16.3 11.4-22.9 39 17.5 10.5-27.8 41 19.0 13.0-26.8 68 30.9 23.1-39.8 37 16.3 10.9-23.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 530 100 20.7 15.2-27.4 72 12.8 9.1-17.6 82 15.5 11.3-20.9 183 33.5 27.5-40.0 93 17.6 12.5-24.1
Piedmont 719 139 20.3 16.2-25.1 123 21.0 16.6-26.2 126 16.0 12.7-20.0 225 29.2 25.0-33.9 106 13.4 10.5-17.1
Western NC 359 72 20.1 14.1-27.8 65 17.7 12.3-25.0 59 15.0 10.9-20.4 107 31.2 24.5-38.7 56 16.0 11.4-21.9

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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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