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Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 4,255 | 3,701 | 85.0 | 83.2-86.7 | 554 | 15.0 | 13.3-16.8 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 208 | 112 | 57.4 | 47.1-67.1 | 96 | 42.6 | 32.9-52.9 |
25-34 | 568 | 389 | 68.2 | 62.5-73.4 | 179 | 31.8 | 26.6-37.5 |
35-44 | 757 | 644 | 85.5 | 81.4-88.9 | 113 | 14.5 | 11.1-18.6 |
45-54 | 831 | 765 | 94.1 | 91.9-95.8 | 66 | 5.9 | 4.2- 8.1 |
55-64 | 725 | 692 | 96.4 | 94.0-97.8 | 33 | 3.6 | 2.2- 6.0 |
65-74 | 625 | 599 | 96.1 | 92.1-98.1 | 26 | 3.9 | 1.9- 7.9 |
75+ | 511 | 473 | 91.9 | 87.7-94.8 | 38 | 8.1 | 5.2-12.3 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 559 | 480 | 85.5 | 80.4-89.4 | 79 | 14.5 | 10.6-19.6 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,264 | 1,064 | 80.9 | 77.0-84.2 | 200 | 19.1 | 15.8-23.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,130 | 986 | 84.3 | 80.3-87.7 | 144 | 15.7 | 12.3-19.7 |
College Graduate | 1,294 | 1,164 | 89.3 | 86.4-91.6 | 130 | 10.7 | 8.4-13.6 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 448 | 378 | 83.8 | 78.1-88.2 | 70 | 16.2 | 11.8-21.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 722 | 598 | 78.1 | 72.7-82.7 | 124 | 21.9 | 17.3-27.3 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 464 | 400 | 79.8 | 72.6-85.6 | 64 | 20.2 | 14.4-27.4 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 569 | 501 | 83.3 | 77.0-88.1 | 68 | 16.7 | 11.9-23.0 |
$50,000-74,999 | 479 | 425 | 89.7 | 85.6-92.7 | 54 | 10.3 | 7.3-14.4 |
$75,000+ | 576 | 533 | 91.7 | 88.0-94.3 | 43 | 8.3 | 5.7-12.0 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
Buncombe | 240 | 212 | 87.3 | 81.7-91.4 | 28 | 12.7 | 8.6-18.3 |
Guilford | 199 | 183 | 91.1 | 84.3-95.1 | 16 | 8.9 | 4.9-15.7 |
Mecklenburg | 176 | 153 | 85.9 | 79.0-90.8 | 23 | 14.1 | 9.2-21.0 |
Orange | 228 | 198 | 79.5 | 66.4-88.4 | 30 | 20.5 | 11.6-33.6 |
Wake | 193 | 169 | 85.7 | 78.6-90.6 | 24 | 14.3 | 9.4-21.4 |
Chatham/Lee | 172 | 152 | 84.4 | 75.1-90.6 | 20 | 15.6 | 9.4-24.9 |
Nash/Wilson | 147 | 128 | 83.6 | 74.6-89.8 | 19 | 16.4 | 10.2-25.4 |
Craven/Pamlico | 215 | 182 | 80.6 | 73.4-86.2 | 33 | 19.4 | 13.8-26.6 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 252 | 222 | 83.5 | 76.3-88.9 | 30 | 16.5 | 11.1-23.7 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 266 | 228 | 76.0 | 63.7-85.1 | 38 | 24.0 | 14.9-36.3 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 182 | 156 | 82.3 | 73.9-88.4 | 26 | 17.7 | 11.6-26.1 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 223 | 187 | 80.8 | 73.8-86.3 | 36 | 19.2 | 13.7-26.2 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 118 | 91 | 74.3 | 64.5-82.2 | 27 | 25.7 | 17.8-35.5 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 168 | 150 | 86.8 | 78.8-92.2 | 18 | 13.2 | 7.8-21.2 |
Northeast NC I | 135 | 115 | 82.1 | 73.1-88.5 | 20 | 17.9 | 11.5-26.9 |
Northeast NC II | 216 | 197 | 88.7 | 82.1-93.1 | 19 | 11.3 | 6.9-17.9 |
Northeastern Partnership | 351 | 312 | 86.9 | 81.8-90.7 | 39 | 13.1 | 9.3-18.2 |
Mountain AHEC | 723 | 622 | 85.5 | 81.5-88.7 | 101 | 14.5 | 11.3-18.5 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 1,293 | 1,118 | 83.7 | 79.7-87.0 | 175 | 16.3 | 13.0-20.3 |
Piedmont | 1,796 | 1,587 | 86.8 | 84.3-89.0 | 209 | 13.2 | 11.0-15.7 |
Western NC | 1,166 | 996 | 81.5 | 77.3-85.1 | 170 | 18.5 | 14.9-22.7 |
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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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