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Yes | Yes, during pregnancy | No | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 4,354 | 1,358 | 28.4 | 26.4-30.4 | 85 | 2.4 | 1.8- 3.1 | 2,911 | 69.3 | 67.2-71.3 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 231 | 15 | 9.1 | 4.3-18.2 | 9 | 3.4 | 1.5- 8.0 | 207 | 87.4 | 78.6-93.0 |
25-34 | 591 | 40 | 6.2 | 4.0- 9.6 | 27 | 5.4 | 3.4- 8.6 | 524 | 88.3 | 84.2-91.5 |
35-44 | 764 | 96 | 12.9 | 9.7-17.0 | 28 | 3.8 | 2.4- 6.0 | 640 | 83.3 | 79.0-86.9 |
45-54 | 841 | 216 | 26.4 | 22.1-31.1 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.8 | 616 | 72.6 | 67.8-76.9 |
55-64 | 729 | 307 | 44.5 | 39.2-50.0 | 9 | 1.3 | 0.6- 3.1 | 413 | 54.1 | 48.7-59.5 |
65-74 | 634 | 349 | 56.2 | 50.6-61.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0- 0.3 | 284 | 43.7 | 38.2-49.4 |
75+ | 533 | 323 | 59.8 | 53.6-65.8 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 1.1 | 209 | 40.0 | 34.1-46.3 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 581 | 320 | 50.2 | 44.0-56.4 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.5- 4.3 | 256 | 48.3 | 42.1-54.6 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,288 | 454 | 33.2 | 29.4-37.2 | 27 | 3.0 | 1.8- 5.0 | 807 | 63.9 | 59.8-67.7 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,163 | 338 | 25.6 | 22.0-29.7 | 24 | 2.0 | 1.1- 3.7 | 801 | 72.4 | 68.3-76.2 |
College Graduate | 1,313 | 242 | 16.3 | 13.6-19.3 | 29 | 2.5 | 1.6- 3.8 | 1,042 | 81.2 | 78.1-84.0 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 460 | 227 | 45.7 | 39.0-52.6 | 6 | 1.3 | 0.4- 4.1 | 227 | 53.0 | 46.1-59.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 737 | 257 | 32.1 | 27.2-37.3 | 14 | 2.3 | 1.1- 4.6 | 466 | 65.7 | 60.3-70.7 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 478 | 136 | 24.8 | 19.2-31.5 | 9 | 2.4 | 0.8- 6.9 | 333 | 72.7 | 65.8-78.7 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 575 | 142 | 22.3 | 17.7-27.7 | 12 | 2.6 | 1.2- 5.4 | 421 | 75.1 | 69.6-80.0 |
$50,000-74,999 | 488 | 101 | 20.6 | 15.9-26.1 | 15 | 2.9 | 1.5- 5.5 | 372 | 76.5 | 70.8-81.4 |
$75,000+ | 581 | 100 | 17.7 | 13.7-22.6 | 13 | 2.9 | 1.5- 5.6 | 468 | 79.4 | 74.3-83.7 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
Buncombe | 245 | 88 | 33.5 | 27.3-40.3 | 6 | 2.7 | 1.0- 7.2 | 151 | 63.9 | 56.9-70.3 |
Guilford | 201 | 58 | 27.4 | 20.8-35.2 | 8 | 4.0 | 1.9- 8.0 | 135 | 68.6 | 60.7-75.5 |
Mecklenburg | 182 | 43 | 23.9 | 17.5-31.8 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.4- 5.7 | 137 | 74.6 | 66.7-81.2 |
Orange | 237 | 51 | 13.0 | 9.0-18.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 186 | 87.0 | 81.5-91.0 |
Wake | 197 | 35 | 15.3 | 10.7-21.4 | 7 | 3.0 | 1.4- 6.4 | 155 | 81.7 | 75.4-86.7 |
Chatham/Lee | 175 | 65 | 35.5 | 27.9-43.9 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.9 | 107 | 63.3 | 54.9-70.9 |
Nash/Wilson | 151 | 63 | 36.1 | 28.4-44.6 | 4 | 5.3 | 1.8-14.4 | 84 | 58.6 | 49.7-67.0 |
Craven/Pamlico | 221 | 83 | 34.9 | 28.4-42.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.5 | 137 | 64.6 | 57.5-71.1 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 257 | 80 | 27.4 | 21.7-33.9 | 6 | 1.7 | 0.7- 4.3 | 171 | 70.8 | 64.2-76.7 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 274 | 77 | 21.5 | 16.1-28.2 | 6 | 2.5 | 1.0- 6.0 | 191 | 76.0 | 69.0-81.8 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 185 | 59 | 29.0 | 20.9-38.7 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.8 | 124 | 70.1 | 60.4-78.2 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 228 | 79 | 30.4 | 23.6-38.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.7 | 148 | 69.4 | 61.6-76.2 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 119 | 39 | 28.4 | 20.7-37.6 | 3 | 2.9 | 0.9- 9.0 | 77 | 68.7 | 59.3-76.8 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 177 | 62 | 31.1 | 24.3-38.9 | 5 | 3.4 | 1.4- 8.2 | 110 | 65.4 | 57.5-72.6 |
Northeast NC I | 138 | 40 | 26.4 | 19.4-35.0 | 3 | 1.9 | 0.4- 7.5 | 95 | 71.7 | 63.0-79.0 |
Northeast NC II | 220 | 70 | 29.9 | 23.7-37.0 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.8 | 147 | 68.9 | 61.8-75.2 |
Northeastern Partnership | 358 | 110 | 29.0 | 24.0-34.5 | 6 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.4 | 242 | 69.7 | 64.1-74.7 |
Mountain AHEC | 736 | 242 | 29.5 | 25.3-34.1 | 10 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.0 | 484 | 69.1 | 64.5-73.4 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,325 | 452 | 30.9 | 27.2-34.8 | 25 | 2.4 | 1.4- 4.1 | 848 | 66.7 | 62.7-70.5 |
Piedmont | 1,835 | 521 | 26.9 | 24.2-29.9 | 38 | 2.3 | 1.5- 3.5 | 1,276 | 70.8 | 67.8-73.6 |
Western NC | 1,194 | 385 | 29.0 | 25.5-32.8 | 22 | 2.6 | 1.4- 4.5 | 787 | 68.5 | 64.6-72.1 |
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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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