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Yes | No | Don't know/Not sure | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 4,318 | 2,777 | 61.9 | 59.6-64.1 | 867 | 21.8 | 19.9-23.8 | 674 | 16.3 | 14.7-18.1 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 230 | 106 | 47.4 | 37.9-57.2 | 69 | 29.3 | 21.5-38.5 | 55 | 23.2 | 16.2-32.2 |
25-34 | 586 | 315 | 52.5 | 46.7-58.2 | 152 | 27.5 | 22.5-33.0 | 119 | 20.0 | 15.8-25.0 |
35-44 | 760 | 483 | 65.1 | 60.0-69.8 | 158 | 20.5 | 16.5-25.1 | 119 | 14.5 | 11.3-18.3 |
45-54 | 835 | 592 | 70.1 | 65.2-74.6 | 140 | 18.0 | 14.4-22.4 | 103 | 11.9 | 8.9-15.6 |
55-64 | 720 | 525 | 68.3 | 62.6-73.6 | 102 | 15.7 | 11.8-20.7 | 93 | 16.0 | 11.9-21.0 |
65-74 | 631 | 447 | 70.0 | 64.4-75.1 | 111 | 17.5 | 13.4-22.4 | 73 | 12.5 | 9.1-17.0 |
75+ | 527 | 287 | 52.7 | 46.4-59.0 | 133 | 27.6 | 22.2-33.7 | 107 | 19.7 | 15.2-25.1 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 575 | 309 | 49.7 | 43.5-55.9 | 130 | 26.7 | 21.2-33.0 | 136 | 23.6 | 18.6-29.5 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,274 | 796 | 58.7 | 54.4-62.9 | 271 | 24.6 | 20.9-28.8 | 207 | 16.7 | 13.6-20.2 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,153 | 762 | 64.1 | 59.7-68.2 | 226 | 20.1 | 16.8-23.9 | 165 | 15.8 | 12.8-19.4 |
College Graduate | 1,307 | 905 | 68.3 | 64.5-71.9 | 238 | 18.4 | 15.5-21.6 | 164 | 13.4 | 10.8-16.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 458 | 272 | 56.4 | 49.3-63.3 | 99 | 21.8 | 16.8-27.8 | 87 | 21.8 | 15.8-29.2 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 735 | 449 | 56.0 | 50.3-61.5 | 157 | 27.1 | 22.1-32.8 | 129 | 16.9 | 13.1-21.5 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 472 | 301 | 61.5 | 54.2-68.3 | 105 | 25.0 | 18.9-32.2 | 66 | 13.5 | 9.7-18.6 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 573 | 375 | 62.6 | 56.2-68.6 | 116 | 22.8 | 17.7-28.9 | 82 | 14.6 | 10.6-19.8 |
$50,000-74,999 | 485 | 322 | 67.6 | 61.5-73.2 | 98 | 18.6 | 14.2-24.1 | 65 | 13.7 | 10.0-18.5 |
$75,000+ | 577 | 411 | 68.6 | 63.0-73.6 | 93 | 17.6 | 13.5-22.5 | 73 | 13.9 | 10.4-18.4 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
Buncombe | 243 | 162 | 66.7 | 59.7-73.0 | 51 | 22.9 | 17.4-29.5 | 30 | 10.4 | 7.2-15.0 |
Guilford | 199 | 140 | 66.1 | 57.5-73.8 | 37 | 20.3 | 14.1-28.2 | 22 | 13.6 | 8.3-21.4 |
Mecklenburg | 181 | 119 | 66.0 | 57.9-73.2 | 29 | 18.4 | 12.7-26.0 | 33 | 15.6 | 10.8-22.0 |
Orange | 236 | 148 | 49.8 | 38.7-61.0 | 45 | 28.1 | 17.4-42.0 | 43 | 22.1 | 14.0-33.2 |
Wake | 197 | 127 | 64.7 | 56.8-71.9 | 38 | 16.7 | 12.0-22.7 | 32 | 18.6 | 12.8-26.3 |
Chatham/Lee | 173 | 109 | 59.8 | 51.1-68.0 | 41 | 24.5 | 18.1-32.1 | 23 | 15.7 | 9.6-24.5 |
Nash/Wilson | 149 | 96 | 61.3 | 52.1-69.8 | 31 | 21.3 | 14.9-29.5 | 22 | 17.4 | 11.1-26.1 |
Craven/Pamlico | 218 | 137 | 60.4 | 52.8-67.5 | 49 | 24.0 | 18.1-31.2 | 32 | 15.6 | 10.8-22.1 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 254 | 176 | 66.2 | 58.8-72.8 | 47 | 21.1 | 15.4-28.3 | 31 | 12.7 | 8.7-18.3 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 274 | 182 | 60.5 | 50.7-69.5 | 41 | 16.9 | 12.0-23.2 | 51 | 22.6 | 14.1-34.3 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 184 | 118 | 65.3 | 56.0-73.6 | 37 | 19.7 | 13.3-28.2 | 29 | 15.0 | 9.9-22.2 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 228 | 155 | 67.1 | 59.5-73.9 | 47 | 20.4 | 15.0-27.0 | 26 | 12.5 | 8.2-18.8 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 118 | 69 | 56.5 | 46.6-65.9 | 24 | 20.7 | 13.7-30.0 | 25 | 22.8 | 15.6-32.1 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 174 | 106 | 60.0 | 51.7-67.8 | 32 | 17.7 | 12.2-24.8 | 36 | 22.3 | 16.2-29.8 |
Northeast NC I | 137 | 82 | 58.9 | 49.6-67.5 | 29 | 23.0 | 16.0-32.0 | 26 | 18.1 | 12.3-25.9 |
Northeast NC II | 220 | 132 | 57.8 | 50.2-65.1 | 48 | 25.1 | 18.7-32.8 | 40 | 17.1 | 12.4-23.1 |
Northeastern Partnership | 357 | 214 | 58.1 | 52.0-64.0 | 77 | 24.5 | 19.4-30.5 | 66 | 17.4 | 13.5-22.1 |
Mountain AHEC | 731 | 485 | 64.3 | 59.4-68.9 | 157 | 22.9 | 19.0-27.4 | 89 | 12.8 | 9.8-16.5 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,309 | 804 | 60.0 | 55.6-64.1 | 279 | 23.0 | 19.5-26.9 | 226 | 17.1 | 14.0-20.6 |
Piedmont | 1,821 | 1,186 | 62.0 | 58.8-65.2 | 348 | 20.9 | 18.2-23.8 | 287 | 17.1 | 14.8-19.8 |
Western NC | 1,188 | 787 | 64.2 | 60.0-68.2 | 240 | 22.9 | 19.5-26.7 | 161 | 12.9 | 10.3-16.0 |
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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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