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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 | 4,316 | 3,115 | 72.0 | 69.9-74.0 | 584 | 13.2 | 11.7-14.9 | 617 | 14.8 | 13.2-16.5 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 230 | 172 | 69.2 | 59.0-77.9 | 26 | 14.1 | 7.7-24.2 | 32 | 16.7 | 10.7-25.3 |
25-34 | 586 | 468 | 80.8 | 75.8-84.9 | 58 | 9.7 | 6.8-13.5 | 60 | 9.6 | 6.7-13.6 |
35-44 | 760 | 585 | 77.8 | 73.4-81.7 | 89 | 10.6 | 8.0-13.9 | 86 | 11.6 | 8.7-15.3 |
45-54 | 835 | 649 | 76.4 | 71.9-80.4 | 91 | 11.8 | 8.9-15.5 | 95 | 11.8 | 9.0-15.4 |
55-64 | 720 | 532 | 73.9 | 68.6-78.6 | 87 | 10.5 | 7.7-14.2 | 101 | 15.6 | 11.7-20.5 |
65-74 | 631 | 408 | 64.2 | 58.5-69.5 | 120 | 19.1 | 14.9-24.1 | 103 | 16.8 | 12.8-21.6 |
75+ | 525 | 277 | 47.7 | 41.5-54.0 | 111 | 23.7 | 18.8-29.5 | 137 | 28.6 | 23.0-34.9 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 574 | 329 | 55.2 | 48.8-61.4 | 107 | 19.3 | 14.9-24.7 | 138 | 25.5 | 20.2-31.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,274 | 901 | 72.2 | 68.3-75.8 | 175 | 11.1 | 9.0-13.8 | 198 | 16.6 | 13.6-20.2 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,153 | 860 | 72.3 | 67.9-76.3 | 154 | 16.4 | 13.0-20.4 | 139 | 11.4 | 8.9-14.5 |
College Graduate | 1,306 | 1,019 | 78.9 | 75.6-81.8 | 146 | 9.6 | 7.6-12.0 | 141 | 11.5 | 9.3-14.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 458 | 303 | 62.0 | 54.7-68.7 | 65 | 16.4 | 11.9-22.1 | 90 | 21.6 | 15.8-28.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 735 | 496 | 70.2 | 65.0-74.9 | 130 | 16.5 | 12.8-21.0 | 109 | 13.3 | 10.1-17.3 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 472 | 364 | 78.2 | 71.7-83.5 | 53 | 10.5 | 7.1-15.3 | 55 | 11.3 | 7.3-17.1 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 573 | 433 | 74.5 | 68.5-79.7 | 72 | 12.6 | 9.0-17.2 | 68 | 12.9 | 9.1-18.2 |
$50,000-74,999 | 485 | 376 | 78.4 | 72.8-83.1 | 56 | 10.8 | 7.3-15.5 | 53 | 10.8 | 7.6-15.2 |
$75,000+ | 577 | 468 | 81.0 | 76.3-85.0 | 62 | 11.5 | 8.3-15.7 | 47 | 7.5 | 5.1-10.8 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
Buncombe | 242 | 166 | 70.2 | 63.5-76.1 | 40 | 15.6 | 11.3-21.1 | 36 | 14.2 | 10.0-19.8 |
Guilford | 199 | 146 | 73.5 | 65.6-80.2 | 31 | 14.6 | 9.8-21.1 | 22 | 11.9 | 7.3-19.0 |
Mecklenburg | 181 | 136 | 75.4 | 67.8-81.6 | 23 | 10.4 | 6.7-15.8 | 22 | 14.3 | 9.3-21.3 |
Orange | 236 | 172 | 70.4 | 57.1-81.0 | 28 | 18.7 | 9.1-34.8 | 36 | 10.8 | 7.3-15.8 |
Wake | 197 | 145 | 74.2 | 66.5-80.6 | 22 | 8.9 | 5.7-13.7 | 30 | 16.9 | 11.3-24.5 |
Chatham/Lee | 173 | 133 | 78.6 | 71.4-84.4 | 19 | 10.7 | 6.6-16.7 | 21 | 10.7 | 6.8-16.5 |
Nash/Wilson | 149 | 107 | 72.3 | 63.5-79.6 | 22 | 13.9 | 8.8-21.3 | 20 | 13.8 | 8.6-21.5 |
Craven/Pamlico | 217 | 143 | 67.5 | 60.2-74.1 | 35 | 14.6 | 10.3-20.3 | 39 | 17.9 | 12.8-24.5 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 254 | 185 | 74.2 | 67.6-80.0 | 34 | 13.3 | 9.0-19.4 | 35 | 12.4 | 8.7-17.4 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 274 | 215 | 78.4 | 71.5-84.0 | 25 | 8.4 | 5.5-12.7 | 34 | 13.2 | 8.8-19.3 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 184 | 131 | 74.9 | 66.0-82.1 | 24 | 10.5 | 6.5-16.5 | 29 | 14.6 | 8.9-23.1 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 228 | 170 | 75.7 | 68.5-81.6 | 32 | 11.9 | 8.1-17.1 | 26 | 12.5 | 8.0-19.0 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 118 | 81 | 69.6 | 59.9-77.8 | 18 | 13.7 | 8.3-21.7 | 19 | 16.7 | 10.6-25.3 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 174 | 126 | 75.1 | 67.6-81.4 | 19 | 10.9 | 6.7-17.2 | 29 | 14.0 | 9.5-20.2 |
Northeast NC I | 137 | 102 | 75.8 | 67.2-82.7 | 20 | 13.7 | 8.5-21.2 | 15 | 10.5 | 6.2-17.3 |
Northeast NC II | 220 | 161 | 74.8 | 68.0-80.6 | 27 | 11.6 | 7.7-17.0 | 32 | 13.6 | 9.4-19.3 |
Northeastern Partnership | 357 | 263 | 75.1 | 69.7-79.8 | 47 | 12.1 | 8.9-16.4 | 47 | 12.8 | 9.4-17.1 |
Mountain AHEC | 730 | 513 | 68.9 | 64.3-73.3 | 119 | 17.1 | 13.7-21.0 | 98 | 14.0 | 10.9-17.8 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,308 | 919 | 69.0 | 64.6-73.0 | 188 | 14.7 | 11.7-18.4 | 201 | 16.3 | 13.1-20.1 |
Piedmont | 1,821 | 1,336 | 73.4 | 70.5-76.2 | 228 | 11.9 | 9.9-14.2 | 257 | 14.7 | 12.5-17.1 |
Western NC | 1,187 | 860 | 72.0 | 68.2-75.6 | 168 | 15.0 | 12.2-18.4 | 159 | 13.0 | 10.6-15.8 |
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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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