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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 | 4,314 | 1,434 | 35.0 | 32.8-37.2 | 1,500 | 32.7 | 30.6-34.8 | 1,380 | 32.4 | 30.3-34.5 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 230 | 109 | 44.0 | 34.6-53.8 | 53 | 24.5 | 17.3-33.6 | 68 | 31.5 | 23.2-41.2 |
25-34 | 586 | 232 | 40.2 | 34.7-45.9 | 164 | 28.1 | 23.2-33.5 | 190 | 31.7 | 26.6-37.3 |
35-44 | 760 | 283 | 38.9 | 34.1-44.0 | 246 | 28.6 | 24.3-33.2 | 231 | 32.5 | 27.9-37.5 |
45-54 | 835 | 267 | 32.0 | 27.5-36.9 | 329 | 39.2 | 34.5-44.2 | 239 | 28.8 | 24.4-33.6 |
55-64 | 720 | 238 | 34.0 | 29.0-39.3 | 238 | 30.9 | 26.1-36.0 | 244 | 35.2 | 30.0-40.7 |
65-74 | 630 | 190 | 31.6 | 26.3-37.3 | 247 | 37.2 | 32.0-42.8 | 193 | 31.2 | 26.2-36.6 |
75+ | 524 | 102 | 19.3 | 14.7-24.9 | 218 | 43.2 | 37.1-49.6 | 204 | 37.4 | 31.7-43.6 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 572 | 151 | 23.5 | 18.9-28.8 | 190 | 33.6 | 28.0-39.7 | 231 | 42.9 | 36.8-49.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,274 | 398 | 33.2 | 29.3-37.3 | 436 | 31.6 | 27.8-35.5 | 440 | 35.3 | 31.3-39.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,153 | 418 | 38.8 | 34.5-43.4 | 400 | 32.7 | 28.8-36.9 | 335 | 28.4 | 24.6-32.6 |
College Graduate | 1,306 | 467 | 38.4 | 34.6-42.4 | 470 | 33.1 | 29.6-36.8 | 369 | 28.5 | 25.1-32.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 457 | 141 | 25.6 | 20.4-31.7 | 159 | 33.5 | 27.6-40.1 | 157 | 40.8 | 33.9-48.2 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 735 | 247 | 32.7 | 27.7-38.1 | 234 | 32.8 | 27.7-38.4 | 254 | 34.5 | 29.4-39.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 472 | 153 | 33.3 | 26.8-40.6 | 173 | 32.0 | 26.0-38.8 | 146 | 34.6 | 27.9-42.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 573 | 207 | 36.3 | 30.4-42.7 | 199 | 34.7 | 29.1-40.8 | 167 | 29.0 | 23.5-35.1 |
$50,000-74,999 | 485 | 157 | 36.8 | 30.9-43.1 | 176 | 33.5 | 27.9-39.6 | 152 | 29.7 | 24.5-35.6 |
$75,000+ | 577 | 210 | 38.5 | 33.2-44.1 | 218 | 36.7 | 31.5-42.2 | 149 | 24.8 | 20.4-29.9 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
Buncombe | 242 | 76 | 35.5 | 28.7-43.0 | 101 | 39.0 | 32.4-46.0 | 65 | 25.4 | 19.9-31.8 |
Guilford | 199 | 59 | 31.6 | 24.2-40.0 | 78 | 39.1 | 31.6-47.2 | 62 | 29.3 | 22.7-37.0 |
Mecklenburg | 181 | 62 | 35.9 | 28.4-44.1 | 56 | 29.7 | 22.9-37.5 | 63 | 34.5 | 27.2-42.5 |
Orange | 236 | 76 | 34.8 | 25.5-45.5 | 96 | 36.2 | 25.4-48.5 | 64 | 29.0 | 20.1-40.0 |
Wake | 197 | 71 | 34.7 | 27.8-42.4 | 66 | 33.0 | 26.1-40.8 | 60 | 32.2 | 25.1-40.3 |
Chatham/Lee | 173 | 62 | 37.4 | 29.5-46.0 | 62 | 36.7 | 29.1-45.2 | 49 | 25.8 | 19.3-33.6 |
Nash/Wilson | 149 | 46 | 29.9 | 22.6-38.4 | 62 | 39.7 | 31.3-48.7 | 41 | 30.4 | 22.5-39.6 |
Craven/Pamlico | 217 | 75 | 37.7 | 30.6-45.4 | 73 | 29.5 | 23.6-36.1 | 69 | 32.8 | 26.2-40.1 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 253 | 74 | 30.0 | 23.7-37.2 | 88 | 37.8 | 30.9-45.2 | 91 | 32.2 | 26.2-38.8 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 274 | 97 | 36.6 | 27.6-46.6 | 80 | 27.1 | 20.9-34.4 | 97 | 36.3 | 28.6-44.8 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 184 | 60 | 30.1 | 22.0-39.5 | 70 | 37.2 | 28.3-46.9 | 54 | 32.8 | 24.3-42.6 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 228 | 81 | 39.8 | 32.2-48.0 | 76 | 31.0 | 24.7-38.2 | 71 | 29.2 | 23.0-36.2 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 118 | 43 | 40.4 | 31.0-50.5 | 34 | 25.7 | 18.1-35.0 | 41 | 33.9 | 25.4-43.6 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 174 | 63 | 40.2 | 32.1-48.8 | 57 | 28.6 | 21.9-36.4 | 54 | 31.2 | 24.0-39.5 |
Northeast NC I | 137 | 41 | 33.8 | 25.6-43.2 | 47 | 32.4 | 24.4-41.5 | 49 | 33.8 | 25.9-42.6 |
Northeast NC II | 220 | 69 | 29.1 | 22.9-36.2 | 82 | 40.7 | 33.4-48.4 | 69 | 30.2 | 23.8-37.4 |
Northeastern Partnership | 357 | 110 | 30.4 | 25.3-36.1 | 129 | 38.4 | 32.6-44.5 | 118 | 31.2 | 26.0-36.9 |
Mountain AHEC | 730 | 230 | 32.2 | 27.7-37.1 | 280 | 37.9 | 33.3-42.7 | 220 | 29.9 | 25.6-34.4 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,308 | 441 | 35.0 | 31.0-39.2 | 434 | 30.0 | 26.4-34.0 | 433 | 35.0 | 30.9-39.3 |
Piedmont | 1,820 | 608 | 35.0 | 31.9-38.2 | 644 | 33.1 | 30.2-36.2 | 568 | 31.9 | 28.9-35.0 |
Western NC | 1,186 | 385 | 35.0 | 30.9-39.3 | 422 | 35.1 | 31.3-39.1 | 379 | 30.0 | 26.4-33.7 |
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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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