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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 4,314 | 4,012 | 92.9 | 91.6-94.1 | 150 | 3.1 | 2.4- 4.1 | 152 | 3.9 | 3.1- 5.0 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 230 | 206 | 88.4 | 79.4-93.8 | 12 | 4.9 | 1.9-12.3 | 12 | 6.6 | 2.8-14.9 |
25-34 | 586 | 560 | 96.0 | 92.4-98.0 | 12 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.2 | 14 | 2.1 | 0.9- 5.0 |
35-44 | 760 | 734 | 96.9 | 94.9-98.1 | 14 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.7 | 12 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.5 |
45-54 | 835 | 806 | 96.8 | 94.8-98.0 | 15 | 1.7 | 0.9- 3.4 | 14 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.0 |
55-64 | 720 | 691 | 95.2 | 92.1-97.0 | 11 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.2 | 18 | 3.7 | 2.0- 6.8 |
65-74 | 630 | 583 | 93.4 | 90.3-95.6 | 29 | 4.3 | 2.6- 7.2 | 18 | 2.3 | 1.3- 4.1 |
75+ | 524 | 405 | 75.6 | 69.7-80.8 | 57 | 10.5 | 7.1-15.5 | 62 | 13.8 | 10.0-18.8 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 572 | 481 | 83.3 | 78.2-87.4 | 38 | 5.2 | 3.2- 8.6 | 53 | 11.5 | 8.0-16.1 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,274 | 1,169 | 92.3 | 89.4-94.4 | 58 | 4.7 | 2.9- 7.6 | 47 | 3.0 | 2.0- 4.3 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,153 | 1,090 | 93.6 | 90.5-95.8 | 28 | 2.0 | 1.1- 3.4 | 35 | 4.4 | 2.6- 7.5 |
College Graduate | 1,306 | 1,267 | 97.4 | 96.1-98.3 | 25 | 1.7 | 1.0- 2.8 | 14 | 0.9 | 0.4- 1.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 457 | 399 | 83.8 | 77.7-88.4 | 30 | 7.0 | 4.2-11.5 | 28 | 9.2 | 5.7-14.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 735 | 677 | 92.4 | 89.1-94.7 | 25 | 2.8 | 1.6- 4.9 | 33 | 4.8 | 2.9- 7.8 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 472 | 452 | 96.4 | 93.2-98.2 | 10 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.5 | 10 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 573 | 546 | 95.0 | 90.7-97.3 | 16 | 2.7 | 1.0- 6.6 | 11 | 2.4 | 1.0- 5.5 |
$50,000-74,999 | 485 | 469 | 97.7 | 95.7-98.8 | 9 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.3 | 7 | 1.2 | 0.5- 3.2 |
$75,000+ | 577 | 556 | 96.4 | 93.8-98.0 | 16 | 2.4 | 1.3- 4.4 | 5 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.7 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
Buncombe | 242 | 226 | 92.6 | 87.7-95.7 | 8 | 4.0 | 1.9- 8.5 | 8 | 3.3 | 1.6- 6.9 |
Guilford | 199 | 194 | 97.6 | 93.4-99.1 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 5.1 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 5.1 |
Mecklenburg | 181 | 174 | 97.3 | 94.2-98.8 | 4 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.3 | 3 | 1.1 | 0.3- 3.7 |
Orange | 236 | 219 | 89.5 | 78.5-95.2 | 9 | 2.2 | 1.1- 4.5 | 8 | 8.2 | 3.1-20.3 |
Wake | 197 | 185 | 94.0 | 89.2-96.7 | 7 | 4.3 | 2.0- 9.1 | 5 | 1.7 | 0.7- 4.1 |
Chatham/Lee | 173 | 161 | 93.5 | 88.3-96.5 | 9 | 5.1 | 2.5-10.1 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.6 |
Nash/Wilson | 149 | 135 | 90.5 | 83.4-94.8 | 7 | 4.8 | 2.2-10.2 | 7 | 4.7 | 1.9-11.3 |
Craven/Pamlico | 217 | 204 | 93.5 | 88.5-96.5 | 7 | 4.4 | 2.0- 9.6 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.9- 4.6 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 253 | 237 | 93.6 | 88.9-96.4 | 9 | 2.6 | 1.3- 5.2 | 7 | 3.8 | 1.6- 8.7 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 274 | 251 | 92.0 | 87.2-95.1 | 10 | 2.8 | 1.4- 5.6 | 13 | 5.1 | 2.6- 9.8 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 184 | 166 | 89.2 | 81.4-93.9 | 11 | 7.9 | 3.7-16.0 | 7 | 2.9 | 1.3- 6.4 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 228 | 210 | 91.5 | 85.9-95.0 | 10 | 4.1 | 2.0- 8.4 | 8 | 4.4 | 2.0- 9.4 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 118 | 110 | 93.5 | 87.0-96.8 | 6 | 4.5 | 2.0-10.1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.5- 8.2 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 174 | 162 | 92.9 | 87.5-96.1 | 4 | 2.6 | 0.9- 7.0 | 8 | 4.5 | 2.2- 9.2 |
Northeast NC I | 137 | 131 | 96.0 | 90.2-98.4 | 3 | 2.8 | 0.8- 9.3 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.8 |
Northeast NC II | 220 | 204 | 92.0 | 85.9-95.6 | 6 | 4.6 | 1.8-11.3 | 10 | 3.4 | 1.8- 6.4 |
Northeastern Partnership | 357 | 335 | 93.1 | 88.6-95.9 | 9 | 4.1 | 1.9- 8.9 | 13 | 2.8 | 1.6- 5.0 |
Mountain AHEC | 730 | 677 | 92.7 | 89.9-94.8 | 26 | 3.0 | 1.9- 4.8 | 27 | 4.3 | 2.7- 6.8 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,308 | 1,215 | 92.4 | 89.3-94.6 | 42 | 2.4 | 1.6- 3.5 | 51 | 5.2 | 3.2- 8.4 |
Piedmont | 1,820 | 1,697 | 93.1 | 91.1-94.6 | 66 | 3.7 | 2.5- 5.3 | 57 | 3.3 | 2.3- 4.6 |
Western NC | 1,186 | 1,100 | 93.2 | 91.2-94.9 | 42 | 2.6 | 1.8- 3.8 | 44 | 4.1 | 2.8- 6.0 |
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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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