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Within Last 5 Years | Currently | No | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 1,560 | 490 | 31.9 | 28.6-35.4 | 61 | 4.8 | 3.5- 6.7 | 1,009 | 63.3 | 59.7-66.7 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 227 | 80 | 33.1 | 24.9-42.6 | 12 | 4.9 | 2.0-11.2 | 135 | 62.0 | 52.4-70.8 |
25-34 | 581 | 249 | 43.4 | 37.8-49.2 | 38 | 7.9 | 5.3-11.6 | 294 | 48.7 | 43.0-54.4 |
35-44 | 752 | 161 | 21.8 | 18.0-26.2 | 11 | 2.3 | 1.2- 4.5 | 580 | 75.9 | 71.4-79.9 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 105 | 28 | 29.2 | 18.4-43.0 | 4 | 7.9 | 2.2-24.1 | 73 | 63.0 | 48.6-75.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 379 | 124 | 33.2 | 26.6-40.6 | 9 | 2.6 | 1.2- 5.6 | 246 | 64.2 | 56.8-71.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 448 | 149 | 35.7 | 29.2-42.8 | 15 | 2.9 | 1.2- 6.8 | 284 | 61.4 | 54.3-68.1 |
College Graduate | 627 | 189 | 28.4 | 23.9-33.3 | 33 | 7.3 | 4.9-10.8 | 405 | 64.3 | 59.0-69.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 114 | 34 | 42.5 | 29.4-56.7 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.6 | 78 | 56.9 | 42.8-69.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 264 | 79 | 33.5 | 25.3-43.0 | 8 | 6.1 | 2.3-15.0 | 177 | 60.4 | 50.9-69.2 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 198 | 55 | 32.7 | 23.2-43.7 | 4 | 2.9 | 1.0- 8.4 | 139 | 64.4 | 53.4-74.2 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 250 | 77 | 30.5 | 22.7-39.8 | 15 | 6.1 | 3.1-11.7 | 158 | 63.4 | 54.1-71.7 |
$50,000-74,999 | 222 | 75 | 33.5 | 25.7-42.3 | 11 | 5.9 | 2.8-12.1 | 136 | 60.5 | 51.5-68.9 |
$75,000+ | 267 | 90 | 30.9 | 24.3-38.4 | 13 | 5.8 | 3.0-10.7 | 164 | 63.3 | 55.6-70.4 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
Buncombe | 76 | 22 | 28.7 | 18.8-41.2 | 5 | 6.4 | 2.6-15.0 | 49 | 64.9 | 52.1-75.7 |
Guilford | 68 | 23 | 43.6 | 30.2-58.0 | 6 | 9.0 | 3.9-19.3 | 39 | 47.4 | 34.2-61.1 |
Mecklenburg | 69 | 27 | 35.6 | 24.7-48.2 | 6 | 11.2 | 5.1-22.8 | 36 | 53.2 | 40.5-65.5 |
Orange | 106 | 26 | 26.7 | 13.9-45.1 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.4- 8.0 | 78 | 71.4 | 53.5-84.5 |
Wake | 98 | 28 | 26.2 | 18.0-36.4 | 5 | 4.4 | 1.7-11.0 | 65 | 69.4 | 58.9-78.2 |
Chatham/Lee | 49 | 20 | 35.7 | 22.8-51.1 | 2 | 5.4 | 1.3-19.1 | 27 | 58.9 | 43.2-73.0 |
Nash/Wilson | 47 | 15 | 36.1 | 22.2-52.9 | 1 | 1.8 | 0.3-12.1 | 31 | 62.0 | 45.5-76.2 |
Craven/Pamlico | 82 | 30 | 41.9 | 30.4-54.4 | 5 | 7.6 | 2.8-18.7 | 47 | 50.5 | 38.4-62.5 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 88 | 33 | 37.6 | 26.7-49.9 | 2 | 2.3 | 0.6- 9.0 | 53 | 60.1 | 47.8-71.2 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 110 | 32 | 37.5 | 22.8-54.8 | 2 | 3.1 | 0.6-14.1 | 76 | 59.4 | 42.8-74.2 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 62 | 27 | 43.3 | 28.7-59.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 35 | 56.7 | 40.9-71.3 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 77 | 18 | 19.7 | 12.0-30.4 | 2 | 3.7 | 0.8-14.9 | 57 | 76.7 | 65.1-85.3 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 51 | 14 | 29.6 | 17.9-44.7 | 2 | 5.9 | 1.3-22.6 | 35 | 64.5 | 49.2-77.4 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 63 | 15 | 25.3 | 14.7-40.1 | 3 | 5.1 | 1.5-15.6 | 45 | 69.6 | 54.8-81.2 |
Northeast NC I | 49 | 22 | 48.2 | 33.9-62.9 | 1 | 1.8 | 0.3-11.8 | 26 | 50.0 | 35.5-64.5 |
Northeast NC II | 72 | 21 | 27.5 | 17.9-39.7 | 2 | 4.3 | 1.0-17.2 | 49 | 68.2 | 55.4-78.7 |
Northeastern Partnership | 121 | 43 | 33.4 | 24.9-43.2 | 3 | 3.6 | 1.0-12.5 | 75 | 63.0 | 52.9-72.1 |
Mountain AHEC | 218 | 62 | 31.7 | 23.8-40.7 | 8 | 3.9 | 1.6- 9.1 | 148 | 64.5 | 55.4-72.6 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 486 | 151 | 32.1 | 26.0-38.8 | 19 | 5.0 | 2.5-10.0 | 316 | 62.9 | 55.9-69.4 |
Piedmont | 672 | 220 | 30.9 | 26.4-35.7 | 30 | 5.3 | 3.5- 7.9 | 422 | 63.8 | 58.8-68.6 |
Western NC | 402 | 119 | 34.9 | 27.8-42.7 | 12 | 3.0 | 1.5- 6.0 | 271 | 62.1 | 54.4-69.3 |
*Derived from the two pregnancy questions. Asked only of females age 18 to 45.
^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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