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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 | 4,308 | 3,286 | 76.7 | 74.7-78.5 | 244 | 5.5 | 4.5- 6.7 | 778 | 17.8 | 16.2-19.6 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 228 | 160 | 71.8 | 62.5-79.5 | 19 | 8.3 | 4.3-15.5 | 49 | 19.9 | 13.6-28.3 |
25-34 | 586 | 430 | 73.2 | 67.9-78.0 | 34 | 7.5 | 4.7-11.6 | 122 | 19.3 | 15.3-24.0 |
35-44 | 759 | 601 | 80.5 | 76.0-84.3 | 34 | 2.4 | 1.5- 3.9 | 124 | 17.1 | 13.4-21.5 |
45-54 | 835 | 690 | 83.0 | 79.0-86.3 | 33 | 3.8 | 2.3- 6.1 | 112 | 13.3 | 10.3-16.9 |
55-64 | 719 | 595 | 82.1 | 77.2-86.1 | 38 | 5.3 | 3.2- 8.6 | 86 | 12.6 | 9.2-17.0 |
65-74 | 630 | 482 | 78.9 | 74.2-83.0 | 37 | 5.1 | 3.2- 8.1 | 111 | 15.9 | 12.4-20.3 |
75+ | 522 | 306 | 59.1 | 52.8-65.1 | 49 | 9.4 | 6.3-13.7 | 167 | 31.5 | 26.0-37.6 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 569 | 334 | 57.9 | 51.6-64.0 | 57 | 9.6 | 6.6-13.9 | 178 | 32.4 | 26.8-38.6 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,272 | 910 | 72.7 | 68.8-76.3 | 84 | 6.6 | 4.7- 9.0 | 278 | 20.7 | 17.5-24.3 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,153 | 926 | 81.0 | 77.4-84.2 | 63 | 4.8 | 3.1- 7.3 | 164 | 14.2 | 11.5-17.3 |
College Graduate | 1,305 | 1,112 | 84.8 | 81.6-87.5 | 39 | 3.2 | 2.0- 5.0 | 154 | 12.0 | 9.6-15.0 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 456 | 301 | 64.5 | 57.7-70.8 | 36 | 9.7 | 6.1-15.3 | 119 | 25.7 | 20.5-31.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 732 | 532 | 72.2 | 67.0-76.9 | 43 | 5.6 | 3.7- 8.2 | 157 | 22.2 | 17.9-27.2 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 472 | 363 | 78.2 | 71.9-83.5 | 31 | 7.7 | 4.3-13.4 | 78 | 14.1 | 10.3-19.1 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 572 | 469 | 77.5 | 71.2-82.7 | 26 | 5.9 | 3.4-10.2 | 77 | 16.6 | 12.0-22.4 |
$50,000-74,999 | 485 | 387 | 79.9 | 74.3-84.5 | 27 | 5.8 | 3.2-10.4 | 71 | 14.3 | 10.6-19.1 |
$75,000+ | 576 | 497 | 87.8 | 83.8-91.0 | 19 | 2.6 | 1.4- 4.7 | 60 | 9.6 | 6.8-13.4 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
Buncombe | 242 | 195 | 79.6 | 73.1-84.8 | 12 | 5.8 | 3.3-10.3 | 35 | 14.6 | 10.1-20.5 |
Guilford | 199 | 154 | 79.0 | 72.1-84.5 | 11 | 4.8 | 2.6- 8.9 | 34 | 16.2 | 11.4-22.6 |
Mecklenburg | 181 | 147 | 80.4 | 73.2-86.1 | 8 | 4.6 | 2.1- 9.5 | 26 | 15.0 | 10.1-21.7 |
Orange | 236 | 192 | 77.3 | 65.2-86.1 | 8 | 2.2 | 1.1- 4.6 | 36 | 20.4 | 11.9-32.9 |
Wake | 196 | 159 | 80.7 | 73.3-86.4 | 3 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.6 | 34 | 17.5 | 12.0-24.7 |
Chatham/Lee | 172 | 140 | 84.2 | 77.9-89.0 | 8 | 3.8 | 1.8- 7.8 | 24 | 12.0 | 7.9-17.7 |
Nash/Wilson | 149 | 120 | 79.3 | 70.6-86.0 | 6 | 5.8 | 2.4-13.2 | 23 | 14.9 | 9.5-22.7 |
Craven/Pamlico | 217 | 167 | 76.2 | 69.2-82.0 | 15 | 7.0 | 4.1-11.7 | 35 | 16.7 | 11.7-23.3 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 253 | 177 | 71.2 | 64.5-77.0 | 17 | 5.8 | 3.4- 9.6 | 59 | 23.0 | 17.7-29.4 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 274 | 194 | 69.2 | 61.1-76.3 | 13 | 4.5 | 2.4- 8.3 | 67 | 26.3 | 19.7-34.1 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 184 | 141 | 76.6 | 68.3-83.2 | 13 | 8.0 | 4.1-14.8 | 30 | 15.4 | 10.4-22.3 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 227 | 172 | 77.0 | 70.3-82.5 | 12 | 4.4 | 2.4- 7.8 | 43 | 18.6 | 13.6-25.1 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 118 | 83 | 66.7 | 56.6-75.5 | 11 | 10.1 | 5.2-18.5 | 24 | 23.2 | 15.8-32.8 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 174 | 132 | 74.1 | 65.7-81.1 | 13 | 8.8 | 4.6-16.3 | 29 | 17.0 | 11.6-24.3 |
Northeast NC I | 137 | 98 | 72.6 | 63.8-79.9 | 11 | 7.4 | 3.9-13.6 | 28 | 20.0 | 13.7-28.3 |
Northeast NC II | 220 | 162 | 75.3 | 68.2-81.2 | 15 | 7.7 | 4.2-13.8 | 43 | 17.0 | 12.3-23.0 |
Northeastern Partnership | 357 | 260 | 74.5 | 69.0-79.4 | 26 | 7.6 | 4.7-12.1 | 71 | 17.8 | 13.9-22.6 |
Mountain AHEC | 728 | 558 | 77.4 | 73.3-81.1 | 42 | 5.6 | 3.9- 8.1 | 128 | 17.0 | 13.7-20.8 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,308 | 974 | 74.5 | 70.7-77.9 | 91 | 6.4 | 4.7- 8.7 | 243 | 19.1 | 16.0-22.6 |
Piedmont | 1,817 | 1,429 | 78.0 | 75.1-80.6 | 86 | 4.8 | 3.5- 6.4 | 302 | 17.3 | 14.9-19.9 |
Western NC | 1,183 | 883 | 76.0 | 72.3-79.4 | 67 | 6.3 | 4.2- 9.4 | 233 | 17.6 | 15.0-20.7 |
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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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