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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 | 1,629 | 40.5 | 38.2-42.7 | 1,441 | 31.4 | 29.4-33.5 | 1,238 | 28.1 | 26.2-30.1 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 228 | 108 | 52.3 | 42.6-61.8 | 75 | 31.9 | 23.5-41.6 | 45 | 15.9 | 10.3-23.7 |
25-34 | 586 | 254 | 43.9 | 38.3-49.6 | 181 | 30.7 | 25.7-36.3 | 151 | 25.4 | 20.7-30.8 |
35-44 | 759 | 279 | 39.5 | 34.5-44.6 | 286 | 33.6 | 29.2-38.4 | 194 | 26.9 | 22.7-31.6 |
45-54 | 835 | 332 | 42.6 | 37.6-47.7 | 292 | 31.0 | 26.7-35.7 | 211 | 26.4 | 22.2-31.1 |
55-64 | 719 | 241 | 34.8 | 29.6-40.4 | 257 | 33.5 | 28.7-38.7 | 221 | 31.7 | 26.9-36.9 |
65-74 | 630 | 218 | 34.0 | 28.9-39.6 | 202 | 32.4 | 27.4-37.8 | 210 | 33.6 | 28.3-39.2 |
75+ | 522 | 186 | 36.8 | 30.9-43.2 | 141 | 26.0 | 20.8-32.0 | 195 | 37.1 | 31.3-43.4 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 569 | 230 | 43.1 | 37.0-49.5 | 132 | 21.3 | 16.7-26.8 | 207 | 35.5 | 29.8-41.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,272 | 528 | 44.4 | 40.2-48.7 | 345 | 26.1 | 22.6-30.0 | 399 | 29.4 | 25.9-33.3 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,153 | 432 | 41.5 | 37.1-46.0 | 405 | 32.5 | 28.5-36.7 | 316 | 26.1 | 22.5-30.0 |
College Graduate | 1,305 | 435 | 34.6 | 30.8-38.6 | 557 | 39.8 | 36.1-43.7 | 313 | 25.5 | 22.3-29.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 456 | 194 | 47.1 | 40.1-54.1 | 113 | 23.0 | 18.0-29.0 | 149 | 29.9 | 24.2-36.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 732 | 305 | 42.7 | 37.3-48.3 | 207 | 26.5 | 21.9-31.6 | 220 | 30.8 | 25.8-36.3 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 472 | 185 | 39.7 | 32.9-46.9 | 159 | 34.3 | 27.7-41.5 | 128 | 26.0 | 20.3-32.8 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 572 | 225 | 43.2 | 37.0-49.7 | 206 | 32.3 | 26.9-38.1 | 141 | 24.5 | 19.7-30.1 |
$50,000-74,999 | 485 | 152 | 37.8 | 31.7-44.3 | 209 | 36.5 | 30.9-42.4 | 124 | 25.7 | 20.7-31.4 |
$75,000+ | 576 | 192 | 36.9 | 31.6-42.5 | 241 | 40.8 | 35.5-46.3 | 143 | 22.4 | 18.1-27.2 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
Buncombe | 242 | 86 | 35.9 | 29.1-43.4 | 100 | 40.7 | 34.0-47.9 | 56 | 23.3 | 17.8-29.9 |
Guilford | 199 | 71 | 39.4 | 31.5-47.9 | 72 | 33.6 | 26.7-41.3 | 56 | 27.0 | 20.6-34.5 |
Mecklenburg | 181 | 59 | 33.7 | 26.5-41.8 | 61 | 31.0 | 24.2-38.8 | 61 | 35.3 | 27.9-43.5 |
Orange | 236 | 63 | 33.0 | 22.7-45.2 | 107 | 36.9 | 27.5-47.3 | 66 | 30.2 | 20.4-42.2 |
Wake | 196 | 67 | 35.5 | 28.4-43.3 | 85 | 40.7 | 33.3-48.6 | 44 | 23.7 | 17.3-31.6 |
Chatham/Lee | 172 | 72 | 46.0 | 37.7-54.6 | 59 | 33.2 | 26.0-41.3 | 41 | 20.8 | 15.1-28.0 |
Nash/Wilson | 149 | 55 | 35.8 | 27.9-44.5 | 53 | 35.3 | 27.2-44.4 | 41 | 28.9 | 21.2-38.0 |
Craven/Pamlico | 217 | 78 | 38.9 | 31.8-46.4 | 76 | 34.0 | 27.3-41.4 | 63 | 27.2 | 21.2-34.1 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 253 | 103 | 39.9 | 33.2-47.1 | 79 | 33.3 | 26.6-40.7 | 71 | 26.8 | 21.1-33.3 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 274 | 107 | 40.6 | 32.4-49.2 | 67 | 22.7 | 17.1-29.4 | 100 | 36.8 | 27.8-46.7 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 184 | 64 | 32.5 | 24.6-41.6 | 72 | 38.0 | 29.3-47.6 | 48 | 29.5 | 20.7-40.0 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 227 | 91 | 42.3 | 34.6-50.3 | 63 | 26.7 | 20.7-33.7 | 73 | 31.1 | 24.6-38.4 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 118 | 54 | 48.0 | 38.2-57.9 | 32 | 23.4 | 16.4-32.4 | 32 | 28.6 | 20.5-38.3 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 174 | 66 | 39.5 | 31.4-48.1 | 43 | 23.1 | 17.1-30.4 | 65 | 37.5 | 29.8-45.9 |
Northeast NC I | 137 | 48 | 35.1 | 26.9-44.3 | 55 | 42.2 | 33.4-51.5 | 34 | 22.7 | 16.1-30.9 |
Northeast NC II | 220 | 99 | 45.6 | 38.2-53.2 | 68 | 30.6 | 24.1-37.8 | 53 | 23.9 | 18.2-30.6 |
Northeastern Partnership | 357 | 147 | 42.7 | 36.8-48.8 | 123 | 33.8 | 28.4-39.6 | 87 | 23.5 | 19.0-28.8 |
Mountain AHEC | 728 | 278 | 41.2 | 36.4-46.2 | 250 | 33.4 | 29.1-37.9 | 200 | 25.4 | 21.6-29.7 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,308 | 522 | 42.7 | 38.5-47.1 | 411 | 30.0 | 26.2-34.1 | 375 | 27.3 | 23.8-31.1 |
Piedmont | 1,817 | 639 | 37.6 | 34.5-40.9 | 658 | 32.9 | 30.0-35.9 | 520 | 29.5 | 26.7-32.5 |
Western NC | 1,183 | 468 | 45.9 | 41.7-50.2 | 372 | 29.1 | 25.8-32.7 | 343 | 25.0 | 21.7-28.6 |
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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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