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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 4,308 | 3,889 | 90.1 | 88.7-91.3 | 121 | 3.0 | 2.3- 4.0 | 298 | 6.9 | 5.9- 8.0 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 228 | 195 | 89.5 | 83.2-93.6 | 8 | 3.8 | 1.4- 9.9 | 25 | 6.7 | 3.9-11.2 |
25-34 | 586 | 542 | 91.8 | 87.7-94.6 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.7- 5.7 | 37 | 6.1 | 3.9- 9.5 |
35-44 | 759 | 706 | 93.1 | 90.3-95.1 | 15 | 2.4 | 1.3- 4.5 | 38 | 4.5 | 3.0- 6.8 |
45-54 | 835 | 790 | 94.7 | 92.2-96.5 | 18 | 1.8 | 0.9- 3.3 | 27 | 3.5 | 2.1- 5.8 |
55-64 | 719 | 667 | 90.3 | 85.7-93.6 | 13 | 2.1 | 0.9- 5.2 | 39 | 7.5 | 4.7-11.8 |
65-74 | 630 | 566 | 90.3 | 86.6-93.0 | 22 | 3.2 | 1.7- 5.8 | 42 | 6.6 | 4.4- 9.7 |
75+ | 522 | 396 | 73.9 | 67.9-79.1 | 38 | 8.4 | 5.3-13.2 | 88 | 17.7 | 13.5-22.8 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 569 | 444 | 76.2 | 70.3-81.2 | 37 | 7.5 | 4.6-11.9 | 88 | 16.4 | 12.2-21.5 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,272 | 1,128 | 89.6 | 87.0-91.7 | 36 | 2.4 | 1.4- 4.3 | 108 | 8.0 | 6.2-10.2 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,153 | 1,059 | 91.2 | 88.4-93.4 | 33 | 3.2 | 1.9- 5.4 | 61 | 5.6 | 3.9- 7.8 |
College Graduate | 1,305 | 1,252 | 95.8 | 94.0-97.1 | 14 | 1.3 | 0.7- 2.6 | 39 | 2.8 | 1.8- 4.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 456 | 376 | 80.0 | 74.3-84.8 | 24 | 5.6 | 3.3- 9.4 | 56 | 14.4 | 10.4-19.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 732 | 652 | 87.4 | 82.9-90.9 | 18 | 2.7 | 1.4- 5.2 | 62 | 9.9 | 6.8-14.2 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 472 | 434 | 92.4 | 88.3-95.1 | 15 | 3.4 | 1.7- 7.0 | 23 | 4.2 | 2.4- 7.2 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 572 | 533 | 92.0 | 87.7-94.9 | 9 | 2.4 | 0.9- 6.0 | 30 | 5.6 | 3.4- 9.2 |
$50,000-74,999 | 485 | 455 | 92.7 | 87.9-95.6 | 10 | 2.6 | 0.9- 7.5 | 20 | 4.7 | 2.7- 8.2 |
$75,000+ | 576 | 551 | 94.4 | 91.1-96.6 | 6 | 1.6 | 0.6- 3.8 | 19 | 4.0 | 2.2- 7.1 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
Buncombe | 242 | 225 | 93.2 | 88.9-95.9 | 8 | 3.3 | 1.6- 6.9 | 9 | 3.5 | 1.8- 6.9 |
Guilford | 199 | 188 | 94.6 | 89.6-97.3 | 7 | 2.5 | 1.1- 5.3 | 4 | 2.9 | 1.0- 8.4 |
Mecklenburg | 181 | 166 | 91.5 | 85.6-95.1 | 6 | 3.4 | 1.4- 7.9 | 9 | 5.2 | 2.5-10.4 |
Orange | 236 | 214 | 85.2 | 71.7-92.9 | 6 | 2.4 | 0.8- 6.7 | 16 | 12.4 | 5.2-26.7 |
Wake | 196 | 176 | 89.8 | 83.9-93.6 | 4 | 2.4 | 0.9- 6.2 | 16 | 7.9 | 4.5-13.4 |
Chatham/Lee | 172 | 163 | 93.4 | 85.5-97.1 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.8 | 8 | 6.3 | 2.7-14.4 |
Nash/Wilson | 149 | 130 | 82.7 | 73.2-89.4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.3- 6.1 | 17 | 15.8 | 9.4-25.3 |
Craven/Pamlico | 217 | 194 | 87.5 | 81.3-91.9 | 9 | 4.9 | 2.5- 9.5 | 14 | 7.6 | 4.3-13.1 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 253 | 233 | 91.4 | 86.1-94.8 | 6 | 2.6 | 1.0- 6.7 | 14 | 5.9 | 3.2-10.7 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 274 | 240 | 85.8 | 78.8-90.8 | 8 | 2.5 | 1.2- 5.2 | 26 | 11.7 | 7.1-18.7 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 184 | 170 | 92.6 | 87.0-96.0 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.1 | 10 | 6.2 | 3.1-12.0 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 227 | 205 | 90.2 | 84.6-94.0 | 7 | 3.5 | 1.4- 8.5 | 15 | 6.3 | 3.6-10.9 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 118 | 105 | 88.0 | 80.0-93.1 | 3 | 3.2 | 1.0- 9.9 | 10 | 8.7 | 4.6-15.9 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 174 | 149 | 84.9 | 77.8-90.0 | 5 | 2.1 | 0.9- 5.2 | 20 | 13.0 | 8.2-20.0 |
Northeast NC I | 137 | 123 | 90.4 | 83.7-94.5 | 3 | 2.3 | 0.7- 6.9 | 11 | 7.3 | 3.8-13.7 |
Northeast NC II | 220 | 198 | 90.3 | 85.0-93.9 | 7 | 3.0 | 1.3- 7.1 | 15 | 6.7 | 3.8-11.4 |
Northeastern Partnership | 357 | 321 | 90.3 | 86.2-93.3 | 10 | 2.8 | 1.4- 5.7 | 26 | 6.9 | 4.4-10.4 |
Mountain AHEC | 728 | 663 | 91.5 | 88.6-93.7 | 24 | 2.8 | 1.8- 4.5 | 41 | 5.7 | 3.8- 8.3 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,308 | 1,167 | 91.3 | 89.1-93.1 | 36 | 1.9 | 1.2- 2.9 | 105 | 6.9 | 5.3- 8.9 |
Piedmont | 1,817 | 1,657 | 89.6 | 87.4-91.5 | 46 | 3.3 | 2.3- 4.9 | 114 | 7.0 | 5.6- 8.9 |
Western NC | 1,183 | 1,065 | 89.7 | 86.7-92.1 | 39 | 3.9 | 2.2- 6.7 | 79 | 6.4 | 4.8- 8.5 |
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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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