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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 | 4,307 | 3,252 | 74.3 | 72.2-76.3 | 316 | 7.8 | 6.6- 9.2 | 739 | 17.9 | 16.2-19.8 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 228 | 141 | 65.4 | 55.9-73.7 | 27 | 14.0 | 8.3-22.6 | 60 | 20.7 | 14.5-28.5 |
25-34 | 586 | 394 | 67.2 | 61.5-72.4 | 48 | 10.9 | 7.6-15.6 | 144 | 21.8 | 17.5-26.9 |
35-44 | 758 | 565 | 75.6 | 70.7-79.8 | 70 | 7.2 | 5.2-10.0 | 123 | 17.2 | 13.4-21.8 |
45-54 | 835 | 706 | 84.6 | 80.5-87.9 | 41 | 3.0 | 2.0- 4.5 | 88 | 12.4 | 9.3-16.5 |
55-64 | 719 | 598 | 80.0 | 74.5-84.6 | 38 | 5.1 | 3.1- 8.3 | 83 | 14.9 | 10.8-20.2 |
65-74 | 630 | 508 | 80.6 | 75.9-84.6 | 41 | 6.1 | 4.0- 9.1 | 81 | 13.3 | 9.9-17.6 |
75+ | 522 | 321 | 61.1 | 54.8-67.1 | 49 | 11.4 | 7.7-16.6 | 152 | 27.5 | 22.4-33.2 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 569 | 355 | 58.8 | 52.4-65.0 | 62 | 12.5 | 8.7-17.5 | 152 | 28.7 | 23.1-35.1 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,272 | 915 | 72.1 | 68.1-75.8 | 96 | 7.6 | 5.5-10.4 | 261 | 20.3 | 17.1-23.9 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,153 | 899 | 76.3 | 72.2-79.9 | 86 | 8.5 | 6.1-11.6 | 168 | 15.2 | 12.3-18.7 |
College Graduate | 1,304 | 1,078 | 81.4 | 78.1-84.4 | 71 | 5.2 | 3.8- 7.1 | 155 | 13.4 | 10.8-16.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 456 | 310 | 64.1 | 56.8-70.8 | 37 | 8.9 | 5.7-13.4 | 109 | 27.0 | 20.8-34.4 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 732 | 522 | 68.3 | 62.8-73.4 | 59 | 10.6 | 7.4-14.8 | 151 | 21.1 | 16.8-26.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 472 | 366 | 72.6 | 65.1-78.9 | 32 | 9.4 | 5.3-16.1 | 74 | 18.1 | 13.0-24.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 572 | 450 | 75.3 | 69.1-80.7 | 44 | 7.6 | 4.8-11.6 | 78 | 17.1 | 12.5-23.0 |
$50,000-74,999 | 485 | 377 | 78.6 | 72.9-83.5 | 35 | 6.2 | 3.6-10.6 | 73 | 15.1 | 11.1-20.2 |
$75,000+ | 576 | 493 | 83.1 | 78.3-87.1 | 30 | 5.8 | 3.6- 9.2 | 53 | 11.1 | 7.8-15.4 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
Buncombe | 242 | 193 | 80.3 | 74.2-85.2 | 14 | 6.0 | 3.5-10.1 | 35 | 13.7 | 9.6-19.3 |
Guilford | 199 | 154 | 75.7 | 67.6-82.3 | 17 | 9.7 | 5.6-16.1 | 28 | 14.7 | 9.5-21.9 |
Mecklenburg | 181 | 144 | 78.3 | 70.8-84.3 | 10 | 5.8 | 2.9-11.0 | 27 | 16.0 | 10.8-22.9 |
Orange | 236 | 178 | 63.0 | 50.1-74.4 | 16 | 12.4 | 5.2-26.6 | 42 | 24.6 | 15.1-37.4 |
Wake | 196 | 149 | 76.2 | 69.0-82.1 | 16 | 8.9 | 5.2-14.6 | 31 | 15.0 | 10.4-21.1 |
Chatham/Lee | 172 | 131 | 74.3 | 66.3-81.0 | 16 | 10.2 | 6.2-16.4 | 25 | 15.5 | 10.2-22.7 |
Nash/Wilson | 149 | 121 | 77.5 | 68.3-84.7 | 10 | 9.2 | 4.8-17.0 | 18 | 13.3 | 7.8-21.5 |
Craven/Pamlico | 217 | 157 | 70.3 | 62.8-76.8 | 22 | 10.1 | 6.5-15.3 | 38 | 19.6 | 14.0-26.7 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 253 | 185 | 72.5 | 65.7-78.4 | 28 | 11.2 | 7.6-16.3 | 40 | 16.3 | 11.5-22.5 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 274 | 193 | 70.8 | 63.3-77.3 | 19 | 6.8 | 4.1-11.3 | 62 | 22.4 | 16.7-29.2 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 184 | 145 | 82.4 | 75.3-87.7 | 7 | 2.7 | 1.2- 6.1 | 32 | 14.9 | 9.9-21.7 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 227 | 162 | 69.2 | 61.7-75.9 | 19 | 9.2 | 5.5-14.9 | 46 | 21.6 | 15.9-28.5 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 118 | 92 | 75.2 | 65.4-82.9 | 5 | 5.5 | 2.0-14.1 | 21 | 19.3 | 12.6-28.3 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 174 | 130 | 69.6 | 60.8-77.3 | 14 | 10.5 | 5.7-18.5 | 30 | 19.9 | 13.7-27.8 |
Northeast NC I | 137 | 104 | 76.2 | 67.7-83.1 | 16 | 11.6 | 7.0-18.5 | 17 | 12.2 | 7.3-19.7 |
Northeast NC II | 220 | 167 | 76.6 | 69.8-82.2 | 15 | 6.7 | 3.8-11.5 | 38 | 16.7 | 12.0-22.8 |
Northeastern Partnership | 357 | 271 | 76.5 | 71.2-81.1 | 31 | 8.0 | 5.4-11.7 | 55 | 15.5 | 11.7-20.2 |
Mountain AHEC | 728 | 557 | 78.0 | 73.7-81.7 | 52 | 7.5 | 5.2-10.6 | 119 | 14.6 | 11.6-18.2 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,307 | 987 | 74.1 | 70.1-77.8 | 100 | 7.3 | 5.4- 9.9 | 220 | 18.6 | 15.3-22.3 |
Piedmont | 1,817 | 1,380 | 74.0 | 70.9-76.8 | 129 | 8.0 | 6.3-10.1 | 308 | 18.0 | 15.6-20.7 |
Western NC | 1,183 | 885 | 75.4 | 71.6-78.9 | 87 | 8.0 | 5.8-11.1 | 211 | 16.5 | 13.7-19.7 |
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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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