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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 4,307 | 279 | 6.2 | 5.2- 7.4 | 4,028 | 93.8 | 92.6-94.8 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 228 | 12 | 5.8 | 2.7-12.2 | 216 | 94.2 | 87.8-97.3 |
25-34 | 585 | 41 | 7.2 | 4.7-10.9 | 544 | 92.8 | 89.1-95.3 |
35-44 | 757 | 37 | 3.7 | 2.4- 5.8 | 720 | 96.3 | 94.2-97.6 |
45-54 | 836 | 32 | 2.9 | 1.6- 5.1 | 804 | 97.1 | 94.9-98.4 |
55-64 | 718 | 30 | 3.5 | 2.0- 6.0 | 688 | 96.5 | 94.0-98.0 |
65-74 | 629 | 58 | 10.0 | 7.0-14.2 | 571 | 90.0 | 85.8-93.0 |
75+ | 525 | 69 | 15.2 | 10.9-21.0 | 456 | 84.8 | 79.0-89.1 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 569 | 107 | 19.2 | 14.7-24.6 | 462 | 80.8 | 75.4-85.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,272 | 61 | 4.1 | 2.7- 6.0 | 1,211 | 95.9 | 94.0-97.3 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,152 | 59 | 5.0 | 3.4- 7.2 | 1,093 | 95.0 | 92.8-96.6 |
College Graduate | 1,305 | 51 | 3.5 | 2.2- 5.4 | 1,254 | 96.5 | 94.6-97.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 455 | 60 | 13.1 | 9.4-18.0 | 395 | 86.9 | 82.0-90.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 731 | 56 | 8.9 | 6.1-12.8 | 675 | 91.1 | 87.2-93.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 470 | 31 | 7.0 | 3.8-12.4 | 439 | 93.0 | 87.6-96.2 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 572 | 17 | 3.5 | 1.7- 7.1 | 555 | 96.5 | 92.9-98.3 |
$50,000-74,999 | 485 | 22 | 3.0 | 1.7- 5.1 | 463 | 97.0 | 94.9-98.3 |
$75,000+ | 577 | 17 | 2.1 | 1.1- 4.0 | 560 | 97.9 | 96.0-98.9 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
Buncombe | 242 | 10 | 4.3 | 2.2- 8.3 | 232 | 95.7 | 91.7-97.8 |
Guilford | 199 | 13 | 6.4 | 3.4-11.5 | 186 | 93.6 | 88.5-96.6 |
Mecklenburg | 181 | 10 | 6.2 | 3.3-11.5 | 171 | 93.8 | 88.5-96.7 |
Orange | 236 | 10 | 4.0 | 1.9- 8.2 | 226 | 96.0 | 91.8-98.1 |
Wake | 196 | 5 | 1.7 | 0.7- 4.3 | 191 | 98.3 | 95.7-99.3 |
Chatham/Lee | 172 | 8 | 6.6 | 2.8-14.8 | 164 | 93.4 | 85.2-97.2 |
Nash/Wilson | 150 | 10 | 6.1 | 3.1-11.4 | 140 | 93.9 | 88.6-96.9 |
Craven/Pamlico | 218 | 8 | 3.2 | 1.5- 6.7 | 210 | 96.8 | 93.3-98.5 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 251 | 28 | 11.0 | 7.4-16.0 | 223 | 89.0 | 84.0-92.6 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 274 | 29 | 7.2 | 4.8-10.8 | 245 | 92.8 | 89.2-95.2 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 184 | 6 | 2.7 | 1.2- 6.4 | 178 | 97.3 | 93.6-98.8 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 227 | 23 | 8.9 | 5.6-13.8 | 204 | 91.1 | 86.2-94.4 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 117 | 10 | 8.1 | 4.1-15.4 | 107 | 91.9 | 84.6-95.9 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 174 | 18 | 8.4 | 5.1-13.4 | 156 | 91.6 | 86.6-94.9 |
Northeast NC I | 136 | 10 | 10.0 | 5.2-18.4 | 126 | 90.0 | 81.6-94.8 |
Northeast NC II | 220 | 6 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.1 | 214 | 98.2 | 95.9-99.3 |
Northeastern Partnership | 356 | 16 | 4.0 | 2.4- 6.8 | 340 | 96.0 | 93.2-97.6 |
Mountain AHEC | 728 | 52 | 7.1 | 4.7-10.5 | 676 | 92.9 | 89.5-95.3 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 1,309 | 72 | 4.3 | 3.0- 6.2 | 1,237 | 95.7 | 93.8-97.0 |
Piedmont | 1,816 | 101 | 6.5 | 5.0- 8.4 | 1,715 | 93.5 | 91.6-95.0 |
Western NC | 1,182 | 106 | 8.0 | 6.1-10.5 | 1,076 | 92.0 | 89.5-93.9 |
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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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