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| Total Respond.^ |
1 or more/day | 1 or more/week | 1 or more/month | 1 or more/year | Never | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 6,786 | 5,325 | 78.7 | 77.2-80.2 | 1,336 | 19.7 | 18.2-21.2 | 68 | 0.8 | 0.6- 1.1 | 18 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.4 | 39 | 0.5 | 0.4- 0.8 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 2,517 | 1,876 | 76.5 | 73.8-78.9 | 589 | 21.8 | 19.5-24.4 | 25 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.4 | 6 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.4 | 21 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.2 |
| Female | 4,269 | 3,449 | 80.9 | 79.0-82.6 | 747 | 17.7 | 16.0-19.5 | 43 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.2 | 12 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.5 | 18 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.8 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 358 | 279 | 77.3 | 69.7-83.4 | 68 | 21.0 | 15.0-28.6 | 6 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 1.1 | 0.4- 2.8 |
| 25-34 | 941 | 732 | 79.3 | 75.4-82.7 | 177 | 17.2 | 14.1-20.9 | 17 | 1.9 | 1.0- 3.6 | 4 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.9 | 11 | 1.3 | 0.6- 2.7 |
| 35-44 | 1,257 | 954 | 76.8 | 73.4-80.0 | 276 | 21.7 | 18.6-25.1 | 12 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.3 | 5 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.9 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.3- 1.1 |
| 45-54 | 1,307 | 996 | 75.9 | 72.0-79.4 | 291 | 23.0 | 19.5-26.9 | 14 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.7 | 3 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.9 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.2 |
| 55-64 | 1,166 | 928 | 81.6 | 78.2-84.6 | 220 | 17.2 | 14.3-20.6 | 12 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.4 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.4 | 4 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.4 |
| 65-74 | 992 | 790 | 80.6 | 76.9-83.8 | 192 | 18.7 | 15.6-22.4 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.4 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.8 | 4 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.6 |
| 75+ | 723 | 617 | 83.8 | 79.4-87.4 | 99 | 15.5 | 11.9-19.8 | 4 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.1 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.8 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.4 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 858 | 671 | 81.1 | 77.0-84.6 | 171 | 17.2 | 13.8-21.1 | 12 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0- 0.2 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.2- 2.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,972 | 1,505 | 76.2 | 73.1-79.1 | 429 | 22.0 | 19.2-25.1 | 19 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.6 | 7 | 0.3 | 0.1- 0.8 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.3- 1.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,777 | 1,383 | 78.7 | 75.4-81.7 | 359 | 19.6 | 16.7-22.9 | 19 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.6 | 4 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.7 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.3- 1.1 |
| College Graduate | 2,164 | 1,752 | 79.9 | 77.3-82.3 | 377 | 18.7 | 16.4-21.3 | 18 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.1 | 6 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.5 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 622 | 485 | 80.0 | 75.1-84.1 | 120 | 17.8 | 13.9-22.5 | 10 | 0.9 | 0.4- 1.9 | 3 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.6 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 1,073 | 822 | 77.8 | 73.5-81.5 | 227 | 20.0 | 16.4-24.1 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.3 | 4 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.4 | 8 | 0.8 | 0.4- 2.0 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 737 | 585 | 81.8 | 77.1-85.7 | 140 | 17.5 | 13.7-22.1 | 8 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 983 | 754 | 77.9 | 73.7-81.7 | 213 | 20.7 | 17.0-24.9 | 9 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.3 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.3 | 5 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 839 | 657 | 80.3 | 76.3-83.8 | 161 | 17.2 | 13.9-21.1 | 12 | 1.5 | 0.8- 2.8 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.3 | 5 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.6 |
| $75,000+ | 1,023 | 799 | 77.2 | 73.1-80.9 | 213 | 22.0 | 18.4-26.1 | 4 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.3 | 3 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.9 | 4 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.5 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||||||||
| Buncombe | 388 | 293 | 75.1 | 69.7-79.9 | 89 | 23.5 | 18.8-28.9 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.2- 2.9 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.7 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.7 |
| Guilford | 308 | 241 | 76.6 | 70.0-82.2 | 57 | 20.3 | 15.0-26.8 | 6 | 1.7 | 0.7- 4.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.8 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.4 |
| Mecklenburg | 286 | 227 | 76.9 | 68.6-83.5 | 55 | 22.1 | 15.6-30.5 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 0.8 | 0.2- 2.4 |
| Orange | 369 | 294 | 79.4 | 73.5-84.3 | 68 | 18.1 | 13.6-23.7 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.4- 4.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.4 |
| Wake | 321 | 239 | 72.6 | 66.6-77.9 | 75 | 25.0 | 19.9-30.9 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.6 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.9 | 4 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.5 |
| Chatham/Lee | 288 | 213 | 73.1 | 66.1-79.1 | 67 | 23.4 | 17.7-30.4 | 4 | 1.9 | 0.7- 5.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 1.5 | 0.5- 4.1 |
| Nash/Wilson | 232 | 182 | 75.6 | 68.4-81.6 | 47 | 22.3 | 16.7-29.2 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 1.6 | 0.3- 7.2 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 347 | 271 | 77.7 | 72.1-82.4 | 70 | 20.9 | 16.2-26.4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.9 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.7 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.7 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 398 | 312 | 80.0 | 75.3-84.0 | 77 | 18.2 | 14.4-22.8 | 6 | 1.2 | 0.5- 2.8 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.8 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.7 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 422 | 323 | 76.8 | 71.3-81.6 | 92 | 21.0 | 16.5-26.2 | 6 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.4 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 285 | 232 | 80.8 | 73.3-86.6 | 48 | 16.0 | 11.3-22.3 | 3 | 2.7 | 0.5-13.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.9 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.0 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 358 | 279 | 74.7 | 68.6-80.0 | 76 | 24.3 | 19.1-30.4 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 199 | 148 | 72.7 | 64.5-79.7 | 44 | 22.9 | 16.6-30.7 | 5 | 3.7 | 1.2-11.0 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 3.1 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.4 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 255 | 189 | 73.1 | 66.0-79.1 | 55 | 20.1 | 15.2-26.0 | 6 | 3.0 | 1.2- 7.0 | 2 | 1.9 | 0.4- 8.9 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.4- 8.8 |
| Northeast NC I | 210 | 168 | 80.1 | 73.3-85.5 | 36 | 16.9 | 11.9-23.4 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.4- 4.1 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.3- 6.3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.2 |
| Northeast NC II | 338 | 280 | 84.1 | 79.3-88.0 | 55 | 15.2 | 11.5-20.0 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Northeastern Partnership | 548 | 448 | 83.1 | 79.2-86.3 | 91 | 15.7 | 12.5-19.5 | 5 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.8 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.9 |
| Mountain AHEC | 1,132 | 878 | 77.1 | 73.5-80.4 | 238 | 20.9 | 17.8-24.4 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.1 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.8 |
| NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
| Eastern NC | 2,031 | 1,607 | 79.9 | 76.9-82.6 | 383 | 18.7 | 16.0-21.7 | 22 | 0.8 | 0.5- 1.4 | 7 | 0.2 | 0.1- 0.5 | 12 | 0.4 | 0.2- 0.8 |
| Piedmont | 2,917 | 2,294 | 78.9 | 76.7-81.0 | 570 | 19.6 | 17.6-21.8 | 27 | 0.7 | 0.5- 1.2 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.1- 0.4 | 20 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.0 |
| Western NC | 1,838 | 1,424 | 76.3 | 73.2-79.1 | 383 | 21.4 | 18.7-24.4 | 19 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.1 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.3 | 7 | 0.8 | 0.3- 1.9 |
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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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