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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 2,530 | 770 | 26.7 | 24.1-29.5 | 1,760 | 73.3 | 70.5-75.9 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 135 | 21 | 14.8 | 7.7-26.6 | 114 | 85.2 | 73.4-92.3 |
| 25-34 | 351 | 50 | 14.8 | 9.2-23.0 | 301 | 85.2 | 77.0-90.8 |
| 35-44 | 500 | 95 | 16.9 | 12.9-21.9 | 405 | 83.1 | 78.1-87.1 |
| 45-54 | 483 | 149 | 31.8 | 25.6-38.8 | 334 | 68.2 | 61.2-74.4 |
| 55-64 | 443 | 172 | 40.0 | 33.7-46.7 | 271 | 60.0 | 53.3-66.3 |
| 65-74 | 380 | 154 | 36.0 | 29.5-43.0 | 226 | 64.0 | 57.0-70.5 |
| 75+ | 229 | 126 | 55.9 | 46.8-64.7 | 103 | 44.1 | 35.3-53.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 329 | 181 | 52.1 | 43.0-61.1 | 148 | 47.9 | 38.9-57.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 708 | 212 | 28.3 | 23.3-34.0 | 496 | 71.7 | 66.0-76.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 626 | 195 | 23.6 | 19.1-28.8 | 431 | 76.4 | 71.2-80.9 |
| College Graduate | 861 | 177 | 18.5 | 15.0-22.5 | 684 | 81.5 | 77.5-85.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 184 | 128 | 59.0 | 46.5-70.3 | 56 | 41.0 | 29.7-53.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 357 | 163 | 42.7 | 34.4-51.4 | 194 | 57.3 | 48.6-65.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 268 | 73 | 26.0 | 19.0-34.5 | 195 | 74.0 | 65.5-81.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 412 | 89 | 17.6 | 13.3-23.0 | 323 | 82.4 | 77.0-86.7 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 354 | 82 | 17.9 | 13.2-23.9 | 272 | 82.1 | 76.1-86.8 |
| $75,000+ | 443 | 65 | 14.4 | 10.0-20.2 | 378 | 85.6 | 79.8-90.0 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 155 | 54 | 28.9 | 21.9-37.1 | 101 | 71.1 | 62.9-78.1 |
| Guilford | 112 | 28 | 25.1 | 17.1-35.3 | 84 | 74.9 | 64.7-82.9 |
| Mecklenburg | 109 | 29 | 21.4 | 14.0-31.2 | 80 | 78.6 | 68.8-86.0 |
| Orange | 134 | 28 | 17.8 | 12.0-25.6 | 106 | 82.2 | 74.4-88.0 |
| Wake | 125 | 25 | 19.4 | 12.7-28.4 | 100 | 80.6 | 71.6-87.3 |
| Chatham/Lee | 114 | 23 | 15.6 | 9.9-23.7 | 91 | 84.4 | 76.3-90.1 |
| Nash/Wilson | 82 | 23 | 23.8 | 15.2-35.0 | 59 | 76.2 | 65.0-84.8 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 129 | 42 | 29.7 | 21.6-39.4 | 87 | 70.3 | 60.6-78.4 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 147 | 47 | 32.5 | 22.5-44.3 | 100 | 67.5 | 55.7-77.5 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 156 | 54 | 29.6 | 21.8-38.8 | 102 | 70.4 | 61.2-78.2 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 102 | 37 | 35.3 | 24.2-48.2 | 65 | 64.7 | 51.8-75.8 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 138 | 46 | 29.0 | 21.3-38.2 | 92 | 71.0 | 61.8-78.7 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 81 | 30 | 35.6 | 24.6-48.4 | 51 | 64.4 | 51.6-75.4 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 83 | 34 | 35.6 | 25.4-47.2 | 49 | 64.4 | 52.8-74.6 |
| Northeast NC I | 69 | 26 | 39.3 | 26.7-53.5 | 43 | 60.7 | 46.5-73.3 |
| Northeast NC II | 124 | 47 | 29.8 | 21.9-39.1 | 77 | 70.2 | 60.9-78.1 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 193 | 73 | 32.0 | 25.0-39.9 | 120 | 68.0 | 60.1-75.0 |
| Mountain AHEC | 426 | 150 | 34.1 | 26.2-43.0 | 276 | 65.9 | 57.0-73.8 |
| NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
| Eastern NC | 726 | 248 | 30.0 | 24.9-35.6 | 478 | 70.0 | 64.4-75.1 |
| Piedmont | 1,115 | 283 | 23.3 | 19.9-27.0 | 832 | 76.7 | 73.0-80.1 |
| Western NC | 689 | 239 | 33.2 | 27.2-39.9 | 450 | 66.8 | 60.1-72.8 |
*Data for this table were derived from questions 1,2,3,4 in the Disability, Quality of Life Module (page 51) of the BRFSS 2003 questionnaire.
^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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