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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 9,232 | 7,677 | 77.9 | 76.3-79.4 | 1,555 | 22.1 | 20.6-23.7 |
| -Northeastern Partnership | 953 | 791 | 77.4 | 72.9-81.3 | 162 | 22.6 | 18.7-27.1 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 321 | 253 | 70.7 | 62.5-77.7 | 68 | 29.3 | 22.3-37.5 |
| Female | 632 | 538 | 83.1 | 79.3-86.4 | 94 | 16.9 | 13.6-20.7 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 548 | 477 | 83.0 | 77.8-87.2 | 71 | 17.0 | 12.8-22.2 |
| Other | 402 | 313 | 69.7 | 61.7-76.6 | 89 | 30.3 | 23.4-38.3 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-44 | 346 | 229 | 59.9 | 52.4-67.0 | 117 | 40.1 | 33.0-47.6 |
| 45+ | 602 | 558 | 92.1 | 88.3-94.7 | 44 | 7.9 | 5.3-11.7 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| H.S. or Less | 520 | 417 | 71.3 | 64.5-77.3 | 103 | 28.7 | 22.7-35.5 |
| Some College + | 430 | 371 | 84.8 | 79.7-88.7 | 59 | 15.2 | 11.3-20.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 575 | 464 | 76.1 | 70.9-80.6 | 111 | 23.9 | 19.4-29.1 |
| $50,000+ | 163 | 144 | 87.9 | 81.0-92.5 | 19 | 12.1 | 7.5-19.0 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 442 | 378 | 79.7 | 73.8-84.5 | 64 | 20.3 | 15.5-26.2 |
| Guilford | 436 | 375 | 83.4 | 78.3-87.5 | 61 | 16.6 | 12.5-21.7 |
| Mecklenburg | 435 | 364 | 74.4 | 67.6-80.3 | 71 | 25.6 | 19.7-32.4 |
| Orange | 434 | 350 | 74.9 | 67.7-81.0 | 84 | 25.1 | 19.0-32.3 |
| Wake | 445 | 376 | 78.3 | 72.4-83.3 | 69 | 21.7 | 16.7-27.6 |
| Chatham/Lee | 390 | 324 | 75.3 | 68.6-80.9 | 66 | 24.7 | 19.1-31.4 |
| Nash/Wilson | 374 | 313 | 79.9 | 74.2-84.6 | 61 | 20.1 | 15.4-25.8 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 446 | 370 | 77.9 | 72.3-82.7 | 76 | 22.1 | 17.3-27.7 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 432 | 362 | 79.3 | 73.8-83.9 | 70 | 20.7 | 16.1-26.2 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 445 | 371 | 72.6 | 64.1-79.7 | 74 | 27.4 | 20.3-35.9 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 469 | 382 | 71.6 | 60.7-80.5 | 87 | 28.4 | 19.5-39.3 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 413 | 335 | 66.6 | 51.4-79.0 | 78 | 33.4 | 21.0-48.6 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 469 | 376 | 77.0 | 71.9-81.4 | 93 | 23.0 | 18.6-28.1 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 409 | 340 | 76.3 | 69.9-81.7 | 69 | 23.7 | 18.3-30.1 |
| Northeast NC I | 451 | 367 | 75.8 | 68.0-82.2 | 84 | 24.2 | 17.8-32.0 |
| Northeast NC II | 502 | 424 | 78.2 | 72.6-83.0 | 78 | 21.8 | 17.0-27.4 |
| Mountain AHEC | 1,274 | 1,062 | 77.8 | 72.6-82.2 | 212 | 22.2 | 17.8-27.4 |
| NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
| Eastern NC | 3,247 | 2,689 | 77.1 | 74.1-79.9 | 558 | 22.9 | 20.1-25.9 |
| Piedmont | 3,958 | 3,307 | 79.0 | 76.8-81.0 | 651 | 21.0 | 19.0-23.2 |
| Western NC | 2,027 | 1,681 | 75.0 | 70.9-78.6 | 346 | 25.0 | 21.4-29.1 |
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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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