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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| -Piedmont NC | 3,958 | 3,307 | 79.0 | 76.8-81.0 | 651 | 21.0 | 19.0-23.2 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 1,494 | 1,193 | 74.2 | 70.5-77.6 | 301 | 25.8 | 22.4-29.5 |
| Female | 2,464 | 2,114 | 83.6 | 81.1-85.7 | 350 | 16.4 | 14.3-18.9 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 2,907 | 2,524 | 83.6 | 81.2-85.8 | 383 | 16.4 | 14.2-18.8 |
| African American | 797 | 646 | 77.9 | 73.0-82.1 | 151 | 22.1 | 17.9-27.0 |
| Other Minorities | 196 | 96 | 44.0 | 34.3-54.2 | 100 | 56.0 | 45.8-65.7 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 233 | 123 | 52.8 | 43.5-61.9 | 110 | 47.2 | 38.1-56.5 |
| 25-34 | 611 | 402 | 64.0 | 58.4-69.3 | 209 | 36.0 | 30.7-41.6 |
| 35-44 | 833 | 680 | 80.5 | 76.1-84.2 | 153 | 19.5 | 15.8-23.9 |
| 45-54 | 806 | 727 | 88.4 | 84.3-91.6 | 79 | 11.6 | 8.4-15.7 |
| 55-64 | 606 | 565 | 93.4 | 89.8-95.8 | 41 | 6.6 | 4.2-10.2 |
| 65-74 | 464 | 444 | 96.4 | 92.7-98.3 | 20 | 3.6 | 1.7- 7.3 |
| 75+ | 375 | 341 | 91.7 | 87.1-94.8 | 34 | 8.3 | 5.2-12.9 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 566 | 411 | 65.0 | 58.5-71.0 | 155 | 35.0 | 29.0-41.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,049 | 842 | 74.9 | 70.2-79.2 | 207 | 25.1 | 20.8-29.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 937 | 795 | 80.4 | 75.8-84.3 | 142 | 19.6 | 15.7-24.2 |
| College Graduate | 1,391 | 1,246 | 88.3 | 85.4-90.7 | 145 | 11.7 | 9.3-14.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 347 | 270 | 67.6 | 58.4-75.6 | 77 | 32.4 | 24.4-41.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 643 | 464 | 65.8 | 59.7-71.5 | 179 | 34.2 | 28.5-40.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 392 | 331 | 77.5 | 69.7-83.8 | 61 | 22.5 | 16.2-30.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 540 | 475 | 83.7 | 78.1-88.0 | 65 | 16.3 | 12.0-21.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 463 | 401 | 86.1 | 80.6-90.3 | 62 | 13.9 | 9.7-19.4 |
| $75,000+ | 654 | 607 | 91.3 | 86.9-94.3 | 47 | 8.7 | 5.7-13.1 |
| 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 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 953 | 791 | 77.4 | 72.9-81.3 | 162 | 22.6 | 18.7-27.1 |
| 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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