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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 4,074 | 3,644 | 88.3 | 86.5-89.9 | 225 | 6.1 | 4.9- 7.4 | 72 | 2.4 | 1.6- 3.6 | 133 | 3.2 | 2.4- 4.3 |
| -Piedmont NC | 1,874 | 1,685 | 88.6 | 86.1-90.6 | 101 | 6.7 | 5.1- 8.7 | 30 | 2.0 | 1.2- 3.4 | 58 | 2.7 | 1.8- 4.0 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 671 | 579 | 84.9 | 80.5-88.4 | 49 | 8.4 | 5.8-12.1 | 16 | 3.0 | 1.6- 5.6 | 27 | 3.8 | 2.2- 6.4 |
| Female | 1,203 | 1,106 | 91.9 | 89.3-93.9 | 52 | 5.2 | 3.5- 7.5 | 14 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.0 | 31 | 1.8 | 1.1- 2.8 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 1,350 | 1,207 | 88.0 | 85.0-90.4 | 77 | 7.2 | 5.2- 9.8 | 22 | 2.2 | 1.2- 4.1 | 44 | 2.6 | 1.8- 3.8 |
| African American | 399 | 363 | 90.4 | 85.1-93.9 | 19 | 7.3 | 4.1-12.6 | 6 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.5 | 11 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.5 |
| Other Minorities | 92 | 86 | 88.2 | 72.8-95.5 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 5.1 | 2 | 2.9 | 0.4-17.2 | 3 | 8.2 | 2.4-24.0 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 103 | 93 | 86.9 | 73.3-94.2 | 9 | 10.4 | 4.2-23.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 2.7 | 0.4-16.5 |
| 25-34 | 399 | 365 | 91.6 | 87.1-94.6 | 25 | 6.4 | 3.9-10.3 | 4 | 1.6 | 0.4- 5.5 | 5 | 0.4 | 0.2- 1.1 |
| 35-44 | 529 | 474 | 88.5 | 83.9-91.9 | 29 | 6.3 | 3.9-10.0 | 8 | 1.7 | 0.7- 4.4 | 18 | 3.5 | 1.7- 6.9 |
| 45-54 | 504 | 460 | 89.5 | 84.2-93.2 | 20 | 4.6 | 2.4- 8.8 | 8 | 2.4 | 0.7- 7.7 | 16 | 3.5 | 1.9- 6.3 |
| 55-64 | 257 | 223 | 83.1 | 74.4-89.3 | 12 | 8.6 | 4.2-16.9 | 8 | 5.1 | 2.0-12.2 | 14 | 3.2 | 1.7- 6.1 |
| 65-74 | 60 | 52 | 81.7 | 61.4-92.6 | 4 | 5.4 | 1.7-16.1 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2- 8.1 | 3 | 11.7 | 3.1-35.8 |
| 75+ | 7 | 5 | 92.7 | 66.6-98.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 2.9 | 0.3-22.5 | 1 | 4.4 | 0.5-30.8 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 127 | 104 | 81.6 | 68.9-89.8 | 13 | 10.6 | 4.7-22.1 | 5 | 2.1 | 0.6- 7.1 | 5 | 5.8 | 1.7-17.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 450 | 384 | 83.6 | 77.4-88.4 | 35 | 10.0 | 6.5-15.1 | 13 | 3.8 | 1.6- 8.7 | 18 | 2.6 | 1.1- 6.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 465 | 418 | 89.2 | 84.0-92.9 | 31 | 8.4 | 5.1-13.5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.3 | 13 | 1.9 | 0.9- 4.1 |
| College Graduate | 832 | 779 | 92.7 | 89.7-94.8 | 22 | 2.8 | 1.6- 4.9 | 9 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.3 | 22 | 2.6 | 1.6- 4.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 64 | 49 | 80.4 | 56.5-92.8 | 8 | 15.7 | 4.5-42.3 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.2 | 4 | 2.8 | 0.7-10.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 255 | 214 | 79.8 | 70.2-86.9 | 19 | 11.4 | 6.4-19.5 | 9 | 3.2 | 1.2- 8.6 | 13 | 5.6 | 2.0-14.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 217 | 197 | 87.0 | 77.4-92.8 | 13 | 8.7 | 4.2-17.1 | 3 | 3.5 | 0.9-13.1 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.2- 2.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 301 | 265 | 88.7 | 82.6-92.8 | 25 | 8.8 | 5.1-14.7 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.2- 5.0 | 7 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.2 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 287 | 259 | 90.3 | 84.4-94.1 | 16 | 5.8 | 3.1-10.6 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 8.6 | 11 | 2.6 | 1.2- 5.7 |
| $75,000+ | 450 | 421 | 93.1 | 89.4-95.6 | 11 | 2.9 | 1.4- 5.7 | 8 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.3 | 10 | 1.8 | 0.9- 3.8 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||||||||
| Buncombe | 192 | 178 | 93.6 | 89.1-96.4 | 6 | 2.5 | 1.1- 5.8 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.1 | 7 | 3.2 | 1.4- 7.1 |
| Guilford | 232 | 207 | 88.6 | 82.7-92.7 | 11 | 5.8 | 2.9-11.5 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.6 | 13 | 5.3 | 3.0- 9.3 |
| Mecklenburg | 223 | 208 | 92.1 | 85.5-95.9 | 7 | 3.0 | 1.3- 6.6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.8 | 7 | 4.3 | 1.6-11.5 |
| Orange | 226 | 215 | 95.4 | 90.9-97.7 | 6 | 2.7 | 1.0- 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 1.9 | 0.7- 4.9 |
| Wake | 245 | 234 | 94.9 | 90.0-97.5 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.4 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.5- 8.0 | 6 | 2.4 | 1.1- 5.5 |
| Chatham/Lee | 173 | 159 | 93.6 | 87.3-96.9 | 8 | 4.8 | 1.9-11.5 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.2 | 5 | 1.4 | 0.5- 3.8 |
| Nash/Wilson | 165 | 145 | 85.3 | 76.9-91.0 | 10 | 7.6 | 3.5-15.7 | 3 | 2.4 | 0.7- 7.7 | 7 | 4.7 | 2.2-10.0 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 170 | 146 | 83.1 | 74.3-89.3 | 13 | 10.9 | 5.7-19.7 | 4 | 2.4 | 0.9- 6.3 | 7 | 3.7 | 1.6- 8.3 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 174 | 140 | 80.5 | 73.4-86.1 | 16 | 9.9 | 6.0-16.0 | 8 | 4.2 | 2.1- 8.5 | 10 | 5.3 | 2.8-10.0 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 187 | 169 | 91.2 | 85.8-94.7 | 6 | 3.2 | 1.3- 7.9 | 6 | 2.3 | 1.0- 5.4 | 6 | 3.2 | 1.4- 7.3 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 199 | 171 | 84.8 | 77.3-90.2 | 14 | 8.5 | 4.5-15.6 | 7 | 2.6 | 1.2- 5.7 | 7 | 4.1 | 1.7- 9.2 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 175 | 162 | 91.0 | 81.3-96.0 | 8 | 4.4 | 1.9- 9.5 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.0- 2.7 | 4 | 4.2 | 1.1-15.4 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 185 | 168 | 88.3 | 80.5-93.2 | 14 | 10.5 | 5.8-18.3 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.8 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.0 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 170 | 142 | 82.3 | 74.0-88.3 | 15 | 10.0 | 5.5-17.5 | 5 | 4.4 | 1.6-11.1 | 8 | 3.3 | 1.6- 6.9 |
| Northeast NC I | 186 | 160 | 86.4 | 80.0-90.9 | 15 | 7.8 | 4.5-13.2 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.5- 4.3 | 8 | 4.4 | 2.1- 9.1 |
| Northeast NC II | 207 | 188 | 92.3 | 87.6-95.3 | 13 | 5.9 | 3.3-10.4 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.5 | 4 | 1.4 | 0.5- 4.1 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 393 | 348 | 90.3 | 86.7-93.0 | 28 | 6.5 | 4.3- 9.8 | 5 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.8 | 12 | 2.4 | 1.3- 4.5 |
| Mountain AHEC | 534 | 487 | 90.9 | 87.3-93.5 | 21 | 3.1 | 1.8- 5.2 | 7 | 2.2 | 1.0- 4.8 | 19 | 3.9 | 2.3- 6.5 |
| NC REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
| Eastern NC | 1,350 | 1,191 | 86.8 | 82.7-90.1 | 89 | 5.9 | 4.1- 8.4 | 25 | 3.0 | 1.4- 6.3 | 45 | 4.3 | 2.4- 7.5 |
| Piedmont | 1,874 | 1,685 | 88.6 | 86.1-90.6 | 101 | 6.7 | 5.1- 8.7 | 30 | 2.0 | 1.2- 3.4 | 58 | 2.7 | 1.8- 4.0 |
| Western NC | 850 | 768 | 90.3 | 87.0-92.8 | 35 | 3.4 | 2.3- 5.1 | 17 | 3.0 | 1.4- 6.2 | 30 | 3.3 | 2.2- 5.1 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported working indoors most of the time.
^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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