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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 |
| -Western NC | 2,027 | 1,681 | 75.0 | 70.9-78.6 | 346 | 25.0 | 21.4-29.1 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 758 | 610 | 69.5 | 62.6-75.7 | 148 | 30.5 | 24.3-37.4 |
| Female | 1,269 | 1,071 | 80.2 | 76.1-83.8 | 198 | 19.8 | 16.2-23.9 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 1,844 | 1,555 | 77.5 | 73.3-81.1 | 289 | 22.5 | 18.9-26.7 |
| African American | 72 | 60 | 80.6 | 55.8-93.2 | 12 | 19.4 | 6.8-44.2 |
| Other Minorities | 103 | 60 | 29.7 | 18.0-44.9 | 43 | 70.3 | 55.1-82.0 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 121 | 46 | 37.4 | 26.2-50.2 | 75 | 62.6 | 49.8-73.8 |
| 25-34 | 273 | 175 | 49.8 | 38.6-60.9 | 98 | 50.2 | 39.1-61.4 |
| 35-44 | 334 | 267 | 73.5 | 63.5-81.5 | 67 | 26.5 | 18.5-36.5 |
| 45-54 | 380 | 329 | 84.2 | 74.8-90.5 | 51 | 15.8 | 9.5-25.2 |
| 55-64 | 353 | 331 | 93.2 | 86.1-96.8 | 22 | 6.8 | 3.2-13.9 |
| 65-74 | 338 | 323 | 95.1 | 90.8-97.4 | 15 | 4.9 | 2.6- 9.2 |
| 75+ | 211 | 195 | 92.6 | 87.0-95.9 | 16 | 7.4 | 4.1-13.0 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 338 | 266 | 62.2 | 49.1-73.8 | 72 | 37.8 | 26.2-50.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 630 | 504 | 71.7 | 65.1-77.6 | 126 | 28.3 | 22.4-34.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 529 | 439 | 74.7 | 67.4-80.9 | 90 | 25.3 | 19.1-32.6 |
| College Graduate | 524 | 468 | 90.3 | 86.7-93.0 | 56 | 9.7 | 7.0-13.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 260 | 207 | 71.2 | 60.9-79.8 | 53 | 28.8 | 20.2-39.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 397 | 302 | 58.1 | 48.5-67.1 | 95 | 41.9 | 32.9-51.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 251 | 213 | 78.8 | 69.7-85.7 | 38 | 21.2 | 14.3-30.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 269 | 227 | 82.0 | 72.9-88.5 | 42 | 18.0 | 11.5-27.1 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 204 | 179 | 83.3 | 74.3-89.6 | 25 | 16.7 | 10.4-25.7 |
| $75,000+ | 206 | 192 | 92.5 | 85.1-96.3 | 14 | 7.5 | 3.7-14.9 |
| 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 |
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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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