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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Not taking vitamins | |||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 14,698 | 7,729 | 50.6 | 49.5-51.6 | 1,298 | 8.2 | 7.6- 8.7 | 5,671 | 41.3 | 40.2-42.3 |
| -Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes | 351 | 184 | 53.2 | 46.7-59.5 | 30 | 7.7 | 5.2-11.1 | 137 | 39.2 | 33.2-45.5 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 130 | 59 | 51.7 | 41.0-62.4 | 9 | 5.7 | 2.9-11.1 | 62 | 42.6 | 32.6-53.2 |
| Female | 221 | 125 | 54.6 | 47.3-61.6 | 21 | 9.7 | 6.2-14.7 | 75 | 35.8 | 29.1-43.0 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 333 | 170 | 49.7 | 43.6-55.8 | 30 | 8.6 | 5.9-12.3 | 133 | 41.7 | 35.9-47.8 |
| Other | 17 | 13 | 82.2 | 53.0-95.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 17.8 | 5.0-47.0 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-44 | 126 | 60 | 48.7 | 38.9-58.5 | 3 | 2.3 | 0.7- 7.1 | 63 | 49.0 | 39.3-58.8 |
| 45+ | 225 | 124 | 55.7 | 47.3-63.8 | 27 | 10.7 | 7.1-15.8 | 74 | 33.6 | 26.5-41.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 192 | 88 | 48.6 | 39.3-58.0 | 18 | 7.5 | 4.5-12.0 | 86 | 44.0 | 35.2-53.1 |
| Some College + | 159 | 96 | 59.7 | 51.0-67.8 | 12 | 8.0 | 4.4-14.1 | 51 | 32.3 | 24.9-40.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 218 | 108 | 51.8 | 43.3-60.2 | 17 | 6.6 | 4.0-10.7 | 93 | 41.6 | 33.7-49.9 |
| $50,000+ | 62 | 39 | 57.9 | 44.3-70.4 | 8 | 14.8 | 7.3-27.7 | 15 | 27.3 | 16.8-41.1 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported taking vitamins. 'Not taking vitamins' category is added to the denominator so that the estimates are based on all respondents.
^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 (MAHEC): 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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