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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 |
| -Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 400 | 214 | 52.4 | 46.8-57.9 | 32 | 7.1 | 4.8-10.3 | 154 | 40.5 | 35.1-46.1 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 149 | 77 | 50.3 | 41.5-59.2 | 13 | 6.9 | 3.7-12.4 | 59 | 42.8 | 34.2-51.8 |
| Female | 251 | 137 | 54.4 | 47.6-61.0 | 19 | 7.3 | 4.5-11.6 | 95 | 38.3 | 32.0-45.2 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 310 | 180 | 58.0 | 51.8-64.0 | 26 | 7.4 | 4.7-11.2 | 104 | 34.6 | 29.0-40.8 |
| Other | 88 | 32 | 32.2 | 22.2-44.0 | 6 | 6.3 | 2.8-13.8 | 50 | 61.5 | 49.3-72.4 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-44 | 141 | 65 | 42.9 | 34.0-52.2 | 10 | 6.5 | 3.4-11.9 | 66 | 50.7 | 41.3-60.0 |
| 45+ | 256 | 148 | 58.5 | 51.6-65.1 | 22 | 7.5 | 4.6-12.1 | 86 | 34.0 | 27.8-40.8 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 200 | 82 | 38.9 | 31.6-46.8 | 20 | 9.4 | 5.9-14.7 | 98 | 51.7 | 43.7-59.5 |
| Some College + | 199 | 131 | 65.9 | 58.2-72.8 | 12 | 4.8 | 2.4- 9.3 | 56 | 29.3 | 22.8-36.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 229 | 113 | 48.1 | 40.8-55.6 | 18 | 8.2 | 4.9-13.4 | 98 | 43.6 | 36.3-51.2 |
| $50,000+ | 78 | 47 | 59.2 | 46.9-70.4 | 6 | 5.1 | 2.1-11.8 | 25 | 35.8 | 24.9-48.2 |
* 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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