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Allowed in all areas | Allowed in some areas | Not allowed at all | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 13,904 | 591 | 4.4 | 4.0- 4.9 | 1,359 | 10.0 | 9.4-10.6 | 11,954 | 85.6 | 84.9-86.3 |
-Buncombe County | 342 | 10 | 3.1 | 1.6- 6.0 | 29 | 8.1 | 5.5-11.8 | 303 | 88.8 | 84.6-91.9 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 132 | 6 | 4.5 | 2.0-10.1 | 14 | 8.6 | 4.9-14.8 | 112 | 86.9 | 79.8-91.7 |
Female | 210 | 4 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.2 | 15 | 7.6 | 4.4-12.6 | 191 | 90.6 | 85.3-94.1 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 304 | 9 | 3.3 | 1.7- 6.6 | 25 | 7.6 | 5.0-11.4 | 270 | 89.1 | 84.7-92.3 |
Other | 36 | 1 | 1.8 | 0.2-12.0 | 4 | 12.2 | 4.3-30.1 | 31 | 86.0 | 68.6-94.6 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-44 | 128 | 3 | 2.9 | 0.9- 9.2 | 12 | 8.1 | 4.4-14.5 | 113 | 89.0 | 81.7-93.6 |
45+ | 214 | 7 | 3.3 | 1.5- 7.1 | 17 | 8.0 | 4.8-13.1 | 190 | 88.6 | 83.1-92.6 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 116 | 6 | 5.5 | 2.3-12.6 | 9 | 8.1 | 3.9-15.9 | 101 | 86.4 | 77.7-92.1 |
Some College + | 226 | 4 | 1.8 | 0.7- 5.1 | 20 | 8.1 | 5.1-12.6 | 202 | 90.1 | 85.2-93.5 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 197 | 9 | 4.8 | 2.4- 9.6 | 23 | 12.0 | 7.8-18.0 | 165 | 83.1 | 76.5-88.2 |
$50,000+ | 85 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2- 9.8 | 5 | 4.2 | 1.6-10.1 | 79 | 94.3 | 87.3-97.6 |
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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 (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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