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1-12 months | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | 5 or more years | Never | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 14,873 | 10,059 | 67.5 | 66.6-68.5 | 1,605 | 10.9 | 10.3-11.6 | 1,067 | 7.4 | 6.9- 8.0 | 1,993 | 12.9 | 12.2-13.6 | 149 | 1.2 | 1.0- 1.5 |
-Buncombe County | 362 | 241 | 66.0 | 60.3-71.2 | 36 | 10.4 | 7.4-14.5 | 29 | 7.8 | 5.3-11.4 | 53 | 14.6 | 10.9-19.1 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.3- 5.1 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 139 | 85 | 60.5 | 51.4-69.0 | 15 | 11.7 | 7.0-18.9 | 13 | 8.2 | 4.6-14.2 | 25 | 17.8 | 11.9-25.7 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.3 |
Female | 223 | 156 | 71.3 | 64.4-77.3 | 21 | 9.2 | 5.8-14.2 | 16 | 7.4 | 4.4-12.3 | 28 | 11.4 | 7.7-16.6 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.1- 3.7 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 320 | 218 | 67.8 | 61.9-73.2 | 29 | 9.9 | 6.7-14.3 | 24 | 7.4 | 4.8-11.3 | 48 | 14.8 | 11.0-19.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.5 |
Other | 40 | 21 | 52.4 | 34.7-69.5 | 7 | 14.3 | 6.4-28.8 | 5 | 10.8 | 4.3-24.4 | 5 | 13.6 | 5.3-30.6 | 2 | 8.9 | 2.0-32.2 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-44 | 134 | 91 | 66.7 | 57.2-75.0 | 16 | 12.2 | 7.2-19.9 | 12 | 9.0 | 5.0-15.6 | 13 | 9.3 | 5.2-16.1 | 2 | 2.8 | 0.6-12.0 |
45+ | 228 | 150 | 65.5 | 58.3-72.1 | 20 | 9.2 | 5.8-14.3 | 17 | 7.0 | 4.1-11.7 | 40 | 18.2 | 13.2-24.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.7 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 132 | 65 | 50.4 | 40.7-60.0 | 19 | 15.3 | 9.5-23.6 | 15 | 12.0 | 7.0-19.8 | 31 | 19.9 | 13.6-28.2 | 2 | 2.4 | 0.4-13.7 |
Some College + | 230 | 176 | 75.4 | 68.6-81.1 | 17 | 7.5 | 4.5-12.2 | 14 | 5.3 | 3.0- 9.1 | 22 | 11.3 | 7.3-17.2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 208 | 119 | 55.8 | 48.2-63.1 | 26 | 14.1 | 9.5-20.4 | 23 | 11.0 | 7.1-16.6 | 37 | 17.0 | 12.0-23.4 | 3 | 2.2 | 0.5- 8.8 |
$50,000+ | 89 | 78 | 83.6 | 72.1-90.9 | 5 | 6.0 | 2.3-14.7 | 2 | 3.6 | 0.9-13.5 | 4 | 6.8 | 2.5-17.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
^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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