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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 |
| -Buncombe County | 362 | 232 | 60.8 | 54.9-66.5 | 29 | 7.1 | 4.8-10.3 | 101 | 32.1 | 26.7-38.0 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 139 | 80 | 54.4 | 45.2-63.4 | 9 | 5.2 | 2.7-10.1 | 50 | 40.3 | 31.6-49.8 |
| Female | 223 | 152 | 67.0 | 59.8-73.5 | 20 | 8.9 | 5.6-13.8 | 51 | 24.1 | 18.3-30.9 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 321 | 209 | 62.3 | 56.1-68.1 | 25 | 7.1 | 4.7-10.7 | 87 | 30.6 | 25.1-36.7 |
| Other | 39 | 21 | 49.3 | 31.7-67.1 | 4 | 7.2 | 2.4-19.3 | 14 | 43.5 | 26.3-62.5 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-44 | 132 | 69 | 47.2 | 37.9-56.8 | 11 | 7.3 | 3.9-13.2 | 52 | 45.5 | 36.0-55.3 |
| 45+ | 230 | 163 | 70.1 | 63.0-76.4 | 18 | 7.0 | 4.3-11.2 | 49 | 22.9 | 17.3-29.8 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 129 | 63 | 44.4 | 35.0-54.3 | 15 | 10.3 | 6.1-17.0 | 51 | 45.3 | 35.5-55.3 |
| Some College + | 233 | 169 | 70.4 | 63.3-76.7 | 14 | 5.2 | 2.9- 9.0 | 50 | 24.4 | 18.5-31.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 206 | 123 | 56.4 | 48.6-63.9 | 16 | 7.1 | 4.2-11.8 | 67 | 36.5 | 29.3-44.4 |
| $50,000+ | 89 | 66 | 73.3 | 62.0-82.3 | 5 | 4.9 | 2.0-11.6 | 18 | 21.8 | 13.6-33.0 |
* 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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