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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 | 3,807 | 2,000 | 52.1 | 50.2-54.1 | 831 | 22.8 | 21.2-24.5 | 568 | 14.1 | 12.8-15.5 | 135 | 3.9 | 3.2- 4.8 | 273 | 7.1 | 6.1- 8.1 |
-Buncombe County | 69 | 31 | 41.5 | 29.6-54.4 | 20 | 34.9 | 23.1-48.9 | 12 | 17.2 | 9.6-28.9 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.4- 7.6 | 4 | 4.6 | 1.6-12.5 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 24 | 10 | 37.0 | 19.9-58.2 | 12 | 55.3 | 34.6-74.3 | 1 | 3.8 | 0.5-22.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 3.9 | 0.5-23.4 |
Female | 45 | 21 | 45.5 | 30.9-60.9 | 8 | 16.5 | 8.2-30.4 | 11 | 29.3 | 16.7-46.1 | 2 | 3.5 | 0.8-14.0 | 3 | 5.2 | 1.6-15.5 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 56 | 26 | 43.7 | 30.4-57.9 | 18 | 36.3 | 23.6-51.3 | 8 | 15.5 | 7.7-28.9 | 2 | 2.3 | 0.5- 9.3 | 2 | 2.3 | 0.5- 9.3 |
Other | 12 | 4 | 28.6 | 9.6-60.1 | 2 | 30.6 | 7.5-70.7 | 4 | 25.6 | 8.2-56.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 15.1 | 3.3-48.2 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-44 | 61 | 29 | 45.9 | 32.8-59.7 | 17 | 31.9 | 19.9-46.9 | 10 | 16.2 | 8.5-28.8 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.9 | 4 | 5.3 | 1.8-14.3 |
45+ | 8 | 2 | 11.6 | 2.5-40.4 | 3 | 55.3 | 22.0-84.5 | 2 | 23.6 | 5.5-62.4 | 1 | 9.4 | 1.2-46.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 25 | 8 | 27.7 | 13.1-49.3 | 7 | 41.2 | 21.4-64.3 | 5 | 16.9 | 6.4-37.5 | 1 | 3.0 | 0.4-18.9 | 4 | 11.3 | 3.8-28.9 |
Some College + | 44 | 23 | 50.9 | 35.3-66.3 | 13 | 30.7 | 17.9-47.4 | 7 | 17.4 | 8.2-33.2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 7.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 45 | 19 | 36.4 | 22.9-52.4 | 14 | 38.1 | 23.2-55.6 | 7 | 16.4 | 7.7-31.6 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.6 | 4 | 7.3 | 2.5-19.2 |
$50,000+ | 20 | 11 | 56.2 | 33.3-76.7 | 5 | 26.6 | 11.0-51.6 | 3 | 15.3 | 4.8-39.2 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.3-13.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
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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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