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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 | 14,297 | 2,482 | 15.8 | 15.1-16.5 | 3,766 | 25.4 | 24.5-26.3 | 5,450 | 39.9 | 38.8-40.9 | 1,534 | 11.3 | 10.7-12.0 | 1,065 | 7.6 | 7.1- 8.2 |
-Buncombe County | 350 | 48 | 12.8 | 9.4-17.3 | 87 | 25.1 | 20.3-30.6 | 145 | 42.7 | 37.0-48.7 | 46 | 13.4 | 10.0-17.9 | 24 | 5.9 | 3.8- 9.2 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 135 | 11 | 7.6 | 4.0-14.0 | 30 | 24.1 | 16.9-33.1 | 62 | 46.8 | 37.9-56.0 | 20 | 13.9 | 8.8-21.1 | 12 | 7.6 | 4.1-13.7 |
Female | 215 | 37 | 17.9 | 12.6-24.7 | 57 | 26.0 | 20.1-33.0 | 83 | 38.7 | 31.8-46.1 | 26 | 13.0 | 8.8-18.9 | 12 | 4.3 | 2.4- 7.7 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 311 | 37 | 11.2 | 7.8-15.8 | 75 | 24.3 | 19.2-30.1 | 133 | 43.6 | 37.5-49.8 | 45 | 15.0 | 11.1-19.9 | 21 | 5.9 | 3.7- 9.5 |
Other | 37 | 10 | 24.0 | 12.1-42.1 | 11 | 28.9 | 15.7-47.0 | 12 | 38.4 | 22.3-57.6 | 1 | 2.4 | 0.3-15.4 | 3 | 6.2 | 1.9-18.1 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-44 | 131 | 10 | 5.4 | 2.8-10.2 | 28 | 23.2 | 15.9-32.6 | 62 | 49.3 | 39.9-58.7 | 25 | 18.0 | 12.0-26.1 | 6 | 4.0 | 1.7- 9.6 |
45+ | 219 | 38 | 18.0 | 12.7-24.8 | 59 | 26.3 | 20.3-33.4 | 83 | 38.2 | 31.2-45.7 | 21 | 10.3 | 6.5-15.7 | 18 | 7.3 | 4.3-11.9 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 125 | 18 | 14.6 | 8.9-23.1 | 34 | 26.3 | 18.6-35.7 | 49 | 40.9 | 31.6-51.0 | 12 | 10.3 | 5.7-17.9 | 12 | 8.0 | 4.2-14.7 |
Some College + | 225 | 30 | 11.8 | 7.9-17.4 | 53 | 24.4 | 18.5-31.4 | 96 | 43.8 | 36.7-51.1 | 34 | 15.3 | 10.8-21.2 | 12 | 4.8 | 2.6- 8.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 200 | 31 | 15.8 | 10.7-22.8 | 42 | 19.0 | 13.8-25.6 | 88 | 45.8 | 38.1-53.6 | 25 | 12.6 | 8.3-18.6 | 14 | 6.9 | 3.8-12.0 |
$50,000+ | 87 | 9 | 8.0 | 4.0-15.6 | 20 | 24.1 | 15.4-35.7 | 38 | 44.8 | 33.8-56.2 | 17 | 20.2 | 12.6-30.8 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.9- 9.5 |
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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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