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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 | 3,735 | 591 | 15.4 | 14.1-16.9 | 768 | 21.3 | 19.7-23.1 | 1,575 | 42.3 | 40.4-44.3 | 503 | 13.0 | 11.8-14.4 | 298 | 7.9 | 6.9- 9.0 |
-Buncombe County | 69 | 6 | 9.0 | 3.8-19.8 | 10 | 19.9 | 10.6-34.2 | 35 | 50.4 | 37.6-63.3 | 11 | 13.3 | 7.1-23.4 | 7 | 7.5 | 3.5-15.3 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 24 | 2 | 9.6 | 2.4-32.0 | 4 | 24.0 | 9.3-49.4 | 16 | 60.7 | 38.3-79.3 | 2 | 5.7 | 1.3-21.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Female | 45 | 4 | 8.4 | 3.1-20.9 | 6 | 16.1 | 7.2-31.9 | 19 | 41.2 | 27.1-57.0 | 9 | 20.2 | 10.4-35.5 | 7 | 14.2 | 6.7-27.7 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 56 | 4 | 7.1 | 2.4-19.5 | 8 | 16.8 | 8.3-31.2 | 29 | 54.5 | 40.3-68.0 | 9 | 13.9 | 7.0-25.8 | 6 | 7.6 | 3.3-16.5 |
Other | 12 | 2 | 17.6 | 4.2-51.3 | 2 | 34.3 | 9.4-72.4 | 5 | 29.8 | 10.5-60.4 | 2 | 11.0 | 2.5-37.2 | 1 | 7.3 | 1.0-38.8 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-44 | 61 | 6 | 10.3 | 4.4-22.4 | 9 | 19.7 | 10.0-35.2 | 31 | 50.0 | 36.4-63.6 | 9 | 12.8 | 6.4-24.0 | 6 | 7.2 | 3.1-15.7 |
45+ | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 20.8 | 3.0-68.7 | 4 | 53.5 | 20.1-84.0 | 2 | 16.3 | 3.6-50.3 | 1 | 9.4 | 1.2-46.5 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 25 | 1 | 3.0 | 0.4-18.9 | 2 | 17.1 | 4.4-47.8 | 14 | 55.5 | 33.6-75.5 | 6 | 19.8 | 8.5-39.7 | 2 | 4.5 | 1.0-18.0 |
Some College + | 44 | 5 | 13.0 | 5.1-29.4 | 8 | 21.7 | 11.0-38.5 | 21 | 47.0 | 31.8-62.7 | 5 | 8.8 | 3.4-21.0 | 5 | 9.4 | 3.8-21.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 45 | 5 | 11.2 | 4.3-26.3 | 6 | 18.0 | 7.5-37.2 | 21 | 47.5 | 31.8-63.6 | 8 | 15.5 | 7.5-29.4 | 5 | 7.8 | 3.1-18.3 |
$50,000+ | 20 | 1 | 6.1 | 0.9-32.9 | 2 | 14.8 | 3.8-43.5 | 13 | 65.6 | 41.4-83.7 | 2 | 5.2 | 1.2-19.9 | 2 | 8.3 | 2.0-28.3 |
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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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