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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 | 14,466 | 4,658 | 30.5 | 29.6-31.5 | 2,945 | 20.3 | 19.5-21.1 | 3,014 | 21.6 | 20.7-22.5 | 1,150 | 8.8 | 8.1- 9.4 | 2,699 | 18.9 | 18.0-19.7 |
-Buncombe County | 356 | 127 | 33.7 | 28.4-39.4 | 69 | 20.3 | 16.0-25.5 | 71 | 22.0 | 17.4-27.5 | 35 | 10.1 | 7.2-14.0 | 54 | 13.9 | 10.5-18.2 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 136 | 43 | 30.8 | 23.1-39.8 | 27 | 20.1 | 13.7-28.4 | 31 | 25.7 | 18.2-34.8 | 13 | 8.7 | 4.9-14.8 | 22 | 14.7 | 9.6-22.0 |
Female | 220 | 84 | 36.4 | 29.7-43.7 | 42 | 20.6 | 15.1-27.5 | 40 | 18.5 | 13.4-25.0 | 22 | 11.4 | 7.5-17.1 | 32 | 13.0 | 9.1-18.4 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 316 | 114 | 34.1 | 28.6-40.2 | 66 | 22.2 | 17.4-27.9 | 61 | 20.5 | 15.9-26.1 | 31 | 10.2 | 7.1-14.5 | 44 | 12.8 | 9.4-17.3 |
Other | 38 | 11 | 27.2 | 14.7-44.8 | 3 | 7.4 | 2.3-21.4 | 10 | 33.8 | 18.4-53.6 | 4 | 9.5 | 3.3-24.1 | 10 | 22.1 | 11.2-38.9 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-44 | 130 | 30 | 23.1 | 15.9-32.2 | 28 | 21.0 | 14.4-29.6 | 36 | 30.6 | 22.3-40.3 | 19 | 13.9 | 8.8-21.2 | 17 | 11.5 | 6.9-18.5 |
45+ | 226 | 97 | 40.8 | 33.8-48.1 | 41 | 19.9 | 14.4-26.7 | 35 | 16.3 | 11.5-22.7 | 16 | 7.6 | 4.5-12.4 | 37 | 15.5 | 11.0-21.3 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 126 | 40 | 29.5 | 21.5-39.0 | 17 | 13.1 | 7.9-20.9 | 25 | 24.5 | 16.6-34.7 | 10 | 8.6 | 4.5-15.9 | 34 | 24.3 | 17.2-33.2 |
Some College + | 230 | 87 | 36.0 | 29.4-43.2 | 52 | 24.4 | 18.6-31.4 | 46 | 20.6 | 15.3-27.1 | 25 | 11.0 | 7.4-16.0 | 20 | 8.0 | 5.0-12.6 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 202 | 71 | 33.6 | 26.7-41.2 | 24 | 10.8 | 6.8-16.8 | 44 | 25.0 | 18.6-32.7 | 25 | 13.7 | 9.2-19.9 | 38 | 16.9 | 12.0-23.3 |
$50,000+ | 88 | 28 | 29.2 | 20.1-40.2 | 28 | 36.1 | 25.8-47.8 | 18 | 20.0 | 12.4-30.6 | 8 | 6.8 | 3.3-13.5 | 6 | 8.0 | 3.6-16.9 |
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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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