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Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 14,627 | 2,623 | 18.2 | 17.4-19.0 | 12,004 | 81.8 | 81.0-82.6 |
-Buncombe County | 359 | 73 | 19.4 | 15.2-24.3 | 286 | 80.6 | 75.7-84.8 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 138 | 26 | 17.8 | 11.8-26.0 | 112 | 82.2 | 74.0-88.2 |
Female | 221 | 47 | 20.9 | 15.6-27.3 | 174 | 79.1 | 72.7-84.4 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 319 | 72 | 21.8 | 17.2-27.4 | 247 | 78.2 | 72.6-82.8 |
Other | 38 | 1 | 1.8 | 0.2-11.6 | 37 | 98.2 | 88.4-99.8 |
AGE | |||||||
18-44 | 131 | 42 | 30.3 | 22.4-39.7 | 89 | 69.7 | 60.3-77.6 |
45+ | 228 | 31 | 12.1 | 8.3-17.3 | 197 | 87.9 | 82.7-91.7 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
H.S. or Less | 127 | 18 | 12.4 | 7.6-19.6 | 109 | 87.6 | 80.4-92.4 |
Some College + | 232 | 55 | 23.3 | 17.7-30.1 | 177 | 76.7 | 69.9-82.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $50,000 | 204 | 43 | 19.8 | 14.4-26.5 | 161 | 80.2 | 73.5-85.6 |
$50,000+ | 89 | 19 | 19.0 | 11.9-28.8 | 70 | 81.0 | 71.2-88.1 |
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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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