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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 |
-Catawba County | 358 | 51 | 12.3 | 9.1-16.3 | 104 | 28.2 | 23.1-33.9 | 130 | 38.4 | 32.7-44.5 | 41 | 13.3 | 8.9-19.5 | 32 | 7.8 | 5.3-11.4 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 142 | 13 | 7.8 | 4.4-13.4 | 39 | 27.8 | 20.2-36.9 | 61 | 41.8 | 32.9-51.2 | 19 | 16.5 | 9.3-27.5 | 10 | 6.2 | 3.2-11.8 |
Female | 216 | 38 | 17.4 | 12.5-23.6 | 65 | 28.6 | 22.5-35.7 | 69 | 34.6 | 27.8-42.2 | 22 | 9.8 | 6.4-14.7 | 22 | 9.6 | 6.2-14.8 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 326 | 45 | 12.0 | 8.7-16.2 | 94 | 27.1 | 22.0-33.0 | 118 | 39.2 | 33.2-45.6 | 39 | 13.6 | 8.9-20.2 | 30 | 8.1 | 5.5-11.8 |
Other | 30 | 6 | 15.8 | 6.6-33.2 | 10 | 39.3 | 21.1-61.1 | 10 | 26.3 | 12.5-47.1 | 2 | 12.3 | 2.9-39.9 | 2 | 6.3 | 1.2-27.0 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-44 | 142 | 16 | 9.6 | 5.7-15.8 | 31 | 21.5 | 14.5-30.5 | 58 | 40.5 | 31.5-50.2 | 23 | 20.1 | 12.0-31.7 | 14 | 8.3 | 4.8-14.1 |
45+ | 213 | 35 | 14.9 | 10.5-20.7 | 71 | 33.8 | 27.0-41.3 | 72 | 37.0 | 29.8-44.8 | 18 | 7.3 | 4.5-11.6 | 17 | 7.1 | 4.1-12.1 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 188 | 29 | 12.1 | 8.0-17.9 | 62 | 31.8 | 24.3-40.3 | 61 | 33.6 | 25.9-42.3 | 16 | 13.9 | 7.3-25.1 | 20 | 8.6 | 5.3-13.6 |
Some College + | 169 | 22 | 12.7 | 8.3-18.9 | 42 | 24.2 | 17.7-32.1 | 69 | 44.6 | 36.6-53.0 | 25 | 12.7 | 8.5-18.5 | 11 | 5.8 | 2.9-11.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 208 | 36 | 14.5 | 10.1-20.3 | 67 | 32.1 | 24.9-40.2 | 72 | 35.6 | 28.1-43.9 | 21 | 12.6 | 6.6-22.8 | 12 | 5.3 | 2.8- 9.8 |
$50,000+ | 75 | 3 | 3.9 | 1.2-11.5 | 13 | 15.6 | 8.6-26.5 | 40 | 55.9 | 43.6-67.5 | 13 | 16.8 | 9.4-28.4 | 6 | 7.9 | 3.4-17.0 |
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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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