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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 14,812 | 2,446 | 16.4 | 15.6-17.1 | 12,366 | 83.6 | 82.9-84.4 |
-Eastern NC | 4,962 | 763 | 14.7 | 13.6-15.9 | 4,199 | 85.3 | 84.1-86.4 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,794 | 215 | 11.6 | 10.0-13.4 | 1,579 | 88.4 | 86.6-90.0 |
Female | 3,168 | 548 | 17.6 | 16.1-19.2 | 2,620 | 82.4 | 80.8-83.9 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 3,273 | 507 | 15.5 | 14.1-17.1 | 2,766 | 84.5 | 82.9-85.9 |
African American | 1,248 | 184 | 13.9 | 11.8-16.3 | 1,064 | 86.1 | 83.7-88.2 |
Other Minorities | 14 | 2 | 17.9 | 4.4-51.2 | 12 | 82.1 | 48.8-95.6 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 333 | 61 | 15.0 | 11.2-19.8 | 272 | 85.0 | 80.2-88.8 |
25-34 | 813 | 131 | 14.9 | 12.4-17.9 | 682 | 85.1 | 82.1-87.6 |
35-44 | 873 | 160 | 17.3 | 14.6-20.4 | 713 | 82.7 | 79.6-85.4 |
45-54 | 916 | 159 | 18.4 | 15.6-21.7 | 757 | 81.6 | 78.3-84.4 |
55-64 | 859 | 139 | 14.0 | 11.6-16.8 | 720 | 86.0 | 83.2-88.4 |
65-74 | 669 | 74 | 9.2 | 7.0-11.9 | 595 | 90.8 | 88.1-93.0 |
75+ | 480 | 35 | 7.7 | 5.3-11.0 | 445 | 92.3 | 89.0-94.7 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 853 | 110 | 11.9 | 9.6-14.7 | 743 | 88.1 | 85.3-90.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,591 | 195 | 11.5 | 9.8-13.5 | 1,396 | 88.5 | 86.5-90.2 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,302 | 236 | 17.6 | 15.3-20.1 | 1,066 | 82.4 | 79.9-84.7 |
College Graduate | 1,207 | 220 | 18.3 | 15.9-21.0 | 987 | 81.7 | 79.0-84.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 662 | 117 | 17.6 | 14.3-21.6 | 545 | 82.4 | 78.4-85.7 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 933 | 137 | 12.8 | 10.6-15.5 | 796 | 87.2 | 84.5-89.4 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 582 | 76 | 13.5 | 10.5-17.2 | 506 | 86.5 | 82.8-89.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 654 | 91 | 13.6 | 10.9-16.9 | 563 | 86.4 | 83.1-89.1 |
$50,000-74,999 | 529 | 96 | 17.0 | 13.7-21.0 | 433 | 83.0 | 79.0-86.3 |
$75,000+ | 545 | 86 | 16.0 | 12.8-19.8 | 459 | 84.0 | 80.2-87.2 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 1,708 | 341 | 20.0 | 17.8-22.3 | 1,367 | 80.0 | 77.7-82.2 |
No | 3,088 | 408 | 12.5 | 11.2-13.9 | 2,680 | 87.5 | 86.1-88.8 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 704 | 86 | 12.3 | 9.7-15.4 | 618 | 87.7 | 84.6-90.3 |
Non-Veteran | 4,114 | 656 | 15.3 | 14.0-16.6 | 3,458 | 84.7 | 83.4-86.0 |
Currently Serving | 135 | 19 | 13.5 | 8.2-21.3 | 116 | 86.5 | 78.7-91.8 |
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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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