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Past 3 years | 3 to 5 years | 5+ years | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 8,042 | 6,862 | 85.6 | 84.6-86.5 | 502 | 6.3 | 5.6- 6.9 | 678 | 8.2 | 7.4- 9.0 |
-Eastern NC | 2,663 | 2,273 | 85.9 | 84.3-87.4 | 171 | 6.3 | 5.3- 7.5 | 219 | 7.8 | 6.7- 9.1 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 930 | 815 | 87.8 | 85.1-90.1 | 57 | 6.0 | 4.5- 8.0 | 58 | 6.2 | 4.6- 8.3 |
Female | 1,733 | 1,458 | 84.3 | 82.2-86.2 | 114 | 6.5 | 5.2- 8.0 | 161 | 9.2 | 7.7-10.9 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 1,776 | 1,496 | 84.7 | 82.6-86.6 | 122 | 6.6 | 5.4- 8.1 | 158 | 8.7 | 7.3-10.4 |
African American | 668 | 583 | 87.8 | 84.6-90.4 | 39 | 6.1 | 4.2- 8.7 | 46 | 6.2 | 4.5- 8.5 |
Other Minorities | 7 | 6 | 84.7 | 39.0-97.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 15.3 | 2.1-61.0 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 125 | 110 | 91.7 | 85.7-95.3 | 7 | 3.7 | 1.6- 8.3 | 8 | 4.6 | 2.2- 9.6 |
25-34 | 418 | 346 | 84.6 | 80.4-88.1 | 36 | 8.0 | 5.5-11.6 | 36 | 7.3 | 5.1-10.4 |
35-44 | 476 | 378 | 80.4 | 76.0-84.2 | 44 | 9.2 | 6.6-12.7 | 54 | 10.5 | 7.7-14.0 |
45-54 | 548 | 454 | 82.3 | 78.0-86.0 | 41 | 7.9 | 5.5-11.1 | 53 | 9.8 | 7.1-13.5 |
55-64 | 494 | 435 | 89.2 | 85.5-92.0 | 22 | 3.8 | 2.4- 6.2 | 37 | 7.0 | 4.7-10.3 |
65-74 | 345 | 317 | 91.5 | 87.1-94.6 | 10 | 2.9 | 1.3- 6.1 | 18 | 5.6 | 3.2- 9.5 |
75+ | 250 | 226 | 91.8 | 87.6-94.7 | 11 | 3.8 | 2.0- 7.0 | 13 | 4.4 | 2.4- 7.9 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 393 | 356 | 89.5 | 84.6-92.9 | 14 | 4.3 | 2.3- 7.9 | 23 | 6.2 | 3.6-10.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 809 | 687 | 86.2 | 83.3-88.7 | 55 | 6.2 | 4.6- 8.4 | 67 | 7.5 | 5.7- 9.9 |
Some Post-H.S. | 755 | 627 | 83.5 | 80.1-86.4 | 58 | 7.7 | 5.7-10.3 | 70 | 8.8 | 6.7-11.5 |
College Graduate | 705 | 602 | 86.1 | 82.8-88.8 | 44 | 5.9 | 4.2- 8.3 | 59 | 8.0 | 6.0-10.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 309 | 270 | 87.6 | 81.5-91.9 | 13 | 3.8 | 1.8- 7.7 | 26 | 8.6 | 5.1-14.2 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 466 | 401 | 87.0 | 82.9-90.3 | 30 | 6.3 | 4.1- 9.5 | 35 | 6.7 | 4.4-10.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 332 | 281 | 84.0 | 78.8-88.1 | 22 | 6.9 | 4.3-10.9 | 29 | 9.0 | 6.0-13.4 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 383 | 319 | 83.0 | 78.2-87.0 | 36 | 9.7 | 6.7-13.8 | 28 | 7.3 | 4.9-10.8 |
$50,000-74,999 | 328 | 275 | 87.0 | 82.5-90.5 | 26 | 6.3 | 3.9- 9.8 | 27 | 6.7 | 4.4-10.3 |
$75,000+ | 316 | 269 | 84.0 | 78.4-88.3 | 19 | 6.9 | 4.1-11.3 | 28 | 9.1 | 5.9-13.8 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 907 | 797 | 87.7 | 84.8-90.1 | 47 | 5.5 | 3.9- 7.6 | 63 | 6.8 | 5.0- 9.2 |
No | 1,682 | 1,412 | 85.0 | 82.9-86.9 | 120 | 6.8 | 5.5- 8.3 | 150 | 8.3 | 6.9- 9.9 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 408 | 369 | 91.2 | 87.6-93.9 | 18 | 3.9 | 2.3- 6.5 | 21 | 4.9 | 2.9- 7.9 |
Non-Veteran | 2,170 | 1,833 | 84.8 | 82.9-86.5 | 147 | 6.8 | 5.6- 8.2 | 190 | 8.4 | 7.1- 9.9 |
Currently Serving | 78 | 65 | 83.0 | 71.2-90.6 | 6 | 7.0 | 2.8-16.6 | 7 | 10.0 | 4.4-21.0 |
*Asked only of respondents that have ever had blood test for high sugar/diabetes and answered NO to diabetes core question
^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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