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Less than 6 mos. | 6 mos. to 1 year | Past year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years | |||||||||||
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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 | 3,498 | 253 | 7.8 | 6.7- 9.0 | 139 | 3.9 | 3.2- 4.8 | 583 | 16.4 | 14.9-18.0 | 375 | 10.2 | 9.1-11.5 | 2,148 | 61.7 | 59.6-63.7 |
-Eastern NC | 1,175 | 90 | 8.0 | 6.1-10.4 | 46 | 3.8 | 2.7- 5.3 | 217 | 18.9 | 16.3-21.7 | 136 | 10.5 | 8.6-12.7 | 686 | 58.9 | 55.4-62.2 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 541 | 41 | 8.3 | 5.6-12.1 | 13 | 2.3 | 1.3- 4.1 | 99 | 18.4 | 14.9-22.5 | 61 | 10.3 | 7.8-13.4 | 327 | 60.7 | 55.8-65.4 |
Female | 634 | 49 | 7.6 | 5.5-10.3 | 33 | 5.9 | 3.9- 8.8 | 118 | 19.6 | 16.1-23.6 | 75 | 10.8 | 8.4-13.8 | 359 | 56.2 | 51.6-60.7 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 894 | 70 | 7.5 | 5.7- 9.8 | 35 | 3.8 | 2.5- 5.6 | 154 | 17.8 | 15.0-21.0 | 103 | 10.4 | 8.4-12.9 | 532 | 60.5 | 56.6-64.2 |
African American | 211 | 8 | 3.3 | 1.6- 6.9 | 7 | 3.4 | 1.5- 7.5 | 38 | 16.7 | 11.7-23.4 | 27 | 12.6 | 8.2-18.8 | 131 | 64.0 | 56.2-71.1 |
Other Minorities | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 29 | 14 | 57.7 | 35.0-77.5 | 2 | 5.9 | 1.4-22.2 | 9 | 28.9 | 13.2-52.1 | 3 | 6.4 | 1.8-20.3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 7.3 |
25-34 | 108 | 18 | 20.0 | 11.1-33.3 | 12 | 10.6 | 5.2-20.7 | 47 | 43.7 | 32.8-55.4 | 15 | 12.2 | 6.9-20.7 | 16 | 13.5 | 7.9-22.1 |
35-44 | 150 | 24 | 16.1 | 10.1-24.7 | 7 | 4.0 | 1.7- 8.9 | 36 | 28.3 | 19.7-38.9 | 30 | 14.9 | 10.1-21.6 | 53 | 36.7 | 28.1-46.3 |
45-54 | 213 | 8 | 3.2 | 1.5- 6.7 | 10 | 4.4 | 2.2- 8.6 | 49 | 21.2 | 15.8-28.0 | 30 | 13.8 | 9.0-20.4 | 116 | 57.4 | 49.6-64.9 |
55-64 | 261 | 12 | 3.1 | 1.7- 5.7 | 9 | 3.7 | 1.8- 7.2 | 38 | 14.3 | 10.1-20.0 | 28 | 11.2 | 7.4-16.7 | 174 | 67.7 | 60.7-73.9 |
65-74 | 257 | 9 | 2.4 | 1.2- 4.7 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.2- 2.1 | 27 | 9.0 | 5.9-13.5 | 22 | 7.3 | 4.5-11.7 | 196 | 80.6 | 74.9-85.3 |
75+ | 151 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.1- 8.2 | 3 | 1.8 | 0.5- 6.7 | 9 | 4.2 | 1.9- 9.2 | 8 | 3.8 | 1.8- 7.9 | 126 | 87.1 | 80.3-91.8 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 185 | 15 | 11.5 | 5.4-22.8 | 9 | 4.1 | 2.0- 8.5 | 36 | 18.2 | 12.4-26.0 | 19 | 8.7 | 5.0-14.6 | 106 | 57.5 | 47.7-66.6 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 349 | 25 | 7.8 | 4.9-12.1 | 14 | 4.9 | 2.7- 8.9 | 61 | 17.2 | 13.1-22.3 | 41 | 11.0 | 7.7-15.4 | 208 | 59.1 | 52.8-65.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 329 | 34 | 10.0 | 6.9-14.3 | 17 | 3.7 | 2.2- 6.2 | 64 | 20.3 | 15.3-26.3 | 39 | 10.4 | 7.2-14.8 | 175 | 55.5 | 49.1-61.8 |
College Graduate | 310 | 16 | 4.0 | 2.3- 6.9 | 6 | 2.3 | 0.9- 5.8 | 56 | 19.8 | 14.9-25.8 | 37 | 11.1 | 7.8-15.7 | 195 | 62.7 | 56.3-68.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 146 | 13 | 10.1 | 3.9-23.6 | 7 | 6.0 | 2.7-12.5 | 34 | 18.2 | 12.5-25.8 | 20 | 13.3 | 8.0-21.3 | 72 | 52.4 | 41.9-62.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 188 | 7 | 3.7 | 1.6- 8.4 | 9 | 3.5 | 1.7- 7.2 | 37 | 19.4 | 13.3-27.3 | 22 | 10.4 | 6.2-17.0 | 113 | 63.0 | 54.3-70.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 120 | 17 | 12.1 | 7.1-19.9 | 6 | 7.5 | 2.9-17.8 | 19 | 15.6 | 9.6-24.4 | 15 | 11.6 | 6.5-19.8 | 63 | 53.2 | 42.9-63.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 177 | 13 | 6.8 | 3.6-12.5 | 5 | 2.1 | 0.7- 5.6 | 35 | 22.5 | 15.6-31.3 | 21 | 10.1 | 6.0-16.6 | 103 | 58.5 | 49.5-67.0 |
$50,000-74,999 | 138 | 15 | 11.0 | 5.9-19.4 | 4 | 2.4 | 0.7- 7.2 | 27 | 21.1 | 14.3-30.0 | 16 | 12.0 | 7.1-19.4 | 76 | 53.6 | 44.0-62.9 |
$75,000+ | 156 | 8 | 4.7 | 2.2- 9.8 | 5 | 2.8 | 0.9- 8.4 | 28 | 19.5 | 13.1-28.2 | 16 | 9.4 | 5.5-15.6 | 99 | 63.5 | 54.4-71.7 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 480 | 34 | 6.2 | 4.2- 9.0 | 17 | 4.0 | 2.4- 6.5 | 87 | 17.6 | 13.9-22.0 | 54 | 10.3 | 7.6-13.9 | 288 | 62.0 | 56.7-66.9 |
No | 671 | 55 | 9.5 | 6.7-13.2 | 27 | 3.4 | 2.1- 5.5 | 125 | 20.0 | 16.5-24.0 | 78 | 10.4 | 8.0-13.2 | 386 | 56.8 | 52.2-61.3 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 283 | 13 | 4.4 | 2.3- 8.4 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.5- 4.0 | 38 | 12.6 | 8.9-17.7 | 31 | 9.5 | 6.4-13.8 | 197 | 72.0 | 65.8-77.5 |
Non-Veteran | 876 | 72 | 8.9 | 6.6-12.1 | 42 | 4.8 | 3.4- 6.9 | 173 | 20.9 | 17.8-24.4 | 102 | 10.8 | 8.6-13.5 | 487 | 54.5 | 50.4-58.6 |
Currently Serving | 16 | 5 | 29.9 | 10.9-59.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 38.9 | 14.7-70.1 | 3 | 14.3 | 3.9-40.4 | 2 | 16.9 | 3.2-55.8 |
* Asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 cigarettes in their entire lifetime and now smoke not at all (for any length of time).
^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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