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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,605 | 1,713 | 47.1 | 45.1-49.2 | 1,892 | 52.9 | 50.8-54.9 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,251 | 547 | 44.2 | 41.0-47.4 | 704 | 55.8 | 52.6-59.0 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 749 | 370 | 49.7 | 45.5-53.9 | 379 | 50.3 | 46.1-54.5 |
| African American | 348 | 122 | 34.7 | 29.2-40.8 | 226 | 65.3 | 59.2-70.8 |
| Other Minorities | 7 | 5 | 74.3 | 32.4-94.6 | 2 | 25.7 | 5.4-67.6 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 201 | 80 | 40.7 | 33.0-48.9 | 121 | 59.3 | 51.1-67.0 |
| 25-34 | 507 | 216 | 43.5 | 38.5-48.6 | 291 | 56.5 | 51.4-61.5 |
| 35-44 | 543 | 251 | 46.3 | 41.5-51.3 | 292 | 53.7 | 48.7-58.5 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 119 | 30 | 26.5 | 18.1-36.9 | 89 | 73.5 | 63.1-81.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 360 | 130 | 37.2 | 31.5-43.3 | 230 | 62.8 | 56.7-68.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 410 | 199 | 49.2 | 43.6-54.8 | 211 | 50.8 | 45.2-56.4 |
| College Graduate | 362 | 188 | 52.7 | 46.7-58.7 | 174 | 47.3 | 41.3-53.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 144 | 40 | 23.0 | 16.5-31.1 | 104 | 77.0 | 68.9-83.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 244 | 91 | 37.1 | 30.2-44.7 | 153 | 62.9 | 55.3-69.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 170 | 72 | 42.9 | 34.5-51.7 | 98 | 57.1 | 48.3-65.5 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 181 | 87 | 48.4 | 40.1-56.7 | 94 | 51.6 | 43.3-59.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 143 | 79 | 54.7 | 44.9-64.1 | 64 | 45.3 | 35.9-55.1 |
| $75,000+ | 145 | 78 | 57.3 | 48.1-65.9 | 67 | 42.7 | 34.1-51.9 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 249 | 104 | 40.7 | 33.8-47.9 | 145 | 59.3 | 52.1-66.2 |
| No | 977 | 434 | 45.1 | 41.5-48.8 | 543 | 54.9 | 51.2-58.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 57 | 35 | 58.8 | 43.9-72.3 | 22 | 41.2 | 27.7-56.1 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,166 | 494 | 43.0 | 39.7-46.4 | 672 | 57.0 | 53.6-60.3 |
| Currently Serving | 28 | 18 | 73.1 | 53.4-86.5 | 10 | 26.9 | 13.5-46.6 |
*Data for this table were derived from the folic acid question, 'How often do you take this vitamin pill or supplement?'
^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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