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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Don't know/Not sure | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 1,410 | 347 | 24.1 | 21.4-27.0 | 690 | 49.7 | 46.4-53.1 | 373 | 26.2 | 23.4-29.1 |
-Eastern NC | 461 | 102 | 23.2 | 18.7-28.3 | 223 | 46.8 | 41.3-52.3 | 136 | 30.1 | 25.3-35.4 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 135 | 23 | 19.8 | 12.6-29.8 | 70 | 48.1 | 38.4-58.0 | 42 | 32.0 | 23.7-41.7 |
Female | 326 | 79 | 25.2 | 19.9-31.3 | 153 | 45.9 | 39.5-52.5 | 94 | 28.9 | 23.3-35.2 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 308 | 75 | 24.9 | 19.5-31.4 | 151 | 48.5 | 41.7-55.3 | 82 | 26.6 | 21.0-33.0 |
African American | 111 | 23 | 23.0 | 14.3-34.9 | 48 | 40.3 | 29.9-51.6 | 40 | 36.7 | 26.7-48.0 |
Other Minorities | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 22 | 7 | 34.0 | 14.4-61.1 | 9 | 29.5 | 12.9-54.4 | 6 | 36.5 | 15.4-64.4 |
25-34 | 39 | 14 | 39.6 | 23.9-57.8 | 17 | 31.0 | 18.4-47.4 | 8 | 29.4 | 15.5-48.5 |
35-44 | 61 | 10 | 17.1 | 8.1-32.6 | 32 | 52.0 | 36.9-66.7 | 19 | 31.0 | 19.0-46.1 |
45-54 | 86 | 19 | 22.0 | 13.0-34.8 | 40 | 43.2 | 31.5-55.7 | 27 | 34.8 | 23.6-47.9 |
55-64 | 92 | 21 | 23.4 | 14.1-36.2 | 50 | 56.2 | 43.8-68.0 | 21 | 20.4 | 12.7-31.0 |
65-74 | 97 | 18 | 18.1 | 10.7-29.0 | 41 | 46.5 | 34.9-58.5 | 38 | 35.3 | 25.3-46.8 |
75+ | 63 | 13 | 22.2 | 12.7-35.9 | 33 | 50.9 | 36.9-64.9 | 17 | 26.9 | 15.8-41.8 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 82 | 11 | 13.8 | 6.2-28.0 | 36 | 42.6 | 30.1-56.0 | 35 | 43.7 | 31.3-56.9 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 159 | 26 | 16.2 | 10.3-24.6 | 80 | 48.4 | 39.0-58.0 | 53 | 35.3 | 26.7-45.1 |
Some Post-H.S. | 102 | 26 | 29.8 | 19.7-42.3 | 48 | 45.4 | 34.1-57.2 | 28 | 24.8 | 16.5-35.6 |
College Graduate | 117 | 38 | 33.5 | 24.4-44.1 | 59 | 49.0 | 38.8-59.3 | 20 | 17.4 | 10.9-26.6 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 73 | 13 | 16.0 | 8.4-28.4 | 27 | 44.4 | 30.5-59.2 | 33 | 39.6 | 27.2-53.5 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 86 | 17 | 24.7 | 14.0-39.8 | 43 | 41.2 | 29.0-54.7 | 26 | 34.0 | 22.2-48.3 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 54 | 13 | 25.4 | 14.3-41.0 | 24 | 39.3 | 26.1-54.2 | 17 | 35.3 | 22.3-50.9 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 61 | 11 | 14.6 | 7.2-27.4 | 33 | 52.3 | 37.2-67.0 | 17 | 33.1 | 20.0-49.4 |
$50,000-74,999 | 43 | 17 | 38.0 | 23.1-55.5 | 19 | 43.4 | 27.7-60.6 | 7 | 18.6 | 8.8-35.2 |
$75,000+ | 43 | 11 | 25.0 | 13.5-41.5 | 29 | 68.0 | 51.1-81.1 | 3 | 7.1 | 2.1-21.2 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 192 | 38 | 19.8 | 13.7-27.8 | 86 | 44.3 | 36.0-52.9 | 68 | 35.9 | 28.2-44.4 |
No | 263 | 62 | 24.9 | 19.0-32.0 | 136 | 49.1 | 41.8-56.4 | 65 | 26.0 | 20.0-33.0 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 58 | 10 | 19.4 | 9.4-35.9 | 35 | 56.1 | 40.8-70.3 | 13 | 24.5 | 14.0-39.4 |
Non-Veteran | 393 | 92 | 24.4 | 19.5-30.0 | 179 | 44.1 | 38.3-50.2 | 122 | 31.5 | 26.2-37.3 |
Currently Serving | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 9 | 83.6 | 39.0-97.6 | 1 | 16.4 | 2.4-61.0 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported taking vitamins but not multivitamins. Due to large number of responses, data for Don't know/Not sure category are also presented.
^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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