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1-12 months | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | 5 or more years | Never | |||||||||||
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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 | 14,873 | 10,059 | 67.5 | 66.6-68.5 | 1,605 | 10.9 | 10.3-11.6 | 1,067 | 7.4 | 6.9- 8.0 | 1,993 | 12.9 | 12.2-13.6 | 149 | 1.2 | 1.0- 1.5 |
-Eastern NC | 4,981 | 3,268 | 65.0 | 63.4-66.7 | 568 | 11.5 | 10.5-12.6 | 404 | 8.8 | 7.8-10.0 | 693 | 13.7 | 12.5-14.9 | 48 | 1.0 | 0.7- 1.4 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 1,790 | 1,105 | 61.5 | 58.7-64.2 | 220 | 11.4 | 9.8-13.2 | 171 | 10.9 | 9.0-13.1 | 270 | 14.8 | 12.9-16.9 | 24 | 1.4 | 0.9- 2.2 |
Female | 3,191 | 2,163 | 68.2 | 66.3-70.1 | 348 | 11.6 | 10.3-13.0 | 233 | 6.9 | 6.0- 8.0 | 423 | 12.6 | 11.3-14.0 | 24 | 0.6 | 0.4- 1.0 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 3,295 | 2,334 | 70.8 | 68.9-72.6 | 326 | 10.4 | 9.2-11.8 | 224 | 7.0 | 6.0- 8.1 | 390 | 11.3 | 10.0-12.6 | 21 | 0.5 | 0.3- 0.8 |
African American | 1,243 | 696 | 56.0 | 52.5-59.5 | 182 | 14.3 | 12.1-16.9 | 137 | 12.1 | 9.6-15.2 | 218 | 16.9 | 14.5-19.7 | 10 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.3 |
Other Minorities | 14 | 9 | 50.5 | 22.4-78.2 | 2 | 32.1 | 8.7-70.0 | 3 | 17.4 | 4.9-46.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 331 | 224 | 65.3 | 58.0-71.9 | 35 | 10.3 | 6.8-15.4 | 27 | 9.5 | 5.4-16.1 | 42 | 13.8 | 9.7-19.4 | 3 | 1.1 | 0.3- 3.4 |
25-34 | 815 | 562 | 66.5 | 62.4-70.4 | 94 | 12.0 | 9.6-15.0 | 66 | 9.2 | 6.8-12.3 | 83 | 10.9 | 8.5-13.7 | 10 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.8 |
35-44 | 885 | 624 | 68.2 | 64.1-72.0 | 98 | 11.8 | 9.4-14.6 | 64 | 7.4 | 5.0-10.9 | 93 | 11.6 | 9.2-14.5 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.6 |
45-54 | 918 | 627 | 68.3 | 64.6-71.8 | 122 | 13.0 | 10.7-15.7 | 71 | 8.4 | 6.4-11.0 | 91 | 9.6 | 7.5-12.4 | 7 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.5 |
55-64 | 869 | 558 | 64.2 | 60.1-68.0 | 107 | 12.0 | 9.6-14.8 | 86 | 10.7 | 8.4-13.6 | 114 | 12.6 | 10.1-15.7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.7 |
65-74 | 666 | 376 | 57.0 | 52.5-61.5 | 72 | 10.1 | 7.8-13.1 | 61 | 9.3 | 7.0-12.2 | 147 | 22.1 | 18.5-26.2 | 10 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.1 |
75+ | 479 | 283 | 58.3 | 52.8-63.5 | 38 | 8.3 | 5.7-11.8 | 28 | 6.7 | 4.3-10.3 | 122 | 25.8 | 21.2-31.0 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.1 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 842 | 351 | 42.7 | 38.1-47.4 | 103 | 11.5 | 9.1-14.4 | 88 | 11.6 | 8.7-15.2 | 275 | 30.9 | 26.9-35.1 | 25 | 3.4 | 2.1- 5.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,605 | 982 | 59.9 | 56.8-62.9 | 225 | 14.3 | 12.4-16.5 | 155 | 11.3 | 9.1-13.8 | 228 | 13.8 | 11.8-16.0 | 15 | 0.8 | 0.4- 1.4 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,311 | 916 | 69.3 | 66.2-72.2 | 147 | 12.0 | 10.0-14.4 | 109 | 8.8 | 7.1-10.7 | 134 | 9.5 | 7.8-11.6 | 5 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.1 |
College Graduate | 1,216 | 1,013 | 84.8 | 82.4-87.0 | 93 | 7.1 | 5.6- 8.9 | 51 | 3.3 | 2.3- 4.6 | 56 | 4.7 | 3.5- 6.3 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 651 | 299 | 47.5 | 42.3-52.8 | 90 | 13.8 | 10.9-17.2 | 80 | 11.7 | 8.9-15.3 | 174 | 24.7 | 20.8-29.2 | 8 | 2.3 | 1.0- 5.1 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 937 | 496 | 51.2 | 46.9-55.5 | 132 | 13.4 | 10.9-16.3 | 100 | 12.5 | 9.4-16.6 | 192 | 21.0 | 17.8-24.5 | 17 | 1.8 | 1.1- 3.2 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 587 | 391 | 64.5 | 59.9-68.9 | 81 | 13.8 | 10.9-17.4 | 47 | 9.2 | 6.7-12.6 | 66 | 12.0 | 9.2-15.5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.9 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 668 | 505 | 72.9 | 68.6-76.9 | 72 | 13.0 | 10.1-16.6 | 37 | 5.9 | 4.0- 8.6 | 52 | 8.0 | 5.9-10.8 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.0- 0.7 |
$50,000-74,999 | 537 | 434 | 79.0 | 74.6-82.7 | 40 | 9.0 | 6.4-12.5 | 33 | 6.8 | 4.7- 9.8 | 30 | 5.2 | 3.5- 7.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
$75,000+ | 548 | 477 | 87.1 | 83.6-90.0 | 35 | 5.7 | 4.0- 8.1 | 20 | 3.6 | 2.2- 5.8 | 16 | 3.6 | 2.0- 6.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 1,714 | 961 | 56.7 | 53.8-59.5 | 229 | 13.3 | 11.5-15.4 | 167 | 10.5 | 8.7-12.6 | 335 | 18.6 | 16.4-20.9 | 22 | 0.9 | 0.6- 1.6 |
No | 3,104 | 2,196 | 69.3 | 67.2-71.3 | 324 | 10.7 | 9.5-12.1 | 223 | 7.6 | 6.5- 9.0 | 336 | 11.3 | 10.0-12.8 | 25 | 1.0 | 0.7- 1.6 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 706 | 442 | 64.5 | 60.4-68.4 | 107 | 14.3 | 11.6-17.5 | 58 | 8.1 | 6.1-10.6 | 91 | 12.2 | 9.8-15.2 | 8 | 0.9 | 0.4- 2.0 |
Non-Veteran | 4,130 | 2,695 | 64.0 | 62.1-65.9 | 452 | 11.2 | 10.1-12.5 | 343 | 9.3 | 8.0-10.6 | 600 | 14.4 | 13.1-15.8 | 40 | 1.0 | 0.7- 1.5 |
Currently Serving | 135 | 125 | 92.2 | 85.0-96.1 | 6 | 4.1 | 1.7- 9.8 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.8 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.6-10.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
^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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