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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 1,540 | 847 | 55.2 | 52.0-58.4 | 28 | 1.7 | 1.0- 2.8 | 182 | 12.5 | 10.4-14.9 | 483 | 30.6 | 27.8-33.6 |
-Eastern NC | 594 | 343 | 57.1 | 52.0-62.0 | 8 | 1.3 | 0.6- 2.9 | 68 | 14.0 | 10.3-18.6 | 175 | 27.7 | 23.4-32.3 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 211 | 114 | 51.3 | 43.2-59.4 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.7- 5.2 | 29 | 17.6 | 11.4-26.2 | 64 | 29.1 | 22.3-37.0 |
Female | 383 | 229 | 62.7 | 57.0-68.0 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.0 | 39 | 10.4 | 7.3-14.6 | 111 | 26.2 | 21.6-31.5 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 341 | 188 | 54.9 | 48.4-61.2 | 5 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.4 | 31 | 9.1 | 6.1-13.3 | 117 | 34.3 | 28.3-40.8 |
African American | 213 | 136 | 62.4 | 54.3-69.9 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.1- 3.4 | 29 | 17.6 | 11.8-25.4 | 46 | 19.3 | 14.0-25.9 |
Other Minorities | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 100 | . - . |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 10 | 2 | 13.6 | 2.9-45.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 50.7 | 20.0-80.8 | 5 | 35.8 | 12.7-68.1 |
25-34 | 23 | 11 | 44.4 | 24.4-66.4 | 1 | 5.3 | 0.7-29.7 | 6 | 28.3 | 12.4-52.4 | 5 | 22.0 | 8.4-46.5 |
35-44 | 38 | 27 | 66.9 | 48.5-81.2 | 1 | 2.2 | 0.3-14.0 | 3 | 7.1 | 2.2-20.2 | 7 | 23.9 | 11.5-43.2 |
45-54 | 91 | 60 | 62.3 | 46.9-75.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.7 | 5 | 12.0 | 3.3-35.2 | 25 | 25.2 | 15.5-38.2 |
55-64 | 157 | 111 | 72.3 | 63.1-80.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.5- 7.6 | 7 | 6.4 | 2.6-15.0 | 37 | 19.3 | 13.2-27.2 |
65-74 | 174 | 90 | 47.4 | 38.5-56.4 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 4.4 | 32 | 21.8 | 15.0-30.7 | 50 | 29.9 | 21.8-39.6 |
75+ | 98 | 41 | 43.2 | 32.1-55.1 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.9 | 12 | 11.6 | 6.0-21.4 | 44 | 44.7 | 33.4-56.6 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 166 | 92 | 52.6 | 42.0-63.0 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.4 | 19 | 16.2 | 8.1-29.6 | 52 | 30.0 | 21.4-40.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 204 | 123 | 59.2 | 50.8-67.0 | 4 | 2.5 | 0.8- 7.1 | 21 | 11.8 | 7.1-19.0 | 56 | 26.5 | 19.8-34.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 138 | 86 | 62.8 | 53.0-71.7 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.3 | 20 | 16.4 | 10.3-25.1 | 31 | 20.1 | 13.5-28.9 |
College Graduate | 84 | 42 | 53.4 | 41.1-65.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 7 | 9.6 | 4.5-19.5 | 35 | 37.0 | 26.1-49.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 142 | 92 | 67.7 | 57.6-76.4 | 3 | 2.2 | 0.6- 7.5 | 8 | 6.6 | 2.4-16.8 | 39 | 23.5 | 16.4-32.5 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 130 | 77 | 58.7 | 46.3-70.1 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.7 | 14 | 15.1 | 6.4-31.7 | 38 | 26.0 | 17.6-36.6 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 60 | 35 | 53.9 | 39.2-68.0 | 2 | 4.2 | 1.0-16.6 | 10 | 19.0 | 9.2-35.3 | 13 | 22.8 | 12.9-37.1 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 54 | 32 | 59.1 | 43.0-73.4 | 1 | 2.2 | 0.3-14.2 | 4 | 9.0 | 3.2-22.7 | 17 | 29.7 | 17.2-46.1 |
$50,000-74,999 | 35 | 20 | 57.8 | 39.1-74.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 13.1 | 4.0-35.2 | 12 | 29.1 | 15.9-47.1 |
$75,000+ | 25 | 16 | 63.7 | 39.9-82.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 10.5 | 2.6-33.9 | 7 | 25.8 | 10.3-51.4 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 364 | 226 | 62.3 | 55.9-68.2 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.2- 2.4 | 34 | 10.5 | 7.0-15.5 | 101 | 26.6 | 21.3-32.6 |
No | 211 | 112 | 51.2 | 42.7-59.6 | 4 | 1.6 | 0.5- 4.4 | 31 | 19.1 | 12.2-28.5 | 64 | 28.2 | 21.3-36.2 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 107 | 51 | 46.9 | 36.6-57.5 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.4 | 15 | 16.2 | 9.8-25.5 | 40 | 35.5 | 26.0-46.3 |
Non-Veteran | 487 | 292 | 60.1 | 54.3-65.7 | 7 | 1.3 | 0.6- 2.9 | 53 | 13.3 | 9.2-18.9 | 135 | 25.3 | 20.8-30.4 |
^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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