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Always | Nearly always | Sometimes | Seldom | 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 | 3,807 | 2,000 | 52.1 | 50.2-54.1 | 831 | 22.8 | 21.2-24.5 | 568 | 14.1 | 12.8-15.5 | 135 | 3.9 | 3.2- 4.8 | 273 | 7.1 | 6.1- 8.1 |
-Eastern NC | 1,324 | 719 | 54.5 | 51.4-57.7 | 257 | 19.8 | 17.4-22.4 | 203 | 14.7 | 12.6-17.0 | 47 | 3.5 | 2.5- 4.8 | 98 | 7.5 | 6.0- 9.4 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 399 | 207 | 51.9 | 46.3-57.4 | 85 | 21.6 | 17.4-26.4 | 65 | 15.6 | 12.1-19.8 | 15 | 3.9 | 2.3- 6.6 | 27 | 7.1 | 4.6-10.7 |
Female | 925 | 512 | 56.4 | 52.6-60.1 | 172 | 18.5 | 15.8-21.6 | 138 | 14.1 | 11.7-16.9 | 32 | 3.2 | 2.1- 4.7 | 71 | 7.8 | 6.0-10.2 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 787 | 481 | 61.6 | 57.6-65.4 | 162 | 21.5 | 18.4-25.1 | 96 | 10.6 | 8.6-13.1 | 22 | 3.2 | 2.0- 5.0 | 26 | 3.1 | 1.9- 4.8 |
African American | 358 | 144 | 41.0 | 35.1-47.1 | 60 | 16.8 | 12.7-21.9 | 75 | 20.5 | 16.0-25.7 | 22 | 5.1 | 3.1- 8.2 | 57 | 16.6 | 12.4-22.0 |
Other Minorities | 8 | 5 | 76.6 | 39.4-94.3 | 1 | 11.2 | 1.4-52.7 | 2 | 12.2 | 2.4-44.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 114 | 63 | 57.0 | 46.3-67.0 | 23 | 20.4 | 13.1-30.4 | 13 | 10.4 | 5.7-18.3 | 3 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.8 | 12 | 10.3 | 5.4-18.9 |
25-34 | 525 | 313 | 58.4 | 53.4-63.2 | 87 | 16.7 | 13.3-20.8 | 74 | 15.2 | 11.8-19.3 | 21 | 4.0 | 2.4- 6.4 | 30 | 5.7 | 3.9- 8.5 |
35-44 | 453 | 227 | 50.4 | 45.0-55.8 | 100 | 22.1 | 18.0-26.8 | 76 | 16.0 | 12.5-20.3 | 13 | 3.4 | 1.9- 6.0 | 37 | 8.1 | 5.6-11.6 |
45-54 | 166 | 84 | 54.2 | 44.9-63.3 | 31 | 20.8 | 14.2-29.5 | 31 | 14.4 | 9.7-20.8 | 8 | 3.7 | 1.6- 8.7 | 12 | 6.9 | 3.3-13.7 |
55-64 | 46 | 21 | 49.0 | 32.1-66.2 | 11 | 22.3 | 11.5-38.9 | 7 | 11.3 | 4.9-23.9 | 2 | 3.4 | 0.7-14.1 | 5 | 13.9 | 5.0-33.2 |
65-74 | 15 | 9 | 57.5 | 27.8-82.6 | 3 | 17.0 | 4.5-47.3 | 1 | 5.7 | 0.8-32.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 19.9 | 3.7-61.5 |
75+ | 2 | 1 | 51.5 | 6.2-94.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 48.5 | 5.6-93.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 162 | 82 | 52.3 | 42.8-61.6 | 28 | 15.0 | 9.6-22.7 | 27 | 17.7 | 11.7-25.8 | 6 | 3.1 | 1.3- 7.1 | 19 | 12.0 | 7.0-19.8 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 412 | 215 | 52.6 | 47.0-58.2 | 73 | 17.2 | 13.4-21.8 | 67 | 15.2 | 11.7-19.6 | 13 | 3.2 | 1.7- 5.8 | 44 | 11.7 | 8.5-16.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 400 | 210 | 51.5 | 45.9-57.1 | 80 | 22.6 | 18.0-27.9 | 69 | 17.2 | 13.4-21.8 | 19 | 4.2 | 2.5- 7.1 | 22 | 4.5 | 2.8- 7.2 |
College Graduate | 349 | 211 | 61.8 | 55.8-67.5 | 76 | 22.8 | 18.1-28.3 | 40 | 9.3 | 6.6-13.0 | 9 | 3.2 | 1.6- 6.4 | 13 | 2.9 | 1.5- 5.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 129 | 63 | 52.0 | 41.7-62.2 | 24 | 14.4 | 9.0-22.3 | 23 | 15.0 | 9.4-23.0 | 5 | 4.0 | 1.5- 9.9 | 14 | 14.6 | 8.0-25.0 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 259 | 136 | 51.7 | 44.0-59.3 | 41 | 15.2 | 10.7-21.1 | 41 | 18.9 | 13.5-25.8 | 8 | 1.8 | 0.8- 4.0 | 33 | 12.5 | 8.3-18.3 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 176 | 95 | 55.8 | 47.5-63.8 | 34 | 18.6 | 13.1-25.7 | 26 | 13.3 | 8.9-19.6 | 7 | 5.0 | 2.3-10.5 | 14 | 7.3 | 4.1-12.7 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 206 | 116 | 57.6 | 49.8-65.1 | 39 | 18.6 | 13.3-25.4 | 29 | 12.6 | 8.4-18.5 | 8 | 3.4 | 1.6- 7.2 | 14 | 7.7 | 4.3-13.5 |
$50,000-74,999 | 163 | 89 | 50.6 | 41.9-59.3 | 36 | 25.4 | 18.3-34.1 | 26 | 14.2 | 9.4-20.8 | 7 | 6.7 | 3.2-13.5 | 5 | 3.1 | 1.1- 8.0 |
$75,000+ | 202 | 117 | 57.4 | 49.5-64.9 | 44 | 24.7 | 18.3-32.4 | 26 | 11.7 | 7.8-17.2 | 8 | 3.7 | 1.7- 7.7 | 7 | 2.6 | 1.1- 5.7 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 294 | 156 | 50.2 | 43.6-56.9 | 60 | 22.0 | 16.8-28.2 | 43 | 13.2 | 9.5-18.0 | 11 | 3.9 | 2.0- 7.5 | 24 | 10.8 | 6.7-16.8 |
No | 1,021 | 559 | 55.8 | 52.2-59.3 | 194 | 19.0 | 16.4-22.0 | 158 | 15.1 | 12.7-17.8 | 36 | 3.4 | 2.3- 4.9 | 74 | 6.7 | 5.2- 8.7 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 111 | 54 | 46.9 | 36.7-57.4 | 25 | 26.2 | 17.6-37.2 | 21 | 17.8 | 11.3-26.9 | 4 | 3.5 | 1.1-10.5 | 7 | 5.6 | 2.5-12.3 |
Non-Veteran | 1,134 | 619 | 55.1 | 51.6-58.5 | 221 | 19.3 | 16.7-22.1 | 168 | 14.2 | 12.0-16.7 | 40 | 3.6 | 2.5- 5.0 | 86 | 7.9 | 6.2-10.1 |
Currently Serving | 79 | 46 | 58.5 | 45.8-70.1 | 11 | 17.0 | 9.4-28.8 | 14 | 16.8 | 9.3-28.4 | 3 | 2.2 | 0.6- 7.0 | 5 | 5.6 | 1.8-16.3 |
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^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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