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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 3,732 | 2,496 | 67.0 | 65.2-68.9 | 1,236 | 33.0 | 31.1-34.8 |
-Eastern NC | 1,233 | 829 | 66.8 | 63.5-70.0 | 404 | 33.2 | 30.0-36.5 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 859 | 590 | 69.0 | 65.4-72.5 | 269 | 31.0 | 27.5-34.6 |
African American | 293 | 191 | 65.2 | 57.8-72.0 | 102 | 34.8 | 28.0-42.2 |
AGE | |||||||
40-44 | 174 | 66 | 36.1 | 27.8-45.3 | 108 | 63.9 | 54.7-72.2 |
45-54 | 341 | 199 | 57.0 | 50.6-63.3 | 142 | 43.0 | 36.7-49.4 |
55-64 | 334 | 260 | 79.4 | 74.0-83.8 | 74 | 20.6 | 16.2-26.0 |
65-74 | 236 | 188 | 80.0 | 73.6-85.1 | 48 | 20.0 | 14.9-26.4 |
75+ | 143 | 113 | 78.3 | 68.5-85.7 | 30 | 21.7 | 14.3-31.5 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 249 | 145 | 55.3 | 47.4-62.9 | 104 | 44.7 | 37.1-52.6 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 367 | 219 | 58.5 | 52.0-64.7 | 148 | 41.5 | 35.3-48.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 284 | 210 | 74.6 | 68.4-79.9 | 74 | 25.4 | 20.1-31.6 |
College Graduate | 330 | 253 | 78.7 | 73.4-83.2 | 77 | 21.3 | 16.8-26.6 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 143 | 87 | 58.9 | 48.8-68.3 | 56 | 41.1 | 31.7-51.2 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 186 | 115 | 57.4 | 47.4-66.8 | 71 | 42.6 | 33.2-52.6 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 146 | 98 | 66.3 | 57.1-74.4 | 48 | 33.7 | 25.6-42.9 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 200 | 138 | 72.2 | 64.7-78.7 | 62 | 27.8 | 21.3-35.3 |
$50,000-74,999 | 148 | 100 | 67.6 | 58.6-75.4 | 48 | 32.4 | 24.6-41.4 |
$75,000+ | 177 | 132 | 75.2 | 67.2-81.8 | 45 | 24.8 | 18.2-32.8 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 499 | 365 | 73.6 | 68.8-77.9 | 134 | 26.4 | 22.1-31.2 |
No | 690 | 445 | 64.8 | 60.5-68.9 | 245 | 35.2 | 31.1-39.5 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 562 | 432 | 77.2 | 73.0-81.0 | 130 | 22.8 | 19.0-27.0 |
Non-Veteran | 653 | 382 | 57.9 | 53.1-62.5 | 271 | 42.1 | 37.5-46.9 |
Currently Serving | 18 | 15 | 86.7 | 63.8-96.0 | 3 | 13.3 | 4.0-36.2 |
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This question was asked only of male respondents who reported being age 40 and older
^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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