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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 14,601 | 4,806 | 30.2 | 29.3-31.1 | 9,795 | 69.8 | 68.9-70.7 |
-Eastern NC | 4,878 | 1,752 | 33.8 | 32.2-35.4 | 3,126 | 66.2 | 64.6-67.8 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,747 | 625 | 33.9 | 31.3-36.6 | 1,122 | 66.1 | 63.4-68.7 |
Female | 3,131 | 1,127 | 33.7 | 31.8-35.7 | 2,004 | 66.3 | 64.3-68.2 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 3,222 | 1,130 | 33.3 | 31.4-35.2 | 2,092 | 66.7 | 64.8-68.6 |
African American | 1,228 | 475 | 36.6 | 33.4-39.9 | 753 | 63.4 | 60.1-66.6 |
Other Minorities | 13 | 4 | 23.9 | 7.8-53.7 | 9 | 76.1 | 46.3-92.2 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 317 | 65 | 22.4 | 16.6-29.4 | 252 | 77.6 | 70.6-83.4 |
25-34 | 793 | 144 | 17.8 | 14.9-21.1 | 649 | 82.2 | 78.9-85.1 |
35-44 | 861 | 228 | 26.1 | 22.8-29.7 | 633 | 73.9 | 70.3-77.2 |
45-54 | 903 | 322 | 34.9 | 31.2-38.7 | 581 | 65.1 | 61.3-68.8 |
55-64 | 851 | 380 | 43.8 | 39.8-48.0 | 471 | 56.2 | 52.0-60.2 |
65-74 | 663 | 336 | 46.9 | 42.4-51.4 | 327 | 53.1 | 48.6-57.6 |
75+ | 473 | 274 | 58.8 | 53.6-63.8 | 199 | 41.2 | 36.2-46.4 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 833 | 477 | 49.9 | 45.3-54.6 | 356 | 50.1 | 45.4-54.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,555 | 579 | 34.2 | 31.4-37.0 | 976 | 65.8 | 63.0-68.6 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,280 | 402 | 31.0 | 28.1-34.1 | 878 | 69.0 | 65.9-71.9 |
College Graduate | 1,202 | 290 | 23.8 | 21.1-26.7 | 912 | 76.2 | 73.3-78.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 652 | 416 | 61.9 | 56.5-67.1 | 236 | 38.1 | 32.9-43.5 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 907 | 372 | 39.4 | 35.4-43.5 | 535 | 60.6 | 56.5-64.6 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 580 | 171 | 30.3 | 26.0-34.9 | 409 | 69.7 | 65.1-74.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 646 | 167 | 25.0 | 21.3-29.1 | 479 | 75.0 | 70.9-78.7 |
$50,000-74,999 | 531 | 108 | 21.0 | 17.2-25.3 | 423 | 79.0 | 74.7-82.8 |
$75,000+ | 542 | 106 | 21.2 | 17.4-25.5 | 436 | 78.8 | 74.5-82.6 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 692 | 292 | 40.6 | 36.5-44.9 | 400 | 59.4 | 55.1-63.5 |
Non-Veteran | 4,057 | 1,440 | 33.1 | 31.3-34.9 | 2,617 | 66.9 | 65.1-68.7 |
Currently Serving | 129 | 20 | 15.7 | 9.8-24.2 | 109 | 84.3 | 75.8-90.2 |
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*Data for this table were derived from questions 1,2,3,4 in the Disability, Quality of Life Module (page 51) of the BRFSS 2002 questionnaire.
^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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