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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,987 | 6,000 | 83.9 | 82.6-85.1 | 987 | 16.1 | 14.9-17.4 |
-Eastern NC | 2,278 | 1,909 | 81.3 | 78.9-83.4 | 369 | 18.7 | 16.6-21.1 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 921 | 776 | 79.6 | 75.6-83.1 | 145 | 20.4 | 16.9-24.4 |
Female | 1,357 | 1,133 | 83.1 | 80.6-85.4 | 224 | 16.9 | 14.6-19.4 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 1,455 | 1,291 | 88.5 | 86.4-90.4 | 164 | 11.5 | 9.6-13.6 |
African American | 590 | 467 | 78.2 | 73.0-82.5 | 123 | 21.8 | 17.5-27.0 |
Other Minorities | 3 | 3 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 177 | 126 | 63.5 | 53.1-72.9 | 51 | 36.5 | 27.1-46.9 |
25-34 | 575 | 469 | 78.0 | 73.2-82.3 | 106 | 22.0 | 17.7-26.8 |
35-44 | 614 | 528 | 84.7 | 79.7-88.6 | 86 | 15.3 | 11.4-20.3 |
45-54 | 579 | 495 | 85.5 | 81.4-88.8 | 84 | 14.5 | 11.2-18.6 |
55-64 | 333 | 291 | 86.4 | 80.6-90.7 | 42 | 13.6 | 9.3-19.4 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 220 | 120 | 48.8 | 39.9-57.7 | 100 | 51.2 | 42.3-60.1 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 729 | 577 | 78.5 | 74.2-82.3 | 152 | 21.5 | 17.7-25.8 |
Some Post-H.S. | 650 | 569 | 87.1 | 83.6-89.9 | 81 | 12.9 | 10.1-16.4 |
College Graduate | 677 | 642 | 95.1 | 92.9-96.7 | 35 | 4.9 | 3.3- 7.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 139 | 61 | 45.0 | 32.7-57.8 | 78 | 55.0 | 42.2-67.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 394 | 254 | 56.3 | 49.1-63.2 | 140 | 43.7 | 36.8-50.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 329 | 282 | 83.3 | 77.9-87.6 | 47 | 16.7 | 12.4-22.1 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 401 | 371 | 91.1 | 86.7-94.2 | 30 | 8.9 | 5.8-13.3 |
$50,000-74,999 | 351 | 340 | 96.8 | 94.0-98.3 | 11 | 3.2 | 1.7- 6.0 |
$75,000+ | 350 | 343 | 97.6 | 94.6-98.9 | 7 | 2.4 | 1.1- 5.4 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 423 | 328 | 73.1 | 66.9-78.6 | 95 | 26.9 | 21.4-33.1 |
No | 1,772 | 1,513 | 83.5 | 81.1-85.7 | 259 | 16.5 | 14.3-18.9 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 259 | 236 | 91.6 | 87.2-94.6 | 23 | 8.4 | 5.4-12.8 |
Non-Veteran | 1,889 | 1,545 | 78.4 | 75.7-81.0 | 344 | 21.6 | 19.0-24.3 |
Currently Serving | 124 | 122 | 97.9 | 90.8-99.6 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.4- 9.2 |
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* Data in this table were derived from health insurance question and only those under age 65 and employed for wages included
^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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