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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,256 | 5,635 | 89.7 | 88.6-90.7 | 345 | 5.9 | 5.1- 6.8 | 158 | 2.4 | 2.0- 3.0 | 118 | 2.0 | 1.6- 2.5 |
-Eastern NC | 1,936 | 1,717 | 87.1 | 84.8-89.1 | 122 | 7.3 | 5.7- 9.3 | 57 | 3.4 | 2.5- 4.7 | 40 | 2.2 | 1.5- 3.2 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 603 | 513 | 82.5 | 77.8-86.3 | 52 | 9.9 | 6.9-14.1 | 22 | 4.5 | 2.8- 7.3 | 16 | 3.1 | 1.7- 5.4 |
Female | 1,333 | 1,204 | 90.4 | 88.3-92.2 | 70 | 5.4 | 4.0- 7.3 | 35 | 2.6 | 1.7- 3.8 | 24 | 1.6 | 1.0- 2.4 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 1,256 | 1,116 | 87.5 | 85.0-89.7 | 73 | 6.2 | 4.7- 8.2 | 39 | 3.9 | 2.6- 5.7 | 28 | 2.4 | 1.5- 3.6 |
African American | 491 | 435 | 87.8 | 83.7-91.0 | 38 | 8.8 | 6.1-12.6 | 12 | 2.4 | 1.2- 4.7 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.4 |
Other Minorities | 4 | 4 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 139 | 120 | 83.5 | 69.0-92.0 | 13 | 12.9 | 5.2-28.7 | 4 | 2.5 | 0.8- 7.8 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.3- 4.3 |
25-34 | 436 | 396 | 89.5 | 85.2-92.6 | 28 | 6.8 | 4.4-10.5 | 10 | 3.2 | 1.6- 6.3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.3 |
35-44 | 503 | 445 | 87.9 | 83.9-91.0 | 30 | 6.7 | 4.4- 9.9 | 15 | 2.3 | 1.2- 4.2 | 13 | 3.2 | 1.6- 6.2 |
45-54 | 492 | 434 | 87.7 | 83.7-90.8 | 32 | 5.9 | 4.0- 8.7 | 14 | 3.7 | 2.0- 6.5 | 12 | 2.8 | 1.4- 5.6 |
55-64 | 296 | 261 | 83.6 | 76.1-89.1 | 18 | 9.1 | 5.1-15.6 | 9 | 5.1 | 2.2-11.7 | 8 | 2.2 | 1.0- 4.8 |
65-74 | 50 | 42 | 84.1 | 69.8-92.4 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2- 9.8 | 4 | 6.9 | 2.4-18.3 | 3 | 7.5 | 2.3-22.0 |
75+ | 8 | 8 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 153 | 118 | 74.9 | 62.8-84.1 | 22 | 16.7 | 8.6-29.8 | 7 | 5.2 | 2.4-11.0 | 6 | 3.2 | 1.3- 7.6 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 589 | 503 | 83.4 | 79.1-86.9 | 49 | 10.3 | 7.4-14.0 | 24 | 3.9 | 2.4- 6.3 | 13 | 2.5 | 1.3- 4.7 |
Some Post-H.S. | 571 | 510 | 89.2 | 85.4-92.1 | 35 | 5.5 | 3.6- 8.3 | 14 | 2.7 | 1.4- 5.0 | 12 | 2.6 | 1.2- 5.4 |
College Graduate | 620 | 583 | 93.4 | 90.1-95.6 | 16 | 2.5 | 1.5- 4.4 | 12 | 2.9 | 1.3- 6.2 | 9 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 127 | 97 | 75.0 | 57.6-86.9 | 21 | 21.2 | 9.8-40.0 | 6 | 2.4 | 0.8- 6.9 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 339 | 286 | 82.1 | 76.3-86.7 | 25 | 8.9 | 5.6-13.6 | 18 | 6.6 | 3.9-10.9 | 10 | 2.5 | 1.2- 5.0 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 267 | 240 | 90.4 | 85.5-93.8 | 16 | 6.4 | 3.6-11.1 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.7 | 7 | 2.2 | 1.0- 5.1 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 341 | 294 | 82.9 | 77.0-87.5 | 28 | 8.5 | 5.5-12.7 | 9 | 3.9 | 1.9- 7.8 | 10 | 4.8 | 2.2- 9.8 |
$50,000-74,999 | 304 | 281 | 91.0 | 86.1-94.2 | 17 | 7.0 | 4.1-11.8 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.2- 2.5 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.4- 3.8 |
$75,000+ | 313 | 295 | 93.8 | 89.8-96.2 | 6 | 2.3 | 0.9- 5.6 | 8 | 2.8 | 1.3- 5.7 | 4 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.5 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 393 | 341 | 87.0 | 82.3-90.7 | 30 | 6.9 | 4.4-10.5 | 13 | 3.4 | 1.8- 6.4 | 9 | 2.7 | 1.1- 6.4 |
No | 1,500 | 1,339 | 87.2 | 84.5-89.5 | 89 | 7.5 | 5.6- 9.9 | 42 | 3.3 | 2.2- 4.8 | 30 | 2.0 | 1.3- 3.1 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 208 | 184 | 86.1 | 78.2-91.5 | 10 | 5.4 | 2.6-11.0 | 9 | 6.3 | 2.6-14.2 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.8- 5.6 |
Non-Veteran | 1,652 | 1,461 | 86.9 | 84.4-89.1 | 109 | 7.8 | 6.0-10.1 | 47 | 3.0 | 2.1- 4.2 | 35 | 2.3 | 1.5- 3.5 |
Currently Serving | 76 | 72 | 93.5 | 81.9-97.9 | 3 | 3.3 | 1.0-10.1 | 1 | 3.2 | 0.5-19.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported working indoors most of the time.
^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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