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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 14,627 | 2,623 | 18.2 | 17.4-19.0 | 12,004 | 81.8 | 81.0-82.6 |
-Eastern NC | 4,893 | 805 | 16.5 | 15.3-17.8 | 4,088 | 83.5 | 82.2-84.7 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,754 | 262 | 14.5 | 12.7-16.5 | 1,492 | 85.5 | 83.5-87.3 |
Female | 3,139 | 543 | 18.3 | 16.7-20.0 | 2,596 | 81.7 | 80.0-83.3 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 3,234 | 751 | 23.9 | 22.2-25.7 | 2,483 | 76.1 | 74.3-77.8 |
African American | 1,226 | 15 | 1.3 | 0.7- 2.3 | 1,211 | 98.7 | 97.7-99.3 |
Other Minorities | 14 | 1 | 2.9 | 0.4-18.9 | 13 | 97.1 | 81.1-99.6 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 320 | 112 | 29.4 | 23.7-35.8 | 208 | 70.6 | 64.2-76.3 |
25-34 | 799 | 206 | 24.8 | 21.5-28.4 | 593 | 75.2 | 71.6-78.5 |
35-44 | 861 | 201 | 21.2 | 18.3-24.4 | 660 | 78.8 | 75.6-81.7 |
45-54 | 900 | 143 | 15.8 | 13.1-18.8 | 757 | 84.2 | 81.2-86.9 |
55-64 | 851 | 94 | 10.1 | 8.0-12.7 | 757 | 89.9 | 87.3-92.0 |
65-74 | 664 | 35 | 6.5 | 4.5- 9.4 | 629 | 93.5 | 90.6-95.5 |
75+ | 479 | 14 | 3.2 | 1.8- 5.7 | 465 | 96.8 | 94.3-98.2 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 835 | 34 | 4.9 | 3.2- 7.3 | 801 | 95.1 | 92.7-96.8 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,562 | 222 | 14.4 | 12.5-16.6 | 1,340 | 85.6 | 83.4-87.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,285 | 237 | 18.3 | 15.9-20.9 | 1,048 | 81.7 | 79.1-84.1 |
College Graduate | 1,202 | 310 | 26.5 | 23.7-29.5 | 892 | 73.5 | 70.5-76.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 651 | 41 | 5.9 | 4.1- 8.3 | 610 | 94.1 | 91.7-95.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 916 | 107 | 11.0 | 8.8-13.8 | 809 | 89.0 | 86.2-91.2 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 580 | 102 | 17.4 | 14.1-21.3 | 478 | 82.6 | 78.7-85.9 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 647 | 128 | 18.1 | 14.9-21.7 | 519 | 81.9 | 78.3-85.1 |
$50,000-74,999 | 527 | 129 | 25.7 | 21.6-30.3 | 398 | 74.3 | 69.7-78.4 |
$75,000+ | 543 | 166 | 28.9 | 24.8-33.4 | 377 | 71.1 | 66.6-75.2 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 1,722 | 178 | 10.9 | 9.3-12.8 | 1,544 | 89.1 | 87.2-90.7 |
No | 3,123 | 621 | 19.4 | 17.8-21.1 | 2,502 | 80.6 | 78.9-82.2 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 696 | 86 | 12.9 | 10.3-16.1 | 610 | 87.1 | 83.9-89.7 |
Non-Veteran | 4,064 | 683 | 16.9 | 15.6-18.4 | 3,381 | 83.1 | 81.6-84.4 |
Currently Serving | 133 | 36 | 24.3 | 17.0-33.5 | 97 | 75.7 | 66.5-83.0 |
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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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