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Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 14,632 | 1,127 | 7.3 | 6.8- 7.8 | 13,505 | 92.7 | 92.2-93.2 |
-Eastern NC | 4,896 | 323 | 5.8 | 5.1- 6.6 | 4,573 | 94.2 | 93.4-94.9 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,755 | 45 | 2.3 | 1.7- 3.2 | 1,710 | 97.7 | 96.8-98.3 |
Female | 3,141 | 278 | 8.9 | 7.8-10.2 | 2,863 | 91.1 | 89.8-92.2 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 3,237 | 305 | 8.6 | 7.5- 9.7 | 2,932 | 91.4 | 90.3-92.5 |
African American | 1,226 | 6 | 0.4 | 0.1- 0.9 | 1,220 | 99.6 | 99.1-99.9 |
Other Minorities | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 14 | 100 | . - . |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 320 | 52 | 11.6 | 8.4-15.8 | 268 | 88.4 | 84.2-91.6 |
25-34 | 799 | 98 | 10.6 | 8.5-13.2 | 701 | 89.4 | 86.8-91.5 |
35-44 | 862 | 81 | 7.4 | 5.9- 9.4 | 781 | 92.6 | 90.6-94.1 |
45-54 | 900 | 64 | 6.3 | 4.7- 8.4 | 836 | 93.7 | 91.6-95.3 |
55-64 | 851 | 17 | 1.2 | 0.7- 2.0 | 834 | 98.8 | 98.0-99.3 |
65-74 | 665 | 11 | 1.5 | 0.8- 2.9 | 654 | 98.5 | 97.1-99.2 |
75+ | 480 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 480 | 100 | . - . |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 836 | 16 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.4 | 820 | 98.6 | 97.6-99.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,561 | 97 | 5.9 | 4.7- 7.4 | 1,464 | 94.1 | 92.6-95.3 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,286 | 109 | 7.5 | 6.0- 9.3 | 1,177 | 92.5 | 90.7-94.0 |
College Graduate | 1,204 | 100 | 7.2 | 5.8- 9.0 | 1,104 | 92.8 | 91.0-94.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 651 | 17 | 1.9 | 1.1- 3.3 | 634 | 98.1 | 96.7-98.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 915 | 31 | 3.0 | 2.0- 4.5 | 884 | 97.0 | 95.5-98.0 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 580 | 38 | 5.7 | 4.0- 8.0 | 542 | 94.3 | 92.0-96.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 647 | 60 | 7.4 | 5.6- 9.9 | 587 | 92.6 | 90.1-94.4 |
$50,000-74,999 | 527 | 59 | 10.1 | 7.5-13.5 | 468 | 89.9 | 86.5-92.5 |
$75,000+ | 545 | 53 | 8.5 | 6.3-11.5 | 492 | 91.5 | 88.5-93.7 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 1,722 | 68 | 4.0 | 3.0- 5.2 | 1,654 | 96.0 | 94.8-97.0 |
No | 3,125 | 253 | 6.8 | 5.9- 7.8 | 2,872 | 93.2 | 92.2-94.1 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 696 | 19 | 2.5 | 1.5- 4.1 | 677 | 97.5 | 95.9-98.5 |
Non-Veteran | 4,067 | 295 | 6.5 | 5.7- 7.4 | 3,772 | 93.5 | 92.6-94.3 |
Currently Serving | 133 | 9 | 5.4 | 2.4-11.9 | 124 | 94.6 | 88.1-97.6 |
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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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