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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 14,808 | 2,331 | 17.5 | 16.8-18.4 | 12,477 | 82.5 | 81.6-83.2 |
-Eastern NC | 4,958 | 805 | 17.7 | 16.4-19.0 | 4,153 | 82.3 | 81.0-83.6 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,776 | 531 | 28.3 | 26.0-30.8 | 1,245 | 71.7 | 69.2-74.0 |
Female | 3,182 | 274 | 8.2 | 7.2- 9.4 | 2,908 | 91.8 | 90.6-92.8 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 3,278 | 528 | 19.2 | 17.6-20.9 | 2,750 | 80.8 | 79.1-82.4 |
African American | 1,244 | 186 | 14.8 | 12.5-17.5 | 1,058 | 85.2 | 82.5-87.5 |
Other Minorities | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 14 | 100 | . - . |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 328 | 44 | 13.4 | 9.4-18.6 | 284 | 86.6 | 81.4-90.6 |
25-34 | 805 | 144 | 19.8 | 16.7-23.3 | 661 | 80.2 | 76.7-83.3 |
35-44 | 870 | 145 | 19.1 | 16.1-22.4 | 725 | 80.9 | 77.6-83.9 |
45-54 | 910 | 157 | 18.0 | 15.2-21.2 | 753 | 82.0 | 78.8-84.8 |
55-64 | 862 | 132 | 16.9 | 13.9-20.4 | 730 | 83.1 | 79.6-86.1 |
65-74 | 677 | 107 | 17.5 | 14.3-21.3 | 570 | 82.5 | 78.7-85.7 |
75+ | 487 | 74 | 16.0 | 12.4-20.3 | 413 | 84.0 | 79.7-87.6 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 851 | 198 | 20.9 | 17.7-24.4 | 653 | 79.1 | 75.6-82.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,583 | 242 | 17.3 | 15.1-19.7 | 1,341 | 82.7 | 80.3-84.9 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,301 | 200 | 18.1 | 15.6-20.8 | 1,101 | 81.9 | 79.2-84.4 |
College Graduate | 1,214 | 165 | 15.4 | 13.1-18.1 | 1,049 | 84.6 | 81.9-86.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 663 | 132 | 19.4 | 15.9-23.3 | 531 | 80.6 | 76.7-84.1 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 924 | 145 | 15.1 | 12.5-18.1 | 779 | 84.9 | 81.9-87.5 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 587 | 85 | 17.5 | 14.1-21.6 | 502 | 82.5 | 78.4-85.9 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 658 | 121 | 19.8 | 16.4-23.6 | 537 | 80.2 | 76.4-83.6 |
$50,000-74,999 | 531 | 99 | 22.8 | 18.7-27.5 | 432 | 77.2 | 72.5-81.3 |
$75,000+ | 549 | 92 | 19.6 | 15.9-23.9 | 457 | 80.4 | 76.1-84.1 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 1,744 | 348 | 21.0 | 18.8-23.5 | 1,396 | 79.0 | 76.5-81.2 |
No | 3,123 | 440 | 16.0 | 14.4-17.6 | 2,683 | 84.0 | 82.4-85.6 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 708 | 175 | 25.0 | 21.5-28.9 | 533 | 75.0 | 71.1-78.5 |
Non-Veteran | 4,117 | 574 | 15.0 | 13.7-16.4 | 3,543 | 85.0 | 83.6-86.3 |
Currently Serving | 133 | 56 | 46.9 | 37.1-56.9 | 77 | 53.1 | 43.1-62.9 |
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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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