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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 14,297 | 2,482 | 15.8 | 15.1-16.5 | 3,766 | 25.4 | 24.5-26.3 | 5,450 | 39.9 | 38.8-40.9 | 1,534 | 11.3 | 10.7-12.0 | 1,065 | 7.6 | 7.1- 8.2 |
-Forsyth County | 429 | 66 | 13.7 | 10.6-17.6 | 106 | 23.5 | 19.2-28.4 | 179 | 43.1 | 37.8-48.4 | 46 | 11.9 | 8.8-16.0 | 32 | 7.8 | 5.4-11.2 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 151 | 16 | 8.5 | 4.8-14.7 | 25 | 18.1 | 12.0-26.4 | 72 | 46.4 | 37.8-55.1 | 26 | 18.7 | 12.9-26.5 | 12 | 8.3 | 4.6-14.5 |
Female | 278 | 50 | 18.2 | 13.7-23.8 | 81 | 28.1 | 22.7-34.3 | 107 | 40.2 | 34.0-46.8 | 20 | 6.1 | 3.8- 9.6 | 20 | 7.4 | 4.6-11.7 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 308 | 36 | 10.7 | 7.4-15.2 | 69 | 20.0 | 15.7-25.1 | 141 | 47.1 | 40.9-53.4 | 36 | 13.2 | 9.4-18.3 | 26 | 9.0 | 5.9-13.5 |
Other | 119 | 30 | 21.5 | 14.7-30.3 | 36 | 31.5 | 22.3-42.4 | 38 | 33.8 | 24.8-44.2 | 9 | 8.3 | 4.1-15.9 | 6 | 5.0 | 2.2-11.0 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-44 | 168 | 24 | 11.3 | 7.3-17.0 | 30 | 19.6 | 13.5-27.8 | 84 | 48.0 | 39.7-56.5 | 17 | 11.7 | 7.1-18.6 | 13 | 9.3 | 5.2-16.1 |
45+ | 260 | 41 | 15.4 | 11.0-21.0 | 76 | 26.4 | 20.9-32.8 | 95 | 39.4 | 32.8-46.5 | 29 | 12.1 | 8.2-17.5 | 19 | 6.7 | 4.1-10.6 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 161 | 37 | 19.8 | 14.1-27.2 | 44 | 27.1 | 20.0-35.7 | 60 | 38.1 | 30.1-46.8 | 13 | 10.3 | 5.9-17.5 | 7 | 4.6 | 1.9-10.6 |
Some College + | 268 | 29 | 10.1 | 6.7-14.9 | 62 | 21.3 | 16.3-27.4 | 119 | 46.0 | 39.3-52.8 | 33 | 12.9 | 9.0-18.2 | 25 | 9.7 | 6.4-14.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 224 | 41 | 18.1 | 13.0-24.6 | 58 | 25.7 | 19.7-32.8 | 89 | 38.6 | 31.7-45.9 | 24 | 12.3 | 8.0-18.3 | 12 | 5.4 | 2.8- 9.9 |
$50,000+ | 133 | 10 | 5.7 | 3.0-10.7 | 28 | 17.7 | 11.7-25.7 | 63 | 50.7 | 41.3-60.0 | 17 | 13.9 | 8.6-21.7 | 15 | 12.1 | 7.1-19.8 |
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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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