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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 | 3,735 | 591 | 15.4 | 14.1-16.9 | 768 | 21.3 | 19.7-23.1 | 1,575 | 42.3 | 40.4-44.3 | 503 | 13.0 | 11.8-14.4 | 298 | 7.9 | 6.9- 9.0 |
-Forsyth County | 101 | 15 | 13.4 | 7.8-21.9 | 16 | 14.1 | 8.5-22.4 | 47 | 48.3 | 37.8-58.9 | 13 | 13.7 | 7.7-23.1 | 10 | 10.6 | 5.5-19.6 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 31 | 3 | 8.5 | 2.5-25.2 | 4 | 10.0 | 3.6-24.7 | 16 | 51.8 | 33.5-69.6 | 5 | 18.4 | 7.7-37.8 | 3 | 11.4 | 3.6-30.3 |
Female | 70 | 12 | 17.0 | 9.6-28.4 | 12 | 17.1 | 9.7-28.4 | 31 | 45.7 | 33.8-58.0 | 8 | 10.2 | 4.9-19.8 | 7 | 10.1 | 4.6-20.8 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 60 | 5 | 7.5 | 3.0-17.7 | 9 | 14.1 | 7.2-25.8 | 31 | 53.7 | 40.1-66.7 | 10 | 15.2 | 7.8-27.3 | 5 | 9.5 | 3.9-21.3 |
Other | 41 | 10 | 21.4 | 11.0-37.4 | 7 | 14.0 | 6.4-28.0 | 16 | 40.9 | 25.6-58.2 | 3 | 11.6 | 3.8-30.4 | 5 | 12.1 | 4.4-29.3 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-44 | 78 | 12 | 15.3 | 8.5-26.0 | 13 | 15.5 | 8.9-25.6 | 34 | 42.3 | 31.2-54.4 | 10 | 14.4 | 7.5-26.0 | 9 | 12.4 | 6.1-23.5 |
45+ | 23 | 3 | 7.4 | 2.2-22.2 | 3 | 9.7 | 2.8-28.6 | 13 | 66.8 | 44.7-83.3 | 3 | 11.2 | 3.3-32.0 | 1 | 4.9 | 0.7-28.0 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 33 | 7 | 20.3 | 9.3-38.8 | 5 | 11.8 | 4.6-27.1 | 13 | 42.8 | 26.1-61.3 | 3 | 8.7 | 2.4-27.2 | 5 | 16.5 | 6.6-35.7 |
Some College + | 68 | 8 | 9.7 | 4.7-19.0 | 11 | 15.3 | 8.4-26.4 | 34 | 51.2 | 38.3-64.0 | 10 | 16.3 | 8.6-28.9 | 5 | 7.5 | 2.8-18.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 54 | 10 | 17.8 | 9.3-31.4 | 12 | 20.6 | 11.5-33.9 | 21 | 40.0 | 26.9-54.7 | 5 | 9.3 | 3.5-22.3 | 6 | 12.4 | 5.3-26.4 |
$50,000+ | 34 | 1 | 3.2 | 0.4-19.7 | 4 | 9.3 | 3.3-23.4 | 20 | 59.3 | 40.8-75.4 | 6 | 18.0 | 7.9-36.0 | 3 | 10.2 | 3.1-28.6 |
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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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