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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Not taking vitamins | |||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 14,698 | 7,729 | 50.6 | 49.5-51.6 | 1,298 | 8.2 | 7.6- 8.7 | 5,671 | 41.3 | 40.2-42.3 |
| -Gaston County | 369 | 185 | 49.2 | 43.4-55.0 | 27 | 7.0 | 4.5-10.6 | 157 | 43.8 | 38.2-49.6 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 135 | 57 | 42.0 | 33.2-51.3 | 11 | 9.0 | 4.7-16.5 | 67 | 49.0 | 39.8-58.3 |
| Female | 234 | 128 | 55.2 | 48.0-62.2 | 16 | 5.3 | 3.1- 8.8 | 90 | 39.5 | 32.7-46.7 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 307 | 149 | 47.6 | 41.3-53.9 | 23 | 6.4 | 4.1- 9.9 | 135 | 46.0 | 39.7-52.4 |
| Other | 62 | 36 | 56.1 | 42.1-69.3 | 4 | 9.2 | 2.9-25.3 | 22 | 34.7 | 23.0-48.5 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-44 | 138 | 70 | 50.0 | 40.9-59.2 | 4 | 2.7 | 1.0- 7.4 | 64 | 47.3 | 38.2-56.5 |
| 45+ | 229 | 114 | 48.7 | 41.3-56.1 | 23 | 10.2 | 6.3-16.0 | 92 | 41.1 | 34.1-48.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 198 | 88 | 43.4 | 35.9-51.3 | 16 | 7.8 | 4.7-12.9 | 94 | 48.7 | 41.0-56.5 |
| Some College + | 170 | 96 | 55.3 | 46.7-63.6 | 11 | 6.0 | 2.8-12.6 | 63 | 38.7 | 30.8-47.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 221 | 109 | 48.1 | 40.7-55.7 | 19 | 7.1 | 4.3-11.5 | 93 | 44.7 | 37.4-52.3 |
| $50,000+ | 75 | 41 | 52.4 | 40.2-64.3 | 3 | 4.5 | 1.4-13.0 | 31 | 43.2 | 31.5-55.6 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported taking vitamins. 'Not taking vitamins' category is added to the denominator so that the estimates are based on all respondents.
^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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