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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,605 | 1,713 | 47.1 | 45.1-49.2 | 1,892 | 52.9 | 50.8-54.9 |
| -Mountain AHEC | 195 | 103 | 51.4 | 42.8-60.0 | 92 | 48.6 | 40.0-57.2 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 156 | 85 | 54.4 | 44.9-63.5 | 71 | 45.6 | 36.5-55.1 |
| African American | 17 | 7 | 28.6 | 10.5-57.8 | 10 | 71.4 | 42.2-89.5 |
| Other Minorities | 1 | 1 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 25 | 10 | 43.4 | 23.1-66.1 | 15 | 56.6 | 33.9-76.9 |
| 25-34 | 76 | 34 | 47.5 | 33.8-61.6 | 42 | 52.5 | 38.4-66.2 |
| 35-44 | 94 | 59 | 56.7 | 43.9-68.6 | 35 | 43.3 | 31.4-56.1 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 17 | 7 | 43.2 | 20.0-69.7 | 10 | 56.8 | 30.3-80.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 51 | 24 | 51.6 | 35.6-67.3 | 27 | 48.4 | 32.7-64.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 62 | 32 | 44.7 | 30.3-60.1 | 30 | 55.3 | 39.9-69.7 |
| College Graduate | 64 | 39 | 62.1 | 47.0-75.1 | 25 | 37.9 | 24.9-53.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 20 | 8 | 32.4 | 12.5-61.7 | 12 | 67.6 | 38.3-87.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 38 | 15 | 45.0 | 26.8-64.6 | 23 | 55.0 | 35.4-73.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 36 | 18 | 45.5 | 28.1-64.1 | 18 | 54.5 | 35.9-71.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 33 | 22 | 69.7 | 49.0-84.6 | 11 | 30.3 | 15.4-51.0 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 24 | 18 | 68.6 | 40.6-87.5 | 6 | 31.4 | 12.5-59.4 |
| $75,000+ | 19 | 12 | 47.8 | 23.0-73.7 | 7 | 52.2 | 26.3-77.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 36 | 21 | 60.9 | 40.3-78.2 | 15 | 39.1 | 21.8-59.7 |
| No | 157 | 81 | 49.5 | 40.0-59.0 | 76 | 50.5 | 41.0-60.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 6 | 4 | 73.2 | 30.0-94.6 | 2 | 26.8 | 5.4-70.0 |
| Non-Veteran | 189 | 99 | 51.0 | 42.2-59.7 | 90 | 49.0 | 40.3-57.8 |
*Data for this table were derived from the folic acid question, 'How often do you take this vitamin pill or supplement?'
^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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