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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 |
| -Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) | 586 | 311 | 51.3 | 46.2-56.3 | 46 | 7.6 | 5.3-10.7 | 229 | 41.2 | 36.2-46.3 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 206 | 82 | 38.7 | 31.3-46.8 | 16 | 8.2 | 4.8-13.7 | 108 | 53.1 | 44.9-61.0 |
| Female | 380 | 229 | 62.0 | 55.8-67.8 | 30 | 7.0 | 4.4-11.1 | 121 | 31.0 | 25.6-37.0 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 494 | 276 | 53.4 | 48.1-58.6 | 40 | 8.0 | 5.5-11.4 | 178 | 38.7 | 33.6-44.0 |
| Other | 89 | 35 | 35.3 | 21.7-51.9 | 6 | 4.6 | 1.3-15.5 | 48 | 60.1 | 43.5-74.6 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-44 | 199 | 88 | 41.1 | 33.1-49.7 | 10 | 7.1 | 3.4-13.9 | 101 | 51.8 | 43.1-60.4 |
| 45+ | 382 | 218 | 56.7 | 50.4-62.7 | 36 | 8.0 | 5.4-11.8 | 128 | 35.3 | 29.5-41.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 276 | 118 | 42.2 | 34.9-49.7 | 22 | 8.1 | 4.8-13.1 | 136 | 49.8 | 42.2-57.3 |
| Some College + | 306 | 191 | 59.1 | 52.2-65.7 | 24 | 7.2 | 4.4-11.8 | 91 | 33.6 | 27.4-40.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 339 | 160 | 44.9 | 38.3-51.6 | 32 | 9.1 | 5.9-13.7 | 147 | 46.1 | 39.4-52.9 |
| $50,000+ | 121 | 87 | 68.3 | 57.6-77.4 | 4 | 3.5 | 0.8-14.0 | 30 | 28.2 | 19.7-38.6 |
* 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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