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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 2,592 | 954 | 32.9 | 30.7-35.1 | 1,638 | 67.1 | 64.9-69.3 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 852 | 309 | 32.2 | 28.6-35.9 | 543 | 67.8 | 64.1-71.4 |
| Female | 1,740 | 645 | 33.4 | 30.8-36.1 | 1,095 | 66.6 | 63.9-69.2 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 169 | 38 | 21.5 | 14.3-30.9 | 131 | 78.5 | 69.1-85.7 |
| 25-34 | 446 | 65 | 14.0 | 10.6-18.3 | 381 | 86.0 | 81.7-89.4 |
| 35-44 | 505 | 131 | 22.7 | 18.8-27.1 | 374 | 77.3 | 72.9-81.2 |
| 45-54 | 503 | 201 | 37.6 | 32.6-42.9 | 302 | 62.4 | 57.1-67.4 |
| 55-64 | 417 | 219 | 50.3 | 44.3-56.2 | 198 | 49.7 | 43.8-55.7 |
| 65-74 | 322 | 165 | 46.6 | 39.9-53.5 | 157 | 53.4 | 46.5-60.1 |
| 75+ | 215 | 131 | 57.5 | 49.4-65.3 | 84 | 42.5 | 34.7-50.6 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 587 | 362 | 56.7 | 51.5-61.8 | 225 | 43.3 | 38.2-48.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 880 | 333 | 34.6 | 30.8-38.5 | 547 | 65.4 | 61.5-69.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 639 | 169 | 24.0 | 20.3-28.0 | 470 | 76.0 | 72.0-79.7 |
| College Graduate | 480 | 85 | 15.3 | 11.9-19.4 | 395 | 84.7 | 80.6-88.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 523 | 315 | 57.7 | 52.3-62.9 | 208 | 42.3 | 37.1-47.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 589 | 229 | 37.2 | 32.5-42.2 | 360 | 62.8 | 57.8-67.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 333 | 79 | 22.9 | 18.0-28.7 | 254 | 77.1 | 71.3-82.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 291 | 63 | 21.6 | 16.5-27.7 | 228 | 78.4 | 72.3-83.5 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 186 | 30 | 15.3 | 10.2-22.2 | 156 | 84.7 | 77.8-89.8 |
| $75,000+ | 143 | 21 | 13.1 | 8.2-20.2 | 122 | 86.9 | 79.8-91.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 303 | 105 | 31.5 | 25.8-37.9 | 198 | 68.5 | 62.1-74.2 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,252 | 845 | 33.5 | 31.2-36.0 | 1,407 | 66.5 | 64.0-68.8 |
| Currently Serving | 37 | 4 | 6.6 | 2.1-18.5 | 33 | 93.4 | 81.5-97.9 |
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*Data for this table were derived from questions 1,2,3,4 in the Disability, Quality of Life Module (page 51) of the BRFSS 2002 questionnaire.
^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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