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Always | Nearly always | Sometimes | Seldom | Never | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 1,725 | 650 | 38.0 | 35.2-40.9 | 549 | 30.3 | 27.7-33.1 | 400 | 24.8 | 22.2-27.5 | 46 | 2.6 | 1.8- 3.8 | 80 | 4.2 | 3.2- 5.5 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 113 | 38 | 33.8 | 23.7-45.6 | 35 | 26.8 | 18.4-37.1 | 32 | 32.8 | 22.4-45.1 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.4- 6.2 | 6 | 5.1 | 1.9-13.2 |
25-34 | 319 | 129 | 40.3 | 33.9-47.0 | 87 | 27.3 | 21.8-33.5 | 88 | 26.8 | 21.3-33.0 | 6 | 2.8 | 0.8- 9.2 | 9 | 2.9 | 1.4- 6.0 |
35-44 | 335 | 119 | 34.0 | 28.1-40.4 | 98 | 28.0 | 22.3-34.6 | 92 | 31.3 | 25.2-38.1 | 10 | 2.5 | 1.3- 4.9 | 16 | 4.2 | 2.3- 7.6 |
45-54 | 330 | 129 | 41.6 | 35.1-48.4 | 104 | 29.3 | 23.7-35.5 | 74 | 22.3 | 17.0-28.6 | 13 | 2.9 | 1.5- 5.6 | 10 | 4.0 | 1.9- 8.1 |
55-64 | 252 | 89 | 37.6 | 30.5-45.2 | 94 | 36.0 | 29.2-43.4 | 52 | 19.3 | 14.1-25.8 | 7 | 3.5 | 1.5- 8.2 | 10 | 3.6 | 1.9- 6.9 |
65-74 | 210 | 77 | 35.3 | 27.7-43.8 | 76 | 35.5 | 27.6-44.4 | 41 | 23.7 | 16.8-32.5 | 4 | 1.9 | 0.7- 5.2 | 12 | 3.5 | 1.8- 6.8 |
75+ | 155 | 65 | 45.5 | 36.2-55.2 | 51 | 31.1 | 23.4-40.1 | 19 | 10.7 | 6.6-16.7 | 4 | 2.9 | 1.0- 8.3 | 16 | 9.8 | 5.0-18.1 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 365 | 156 | 42.8 | 36.8-49.0 | 124 | 31.9 | 26.6-37.7 | 62 | 18.9 | 14.3-24.4 | 6 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.4 | 17 | 4.6 | 2.5- 8.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 560 | 202 | 37.9 | 33.0-43.0 | 178 | 29.2 | 24.9-34.0 | 138 | 26.5 | 22.0-31.6 | 14 | 2.0 | 1.0- 3.8 | 28 | 4.4 | 2.8- 6.8 |
Some Post-H.S. | 455 | 173 | 36.9 | 31.5-42.7 | 130 | 28.3 | 23.5-33.7 | 112 | 26.3 | 21.4-31.8 | 20 | 4.6 | 2.5- 8.4 | 20 | 3.9 | 2.3- 6.4 |
College Graduate | 342 | 118 | 35.3 | 29.3-41.8 | 116 | 33.6 | 27.6-40.2 | 87 | 25.2 | 19.8-31.4 | 6 | 1.7 | 0.7- 4.0 | 15 | 4.2 | 2.2- 7.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 374 | 141 | 39.2 | 33.4-45.4 | 133 | 31.8 | 26.6-37.5 | 75 | 20.1 | 15.5-25.6 | 11 | 5.3 | 2.4-11.2 | 14 | 3.5 | 1.9- 6.4 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 420 | 182 | 43.8 | 37.9-49.9 | 106 | 25.6 | 20.7-31.3 | 106 | 26.0 | 21.1-31.6 | 12 | 2.3 | 1.2- 4.2 | 14 | 2.2 | 1.2- 3.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 223 | 71 | 31.1 | 24.4-38.7 | 71 | 30.2 | 23.4-38.0 | 63 | 32.4 | 24.9-41.0 | 7 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.6 | 11 | 4.6 | 2.3- 9.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 174 | 52 | 29.0 | 21.9-37.3 | 59 | 35.1 | 27.0-44.2 | 50 | 28.9 | 21.4-37.7 | 8 | 4.0 | 1.8- 8.7 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.0- 8.8 |
$50,000-74,999 | 91 | 33 | 41.0 | 29.4-53.8 | 27 | 23.9 | 15.5-34.8 | 25 | 29.6 | 18.7-43.5 | 3 | 3.1 | 0.9-10.1 | 3 | 2.5 | 0.7- 8.0 |
$75,000+ | 79 | 23 | 25.1 | 15.5-37.8 | 32 | 41.3 | 29.6-54.1 | 18 | 26.3 | 16.3-39.4 | 2 | 1.7 | 0.4- 6.8 | 4 | 5.6 | 2.0-14.7 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 625 | 245 | 39.5 | 35.0-44.3 | 218 | 32.4 | 28.2-36.9 | 107 | 18.9 | 15.2-23.1 | 17 | 2.8 | 1.6- 4.9 | 38 | 6.3 | 4.3- 9.3 |
No | 1,082 | 397 | 37.3 | 33.8-41.0 | 326 | 29.4 | 26.1-32.9 | 289 | 27.5 | 24.2-31.1 | 29 | 2.6 | 1.6- 4.2 | 41 | 3.2 | 2.2- 4.6 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 49 | 15 | 34.2 | 19.9-52.0 | 18 | 27.8 | 15.7-44.3 | 9 | 24.5 | 10.0-48.8 | 3 | 4.9 | 1.5-14.9 | 4 | 8.7 | 3.1-22.0 |
Non-Veteran | 1,666 | 631 | 38.1 | 35.3-41.1 | 527 | 30.4 | 27.7-33.2 | 389 | 24.8 | 22.2-27.6 | 43 | 2.6 | 1.7- 3.8 | 76 | 4.1 | 3.1- 5.4 |
Currently Serving | 10 | 4 | 46.0 | 17.9-76.8 | 4 | 37.3 | 13.1-70.1 | 2 | 16.7 | 3.9-49.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
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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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