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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 | 838 | 298 | 34.0 | 30.2-37.9 | 120 | 14.2 | 11.6-17.3 | 138 | 16.8 | 14.0-20.1 | 43 | 5.3 | 3.7- 7.3 | 239 | 29.8 | 26.1-33.8 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 55 | 16 | 31.7 | 18.4-48.8 | 5 | 7.6 | 3.0-18.1 | 14 | 19.6 | 10.5-33.6 | 2 | 3.3 | 0.8-13.3 | 18 | 37.8 | 23.2-55.1 |
25-34 | 132 | 30 | 23.2 | 16.0-32.4 | 22 | 15.4 | 9.9-23.3 | 24 | 17.9 | 11.5-26.6 | 10 | 6.8 | 3.2-13.7 | 46 | 36.7 | 27.6-46.8 |
35-44 | 166 | 46 | 27.4 | 20.1-36.1 | 26 | 17.3 | 11.5-25.1 | 29 | 16.8 | 11.2-24.3 | 11 | 6.1 | 3.3-10.9 | 54 | 32.5 | 24.4-41.9 |
45-54 | 169 | 58 | 34.4 | 26.4-43.4 | 34 | 16.4 | 11.5-23.0 | 28 | 17.3 | 11.4-25.4 | 8 | 6.8 | 3.1-14.3 | 41 | 25.0 | 18.1-33.5 |
55-64 | 155 | 71 | 44.6 | 35.5-54.1 | 15 | 9.3 | 5.3-15.7 | 23 | 14.3 | 9.3-21.3 | 6 | 3.9 | 1.7- 9.1 | 40 | 27.9 | 20.0-37.5 |
65-74 | 101 | 52 | 48.6 | 37.0-60.4 | 10 | 10.4 | 5.0-20.3 | 14 | 18.9 | 9.9-32.9 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.4- 6.6 | 23 | 20.4 | 12.7-31.2 |
75+ | 56 | 25 | 41.2 | 27.6-56.3 | 6 | 12.8 | 5.4-27.3 | 5 | 10.5 | 4.3-23.8 | 3 | 5.4 | 1.6-16.8 | 17 | 30.1 | 18.3-45.2 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 212 | 103 | 47.2 | 39.1-55.5 | 22 | 10.1 | 6.5-15.4 | 27 | 13.6 | 8.6-20.7 | 4 | 3.1 | 1.0- 9.2 | 56 | 26.0 | 19.3-34.0 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 306 | 94 | 29.3 | 23.7-35.5 | 43 | 13.7 | 9.9-18.6 | 54 | 17.5 | 13.1-22.9 | 18 | 6.7 | 4.0-11.1 | 97 | 32.9 | 26.7-39.7 |
Some Post-H.S. | 184 | 61 | 29.5 | 22.6-37.5 | 27 | 14.6 | 9.6-21.4 | 33 | 19.7 | 13.5-27.7 | 10 | 4.7 | 2.4- 8.8 | 53 | 31.6 | 24.0-40.4 |
College Graduate | 133 | 38 | 30.2 | 21.0-41.2 | 28 | 20.7 | 12.7-31.9 | 24 | 16.6 | 10.6-25.0 | 11 | 6.0 | 3.1-11.3 | 32 | 26.5 | 18.3-36.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 141 | 58 | 38.1 | 29.1-48.0 | 12 | 9.4 | 5.1-16.8 | 23 | 15.1 | 9.5-23.2 | 3 | 3.5 | 0.8-13.5 | 45 | 33.9 | 24.9-44.2 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 161 | 65 | 35.8 | 27.6-44.8 | 14 | 8.2 | 4.5-14.4 | 24 | 19.0 | 12.0-28.8 | 9 | 5.0 | 2.5- 9.9 | 49 | 32.0 | 23.7-41.6 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 107 | 34 | 28.0 | 19.8-38.0 | 20 | 19.2 | 12.1-29.1 | 22 | 20.1 | 13.1-29.5 | 4 | 3.2 | 1.1- 8.6 | 27 | 29.6 | 20.1-41.1 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 116 | 39 | 38.1 | 28.2-49.1 | 26 | 20.4 | 13.5-29.6 | 15 | 13.0 | 7.3-22.3 | 9 | 8.3 | 3.8-17.1 | 27 | 20.2 | 13.3-29.4 |
$50,000-74,999 | 94 | 26 | 28.6 | 18.7-41.1 | 11 | 10.5 | 5.5-19.1 | 20 | 22.0 | 13.8-33.1 | 2 | 2.8 | 0.7-10.7 | 35 | 36.2 | 25.8-48.0 |
$75,000+ | 62 | 16 | 27.9 | 16.3-43.4 | 13 | 27.3 | 14.2-45.9 | 12 | 15.9 | 8.4-28.3 | 9 | 10.1 | 4.7-20.4 | 12 | 18.8 | 9.9-32.9 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 296 | 121 | 37.3 | 31.2-43.8 | 36 | 12.6 | 9.0-17.5 | 41 | 15.6 | 11.2-21.3 | 11 | 4.5 | 2.2- 8.8 | 87 | 30.0 | 23.9-37.0 |
No | 540 | 176 | 32.6 | 28.0-37.6 | 84 | 15.0 | 11.7-19.1 | 96 | 16.9 | 13.5-20.9 | 32 | 5.6 | 3.8- 8.3 | 152 | 29.8 | 25.3-34.8 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 250 | 85 | 30.3 | 24.1-37.2 | 47 | 18.7 | 13.7-25.1 | 37 | 17.6 | 12.2-24.6 | 11 | 4.2 | 2.2- 7.8 | 70 | 29.2 | 22.9-36.5 |
Non-Veteran | 561 | 205 | 35.1 | 30.5-40.0 | 71 | 12.6 | 9.6-16.5 | 93 | 16.2 | 13.0-20.0 | 29 | 5.7 | 3.8- 8.5 | 163 | 30.4 | 25.8-35.4 |
Currently Serving | 27 | 8 | 41.6 | 21.9-64.4 | 2 | 8.4 | 2.0-28.7 | 8 | 24.2 | 11.2-44.9 | 3 | 5.8 | 1.6-19.2 | 6 | 20.0 | 7.9-42.1 |
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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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