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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Don't know/Not sure | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 1,410 | 347 | 24.1 | 21.4-27.0 | 690 | 49.7 | 46.4-53.1 | 373 | 26.2 | 23.4-29.1 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 451 | 100 | 21.7 | 17.4-26.7 | 225 | 50.6 | 44.9-56.4 | 126 | 27.7 | 23.0-32.8 |
Female | 959 | 247 | 25.8 | 22.6-29.3 | 465 | 49.1 | 45.2-53.1 | 247 | 25.1 | 21.9-28.6 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 1,093 | 283 | 25.2 | 22.2-28.5 | 534 | 50.3 | 46.6-54.1 | 276 | 24.4 | 21.5-27.6 |
African American | 228 | 46 | 20.3 | 14.3-28.0 | 111 | 48.9 | 40.4-57.6 | 71 | 30.7 | 23.8-38.8 |
Asian | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 48.0 | 12.4-85.8 | 2 | 52.0 | 14.2-87.6 |
Native American | 38 | 6 | 25.6 | 8.4-56.4 | 21 | 50.9 | 29.7-71.7 | 11 | 23.5 | 11.5-42.0 |
Other Minorities | 37 | 12 | 25.9 | 13.7-43.5 | 13 | 31.4 | 17.1-50.2 | 12 | 42.7 | 25.1-62.4 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 36 | 9 | 21.0 | 10.0-38.9 | 15 | 41.4 | 23.4-62.1 | 12 | 37.5 | 20.9-57.7 |
-English Speaking | 27 | 7 | 23.0 | 10.0-44.6 | 12 | 39.9 | 19.5-64.5 | 8 | 37.1 | 17.9-61.4 |
-Spanish Speaking | 9 | 2 | 15.7 | 2.7-55.6 | 3 | 45.5 | 15.5-79.2 | 4 | 38.8 | 13.1-72.7 |
Non-Hispanic | 1,373 | 338 | 24.2 | 21.5-27.1 | 674 | 50.0 | 46.6-53.4 | 361 | 25.8 | 23.1-28.7 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 64 | 18 | 23.6 | 13.6-37.6 | 26 | 38.0 | 24.7-53.4 | 20 | 38.5 | 25.0-54.0 |
25-34 | 127 | 35 | 26.3 | 18.4-36.1 | 69 | 56.4 | 46.0-66.3 | 23 | 17.2 | 11.0-26.0 |
35-44 | 167 | 38 | 21.7 | 15.1-30.1 | 84 | 53.7 | 44.4-62.8 | 45 | 24.6 | 17.9-32.9 |
45-54 | 255 | 57 | 19.9 | 14.8-26.2 | 141 | 54.9 | 47.4-62.1 | 57 | 25.2 | 19.2-32.4 |
55-64 | 294 | 87 | 29.4 | 23.3-36.3 | 141 | 47.5 | 40.2-54.9 | 66 | 23.1 | 17.6-29.7 |
65-74 | 270 | 68 | 27.0 | 20.7-34.3 | 120 | 45.3 | 38.0-52.8 | 82 | 27.7 | 21.8-34.5 |
75+ | 224 | 43 | 19.4 | 13.8-26.5 | 102 | 43.3 | 35.6-51.4 | 79 | 37.3 | 29.9-45.3 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 261 | 41 | 17.2 | 11.6-24.8 | 123 | 47.1 | 39.4-54.9 | 97 | 35.7 | 28.8-43.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 426 | 92 | 20.7 | 16.4-25.6 | 209 | 49.3 | 43.5-55.1 | 125 | 30.1 | 25.0-35.7 |
Some Post-H.S. | 316 | 89 | 27.6 | 22.0-34.2 | 150 | 49.1 | 42.2-56.0 | 77 | 23.3 | 18.1-29.3 |
College Graduate | 406 | 124 | 28.2 | 23.3-33.8 | 208 | 52.3 | 45.9-58.5 | 74 | 19.5 | 15.1-24.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 200 | 43 | 19.9 | 14.1-27.4 | 84 | 44.9 | 36.4-53.8 | 73 | 35.1 | 27.4-43.7 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 245 | 54 | 23.7 | 17.5-31.3 | 119 | 46.7 | 38.7-54.9 | 72 | 29.6 | 22.8-37.5 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 162 | 46 | 30.2 | 22.2-39.5 | 74 | 41.9 | 33.2-51.1 | 42 | 28.0 | 20.5-36.8 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 181 | 40 | 22.1 | 15.8-30.0 | 97 | 52.1 | 43.4-60.7 | 44 | 25.8 | 18.7-34.3 |
$50,000-74,999 | 150 | 43 | 27.1 | 19.5-36.3 | 81 | 58.3 | 48.7-67.4 | 26 | 14.6 | 9.7-21.4 |
$75,000+ | 150 | 39 | 20.0 | 13.8-28.0 | 82 | 59.0 | 48.5-68.7 | 29 | 21.1 | 14.1-30.3 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 584 | 137 | 22.6 | 18.8-27.0 | 274 | 48.8 | 43.8-53.8 | 173 | 28.6 | 24.4-33.2 |
No | 807 | 206 | 24.9 | 21.3-28.7 | 410 | 50.8 | 46.4-55.2 | 191 | 24.3 | 20.8-28.2 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 183 | 48 | 24.1 | 17.5-32.3 | 82 | 44.0 | 35.5-52.8 | 53 | 31.9 | 24.3-40.5 |
Non-Veteran | 1,213 | 299 | 24.4 | 21.5-27.5 | 595 | 50.3 | 46.7-53.9 | 319 | 25.3 | 22.5-28.5 |
Currently Serving | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 13 | 91.5 | 57.9-98.8 | 1 | 8.5 | 1.2-42.1 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported taking vitamins but not multivitamins. Due to large number of responses, data for Don't know/Not sure category are also presented.
^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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