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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 3,637 | 2,012 | 54.9 | 52.9-56.9 | 1,625 | 45.1 | 43.1-47.1 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 2,460 | 1,487 | 60.4 | 58.0-62.7 | 973 | 39.6 | 37.3-42.0 |
African American | 772 | 339 | 43.7 | 39.4-48.2 | 433 | 56.3 | 51.8-60.6 |
Asian | 37 | 23 | 68.8 | 48.1-84.0 | 14 | 31.2 | 16.0-51.9 |
Native American | 79 | 30 | 43.5 | 30.1-57.8 | 49 | 56.5 | 42.2-69.9 |
Other Minorities | 264 | 117 | 40.4 | 33.6-47.5 | 147 | 59.6 | 52.5-66.4 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 267 | 120 | 41.7 | 34.8-49.0 | 147 | 58.3 | 51.0-65.2 |
-English Speaking | 101 | 61 | 66.0 | 54.5-75.9 | 40 | 34.0 | 24.1-45.5 |
-Spanish Speaking | 166 | 59 | 30.4 | 23.1-38.9 | 107 | 69.6 | 61.1-76.9 |
Non-Hispanic | 3,368 | 1,891 | 56.1 | 54.0-58.2 | 1,477 | 43.9 | 41.8-46.0 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 486 | 211 | 42.1 | 36.8-47.6 | 275 | 57.9 | 52.4-63.2 |
25-34 | 1,466 | 809 | 55.0 | 51.9-58.1 | 657 | 45.0 | 41.9-48.1 |
35-44 | 1,685 | 992 | 59.1 | 56.1-62.0 | 693 | 40.9 | 38.0-43.9 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 382 | 130 | 32.7 | 27.5-38.5 | 252 | 67.3 | 61.5-72.5 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 954 | 447 | 46.6 | 42.8-50.5 | 507 | 53.4 | 49.5-57.2 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,045 | 600 | 57.7 | 53.9-61.4 | 445 | 42.3 | 38.6-46.1 |
College Graduate | 1,254 | 834 | 66.2 | 62.9-69.4 | 420 | 33.8 | 30.6-37.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 342 | 139 | 41.2 | 34.7-48.2 | 203 | 58.8 | 51.8-65.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 626 | 264 | 41.2 | 36.5-46.1 | 362 | 58.8 | 53.9-63.5 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 494 | 263 | 51.9 | 46.5-57.2 | 231 | 48.1 | 42.8-53.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 530 | 332 | 62.5 | 57.5-67.2 | 198 | 37.5 | 32.8-42.5 |
$50,000-74,999 | 472 | 314 | 66.9 | 61.5-71.9 | 158 | 33.1 | 28.1-38.5 |
$75,000+ | 524 | 362 | 68.0 | 62.9-72.7 | 162 | 32.0 | 27.3-37.1 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 674 | 355 | 54.7 | 50.0-59.3 | 319 | 45.3 | 40.7-50.0 |
No | 2,899 | 1,631 | 55.3 | 53.1-57.5 | 1,268 | 44.7 | 42.5-46.9 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 91 | 59 | 67.4 | 55.3-77.5 | 32 | 32.6 | 22.5-44.7 |
Non-Veteran | 3,517 | 1,933 | 54.5 | 52.4-56.5 | 1,584 | 45.5 | 43.5-47.6 |
Currently Serving | 29 | 20 | 77.6 | 58.9-89.3 | 9 | 22.4 | 10.7-41.1 |
*Data for this table were derived from the first three folic acid questions.
^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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