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| Total Respond.^ |
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 | 3,807 | 2,000 | 52.1 | 50.2-54.1 | 831 | 22.8 | 21.2-24.5 | 568 | 14.1 | 12.8-15.5 | 135 | 3.9 | 3.2- 4.8 | 273 | 7.1 | 6.1- 8.1 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 1,251 | 618 | 48.9 | 45.6-52.1 | 305 | 25.2 | 22.4-28.1 | 196 | 14.4 | 12.4-16.8 | 44 | 4.3 | 3.0- 6.1 | 88 | 7.2 | 5.7- 9.1 |
| Female | 2,556 | 1,382 | 54.7 | 52.3-57.0 | 526 | 20.9 | 19.1-22.9 | 372 | 13.8 | 12.3-15.6 | 91 | 3.6 | 2.8- 4.6 | 185 | 7.0 | 5.8- 8.3 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 2,579 | 1,488 | 57.6 | 55.3-59.9 | 605 | 24.8 | 22.9-26.9 | 332 | 12.1 | 10.7-13.7 | 61 | 2.3 | 1.7- 3.1 | 93 | 3.2 | 2.5- 4.0 |
| African American | 763 | 304 | 41.3 | 37.0-45.8 | 126 | 16.3 | 13.4-19.7 | 151 | 18.1 | 15.1-21.6 | 51 | 7.1 | 5.1- 9.8 | 131 | 17.2 | 14.1-20.7 |
| Asian | 36 | 18 | 49.3 | 30.5-68.3 | 7 | 17.6 | 7.2-37.3 | 6 | 13.1 | 4.5-32.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 20.0 | 8.0-41.8 |
| Native American | 84 | 36 | 39.6 | 27.0-53.8 | 21 | 17.3 | 9.3-29.9 | 15 | 22.1 | 11.9-37.3 | 1 | 3.7 | 0.5-21.9 | 11 | 17.3 | 7.9-33.8 |
| Other Minorities | 326 | 142 | 40.7 | 34.2-47.5 | 70 | 23.9 | 18.2-30.6 | 61 | 17.2 | 12.9-22.5 | 22 | 8.5 | 4.9-14.2 | 31 | 9.8 | 6.6-14.3 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 344 | 142 | 39.3 | 33.0-46.0 | 76 | 24.0 | 18.5-30.5 | 68 | 19.3 | 14.7-24.8 | 22 | 8.1 | 4.7-13.6 | 36 | 9.3 | 6.4-13.3 |
| -English Speaking | 110 | 51 | 42.1 | 31.5-53.4 | 23 | 20.0 | 12.7-30.1 | 23 | 24.1 | 15.0-36.5 | 2 | 4.0 | 1.0-14.9 | 11 | 9.7 | 4.6-19.4 |
| -Spanish Speaking | 234 | 91 | 38.3 | 30.7-46.4 | 53 | 25.5 | 18.7-33.7 | 45 | 17.5 | 12.6-23.8 | 20 | 9.6 | 5.3-16.7 | 25 | 9.1 | 5.9-13.8 |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,461 | 1,857 | 53.8 | 51.8-55.8 | 755 | 22.6 | 21.0-24.4 | 500 | 13.4 | 12.1-14.9 | 113 | 3.4 | 2.7- 4.2 | 236 | 6.8 | 5.8- 7.9 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 281 | 165 | 57.0 | 49.8-63.9 | 53 | 22.4 | 16.8-29.2 | 26 | 8.3 | 5.4-12.6 | 8 | 2.4 | 0.9- 5.8 | 29 | 10.0 | 6.5-15.1 |
| 25-34 | 1,444 | 847 | 58.0 | 54.9-61.2 | 267 | 18.7 | 16.3-21.4 | 196 | 13.7 | 11.6-16.0 | 47 | 3.5 | 2.5- 5.0 | 87 | 6.1 | 4.7- 7.7 |
| 35-44 | 1,426 | 673 | 47.2 | 44.1-50.4 | 365 | 26.7 | 24.0-29.6 | 237 | 15.0 | 13.0-17.3 | 48 | 4.2 | 2.9- 6.0 | 103 | 6.8 | 5.4- 8.6 |
| 45-54 | 478 | 219 | 45.6 | 40.2-51.2 | 113 | 25.8 | 21.2-30.9 | 81 | 14.8 | 11.4-18.9 | 24 | 5.1 | 3.0- 8.3 | 41 | 8.8 | 6.0-12.6 |
| 55-64 | 121 | 65 | 53.1 | 41.7-64.2 | 18 | 15.1 | 8.7-24.8 | 23 | 20.4 | 12.2-32.2 | 5 | 2.8 | 1.0- 7.4 | 10 | 8.6 | 4.3-16.6 |
| 65-74 | 42 | 24 | 59.3 | 40.1-76.1 | 9 | 16.3 | 7.6-31.4 | 3 | 9.3 | 2.3-31.1 | 3 | 8.6 | 2.3-26.7 | 3 | 6.5 | 1.6-22.8 |
| 75+ | 2 | 1 | 51.5 | 6.2-94.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 48.5 | 5.6-93.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 511 | 237 | 44.8 | 39.5-50.2 | 91 | 20.3 | 15.9-25.5 | 89 | 16.7 | 13.2-21.0 | 32 | 6.3 | 4.1- 9.4 | 62 | 11.9 | 8.9-15.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,077 | 539 | 51.0 | 47.3-54.7 | 218 | 20.9 | 18.1-24.1 | 172 | 13.9 | 11.7-16.5 | 34 | 4.5 | 2.9- 6.8 | 114 | 9.7 | 7.9-12.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,012 | 551 | 53.5 | 49.8-57.2 | 209 | 21.5 | 18.6-24.7 | 161 | 16.6 | 14.0-19.6 | 37 | 3.5 | 2.3- 5.1 | 54 | 4.9 | 3.5- 6.8 |
| College Graduate | 1,203 | 671 | 55.7 | 52.2-59.1 | 313 | 26.7 | 23.8-29.8 | 146 | 11.1 | 9.1-13.4 | 31 | 2.6 | 1.7- 4.0 | 42 | 4.0 | 2.7- 5.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 288 | 134 | 44.8 | 37.6-52.3 | 51 | 16.2 | 11.5-22.3 | 49 | 16.6 | 11.7-23.1 | 15 | 7.5 | 3.6-15.3 | 39 | 14.9 | 10.3-21.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 652 | 318 | 48.3 | 43.5-53.2 | 129 | 20.6 | 16.9-24.8 | 111 | 16.9 | 13.6-20.7 | 26 | 4.8 | 2.9- 7.7 | 68 | 9.5 | 7.2-12.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 476 | 234 | 49.0 | 43.4-54.7 | 98 | 19.7 | 15.6-24.7 | 77 | 17.0 | 13.1-21.9 | 23 | 5.4 | 3.3- 8.8 | 44 | 8.9 | 6.2-12.5 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 545 | 296 | 53.9 | 49.0-58.7 | 118 | 24.6 | 20.5-29.2 | 82 | 13.4 | 10.6-16.8 | 16 | 2.7 | 1.5- 4.8 | 33 | 5.5 | 3.7- 8.0 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 550 | 303 | 53.2 | 48.2-58.2 | 128 | 24.3 | 20.3-28.8 | 78 | 13.4 | 10.4-17.2 | 21 | 4.6 | 2.9- 7.3 | 20 | 4.5 | 2.7- 7.2 |
| $75,000+ | 716 | 398 | 55.3 | 50.9-59.7 | 189 | 27.4 | 23.7-31.5 | 86 | 11.4 | 8.8-14.6 | 17 | 2.0 | 1.1- 3.8 | 26 | 3.8 | 2.3- 6.2 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 742 | 372 | 47.6 | 43.2-52.0 | 155 | 23.5 | 19.7-27.9 | 114 | 14.0 | 11.2-17.3 | 31 | 5.2 | 3.4- 8.0 | 70 | 9.7 | 7.4-12.6 |
| No | 3,040 | 1,616 | 53.1 | 51.0-55.3 | 671 | 22.6 | 20.8-24.5 | 449 | 14.1 | 12.7-15.7 | 103 | 3.6 | 2.8- 4.6 | 201 | 6.5 | 5.5- 7.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 276 | 137 | 48.5 | 41.6-55.6 | 65 | 23.6 | 18.2-30.0 | 48 | 18.0 | 13.1-24.2 | 9 | 3.7 | 1.7- 8.2 | 17 | 6.1 | 3.6-10.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 3,439 | 1,812 | 52.4 | 50.3-54.5 | 752 | 22.8 | 21.1-24.6 | 504 | 13.7 | 12.3-15.1 | 122 | 4.0 | 3.2- 5.0 | 249 | 7.1 | 6.2- 8.3 |
| Currently Serving | 91 | 51 | 55.4 | 43.7-66.6 | 14 | 18.2 | 10.7-29.2 | 16 | 16.6 | 9.6-27.0 | 3 | 1.8 | 0.5- 5.9 | 7 | 8.0 | 3.2-18.3 |
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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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