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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 3,228 | 823 | 25.5 | 23.7-27.5 | 2,405 | 74.5 | 72.5-76.3 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,356 | 333 | 24.0 | 21.4-26.9 | 1,023 | 76.0 | 73.1-78.6 |
Female | 1,872 | 490 | 27.4 | 24.9-30.0 | 1,382 | 72.6 | 70.0-75.1 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 2,437 | 636 | 26.7 | 24.6-29.0 | 1,801 | 73.3 | 71.0-75.4 |
African American | 558 | 130 | 22.6 | 18.5-27.2 | 428 | 77.4 | 72.8-81.5 |
Asian | 9 | 3 | 32.4 | 9.2-69.3 | 6 | 67.6 | 30.7-90.8 |
Native American | 92 | 22 | 23.4 | 14.6-35.3 | 70 | 76.6 | 64.7-85.4 |
Other Minorities | 114 | 25 | 18.7 | 11.7-28.4 | 89 | 81.3 | 71.6-88.3 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 118 | 23 | 18.5 | 11.5-28.2 | 95 | 81.5 | 71.8-88.5 |
-English Speaking | 54 | 9 | 20.9 | 10.4-37.7 | 45 | 79.1 | 62.3-89.6 |
-Spanish Speaking | 64 | 14 | 17.3 | 9.3-30.0 | 50 | 82.7 | 70.0-90.7 |
Non-Hispanic | 3,109 | 799 | 25.9 | 24.0-27.9 | 2,310 | 74.1 | 72.1-76.0 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 219 | 55 | 25.3 | 18.8-33.3 | 164 | 74.7 | 66.7-81.2 |
25-34 | 595 | 141 | 22.8 | 19.0-27.2 | 454 | 77.2 | 72.8-81.0 |
35-44 | 753 | 182 | 22.5 | 19.2-26.3 | 571 | 77.5 | 73.7-80.8 |
45-54 | 714 | 197 | 29.1 | 25.0-33.5 | 517 | 70.9 | 66.5-75.0 |
55-64 | 563 | 153 | 27.2 | 22.8-32.0 | 410 | 72.8 | 68.0-77.2 |
65-74 | 276 | 72 | 30.4 | 23.6-38.1 | 204 | 69.6 | 61.9-76.4 |
75+ | 103 | 23 | 24.4 | 15.6-36.0 | 80 | 75.6 | 64.0-84.4 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 693 | 147 | 22.1 | 18.4-26.4 | 546 | 77.9 | 73.6-81.6 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,159 | 286 | 24.1 | 21.2-27.3 | 873 | 75.9 | 72.7-78.8 |
Some Post-H.S. | 849 | 228 | 26.7 | 23.1-30.6 | 621 | 73.3 | 69.4-76.9 |
College Graduate | 522 | 161 | 32.4 | 27.6-37.6 | 361 | 67.6 | 62.4-72.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 515 | 110 | 21.6 | 17.4-26.5 | 405 | 78.4 | 73.5-82.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 690 | 168 | 24.7 | 20.8-29.2 | 522 | 75.3 | 70.8-79.2 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 439 | 122 | 26.8 | 22.0-32.3 | 317 | 73.2 | 67.7-78.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 476 | 144 | 28.7 | 24.0-33.8 | 332 | 71.3 | 66.2-76.0 |
$50,000-74,999 | 308 | 100 | 31.4 | 25.6-37.9 | 208 | 68.6 | 62.1-74.4 |
$75,000+ | 263 | 77 | 31.1 | 24.6-38.4 | 186 | 68.9 | 61.6-75.4 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 1,217 | 287 | 23.8 | 21.0-26.9 | 930 | 76.2 | 73.1-79.0 |
No | 1,959 | 522 | 26.4 | 24.0-28.9 | 1,437 | 73.6 | 71.1-76.0 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 423 | 111 | 27.2 | 22.4-32.6 | 312 | 72.8 | 67.4-77.6 |
Non-Veteran | 2,756 | 692 | 24.8 | 22.8-26.9 | 2,064 | 75.2 | 73.1-77.2 |
Currently Serving | 48 | 20 | 46.8 | 31.0-63.2 | 28 | 53.2 | 36.8-69.0 |
*Asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 cigarettes in entire lifetime and now smoke daily or occasionally.
^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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