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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 6,254 | 5,043 | 80.6 | 79.3-81.8 | 895 | 14.5 | 13.4-15.7 | 160 | 2.5 | 2.0- 3.1 | 156 | 2.4 | 1.9- 2.9 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 2,155 | 1,649 | 76.9 | 74.6-79.0 | 365 | 16.6 | 14.8-18.7 | 72 | 3.4 | 2.5- 4.5 | 69 | 3.1 | 2.3- 4.1 |
Female | 4,099 | 3,394 | 83.8 | 82.3-85.1 | 530 | 12.7 | 11.5-14.0 | 88 | 1.8 | 1.4- 2.3 | 87 | 1.7 | 1.3- 2.3 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 4,664 | 3,824 | 81.8 | 80.4-83.2 | 596 | 13.1 | 11.9-14.4 | 122 | 2.4 | 1.9- 3.0 | 122 | 2.7 | 2.1- 3.3 |
African American | 1,112 | 857 | 78.3 | 75.3-81.1 | 207 | 17.6 | 15.1-20.4 | 25 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.6 | 23 | 1.9 | 1.1- 3.1 |
Asian | 47 | 39 | 88.2 | 75.3-94.8 | 7 | 11.4 | 4.9-24.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.2 |
Native American | 110 | 83 | 74.8 | 60.7-85.1 | 17 | 20.0 | 10.4-35.0 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.3 | 8 | 4.6 | 2.1- 9.9 |
Other Minorities | 274 | 199 | 72.9 | 64.9-79.5 | 63 | 20.9 | 15.0-28.4 | 10 | 5.6 | 2.6-11.6 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.6 |
HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
Hispanic | 296 | 210 | 72.0 | 64.5-78.5 | 69 | 21.6 | 15.9-28.7 | 13 | 5.5 | 2.7-11.0 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.8 |
-English Speaking | 121 | 95 | 79.4 | 68.2-87.5 | 17 | 12.0 | 6.6-20.8 | 6 | 6.9 | 2.3-19.3 | 3 | 1.6 | 0.4- 6.4 |
-Spanish Speaking | 175 | 115 | 68.7 | 58.9-77.1 | 52 | 25.9 | 18.2-35.4 | 7 | 4.9 | 1.9-12.0 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 3.8 |
Non-Hispanic | 5,952 | 4,828 | 81.3 | 80.0-82.5 | 826 | 14.0 | 12.9-15.1 | 146 | 2.3 | 1.9- 2.8 | 152 | 2.5 | 2.0- 3.0 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 348 | 260 | 74.5 | 67.7-80.2 | 66 | 20.5 | 15.1-27.1 | 11 | 2.1 | 1.0- 4.2 | 11 | 3.0 | 1.4- 6.3 |
25-34 | 1,382 | 1,115 | 81.6 | 78.9-84.1 | 212 | 14.7 | 12.4-17.2 | 30 | 2.1 | 1.3- 3.3 | 25 | 1.6 | 1.0- 2.6 |
35-44 | 1,686 | 1,344 | 79.8 | 77.3-82.1 | 252 | 15.0 | 13.0-17.2 | 43 | 2.6 | 1.7- 4.0 | 47 | 2.6 | 1.8- 3.7 |
45-54 | 1,600 | 1,300 | 81.5 | 79.0-83.8 | 224 | 14.0 | 12.0-16.3 | 42 | 2.4 | 1.7- 3.3 | 34 | 2.2 | 1.4- 3.3 |
55-64 | 967 | 795 | 81.6 | 78.2-84.6 | 116 | 12.5 | 10.1-15.5 | 24 | 2.9 | 1.7- 4.9 | 32 | 2.9 | 1.8- 4.5 |
65-74 | 205 | 175 | 82.2 | 73.1-88.7 | 16 | 6.9 | 3.8-12.4 | 9 | 6.2 | 2.4-15.4 | 5 | 4.6 | 1.7-12.2 |
75+ | 34 | 27 | 82.0 | 61.7-92.8 | 5 | 16.3 | 6.0-37.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 1.8 | 0.4- 7.3 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 508 | 327 | 64.8 | 58.9-70.2 | 133 | 24.2 | 19.5-29.6 | 28 | 6.7 | 4.1-10.8 | 20 | 4.3 | 2.5- 7.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,642 | 1,217 | 73.9 | 71.2-76.4 | 313 | 19.1 | 16.9-21.6 | 64 | 3.6 | 2.7- 4.8 | 48 | 3.4 | 2.4- 4.8 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,699 | 1,353 | 80.1 | 77.6-82.3 | 260 | 15.7 | 13.7-18.1 | 33 | 1.6 | 1.1- 2.4 | 53 | 2.6 | 1.8- 3.6 |
College Graduate | 2,399 | 2,140 | 89.2 | 87.4-90.7 | 189 | 8.4 | 7.0-10.0 | 35 | 1.4 | 0.9- 2.1 | 35 | 1.1 | 0.7- 1.6 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 290 | 187 | 65.2 | 56.4-73.2 | 68 | 25.4 | 18.1-34.2 | 15 | 4.8 | 2.2-10.3 | 20 | 4.6 | 2.6- 7.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 904 | 650 | 70.3 | 66.2-74.1 | 174 | 20.6 | 17.3-24.3 | 49 | 5.7 | 3.9- 8.2 | 31 | 3.4 | 2.1- 5.4 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 824 | 622 | 76.0 | 72.2-79.4 | 161 | 19.7 | 16.5-23.3 | 17 | 1.6 | 0.9- 2.8 | 24 | 2.7 | 1.7- 4.4 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,062 | 849 | 79.7 | 76.6-82.5 | 162 | 14.9 | 12.5-17.6 | 22 | 2.0 | 1.3- 3.2 | 29 | 3.4 | 2.2- 5.3 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,060 | 890 | 82.3 | 79.2-85.1 | 134 | 14.2 | 11.6-17.2 | 20 | 1.9 | 1.2- 3.1 | 16 | 1.6 | 0.9- 2.9 |
$75,000+ | 1,291 | 1,150 | 89.6 | 87.3-91.4 | 104 | 8.1 | 6.4-10.1 | 17 | 1.1 | 0.6- 2.1 | 20 | 1.3 | 0.7- 2.2 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 1,168 | 913 | 78.1 | 74.8-81.0 | 183 | 15.7 | 13.2-18.5 | 42 | 3.8 | 2.5- 5.6 | 30 | 2.5 | 1.6- 3.8 |
No | 4,986 | 4,054 | 81.3 | 79.9-82.7 | 697 | 14.3 | 13.0-15.6 | 113 | 2.1 | 1.7- 2.7 | 122 | 2.3 | 1.8- 2.9 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 566 | 446 | 79.2 | 74.8-83.0 | 86 | 15.2 | 11.9-19.2 | 21 | 3.6 | 2.0- 6.2 | 13 | 2.1 | 1.1- 3.8 |
Non-Veteran | 5,590 | 4,510 | 80.6 | 79.2-81.9 | 799 | 14.6 | 13.4-15.8 | 138 | 2.4 | 1.9- 3.0 | 143 | 2.5 | 2.0- 3.0 |
Currently Serving | 98 | 87 | 89.3 | 79.2-94.9 | 10 | 8.3 | 3.8-17.1 | 1 | 2.4 | 0.3-14.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported working indoors most of the time.
^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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