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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 3,708 | 2,748 | 74.2 | 72.4-75.9 | 960 | 25.8 | 24.1-27.6 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 2,929 | 2,243 | 77.2 | 75.4-79.0 | 686 | 22.8 | 21.0-24.6 |
African American | 601 | 414 | 67.9 | 63.0-72.4 | 187 | 32.1 | 27.6-37.0 |
Asian | 14 | 5 | 43.3 | 18.1-72.6 | 9 | 56.7 | 27.4-81.9 |
Native American | 62 | 39 | 70.0 | 54.7-81.9 | 23 | 30.0 | 18.1-45.3 |
Other Minorities | 87 | 37 | 39.3 | 26.4-53.8 | 50 | 60.7 | 46.2-73.6 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 87 | 45 | 45.7 | 32.2-59.9 | 42 | 54.3 | 40.1-67.8 |
-English Speaking | 42 | 34 | 72.7 | 50.2-87.5 | 8 | 27.3 | 12.5-49.8 |
-Spanish Speaking | 45 | 11 | 30.2 | 15.1-51.4 | 34 | 69.8 | 48.6-84.9 |
Non-Hispanic | 3,618 | 2,702 | 75.2 | 73.5-76.9 | 916 | 24.8 | 23.1-26.5 |
AGE | |||||||
40-44 | 564 | 282 | 49.5 | 44.3-54.6 | 282 | 50.5 | 45.4-55.7 |
45-54 | 1,034 | 694 | 67.4 | 63.8-70.8 | 340 | 32.6 | 29.2-36.2 |
55-64 | 994 | 809 | 83.3 | 80.5-85.8 | 185 | 16.7 | 14.2-19.5 |
65-74 | 681 | 584 | 86.5 | 83.1-89.4 | 97 | 13.5 | 10.6-16.9 |
75+ | 435 | 379 | 87.4 | 83.4-90.5 | 56 | 12.6 | 9.5-16.6 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 662 | 453 | 67.5 | 62.9-71.8 | 209 | 32.5 | 28.2-37.1 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,014 | 714 | 70.7 | 67.1-74.1 | 300 | 29.3 | 25.9-32.9 |
Some Post-H.S. | 859 | 629 | 73.0 | 69.2-76.5 | 230 | 27.0 | 23.5-30.8 |
College Graduate | 1,164 | 948 | 81.6 | 78.7-84.1 | 216 | 18.4 | 15.9-21.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 380 | 267 | 65.5 | 58.7-71.8 | 113 | 34.5 | 28.2-41.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 509 | 369 | 70.3 | 64.7-75.4 | 140 | 29.7 | 24.6-35.3 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 391 | 278 | 72.5 | 67.1-77.3 | 113 | 27.5 | 22.7-32.9 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 573 | 415 | 74.4 | 70.0-78.4 | 158 | 25.6 | 21.6-30.0 |
$50,000-74,999 | 529 | 404 | 76.3 | 71.8-80.3 | 125 | 23.7 | 19.7-28.2 |
$75,000+ | 627 | 506 | 81.4 | 77.5-84.7 | 121 | 18.6 | 15.3-22.5 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 1,326 | 1,054 | 78.0 | 75.1-80.7 | 272 | 22.0 | 19.3-24.9 |
No | 2,272 | 1,628 | 72.9 | 70.6-75.1 | 644 | 27.1 | 24.9-29.4 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 1,576 | 1,293 | 83.0 | 80.8-85.1 | 283 | 17.0 | 14.9-19.2 |
Non-Veteran | 2,100 | 1,428 | 67.7 | 65.2-70.2 | 672 | 32.3 | 29.8-34.8 |
Currently Serving | 31 | 26 | 87.8 | 72.5-95.2 | 5 | 12.2 | 4.8-27.5 |
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* This question was asked only of male respondents who reported being age 40 and older.
^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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