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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 5,304 | 2,567 | 46.7 | 45.0-48.4 | 2,737 | 53.3 | 51.6-55.0 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 4,023 | 2,088 | 50.7 | 48.8-52.6 | 1,935 | 49.3 | 47.4-51.2 |
African American | 838 | 315 | 37.1 | 33.2-41.1 | 523 | 62.9 | 58.9-66.8 |
Asian | 39 | 15 | 39.0 | 23.2-57.6 | 24 | 61.0 | 42.4-76.8 |
Native American | 87 | 30 | 36.6 | 24.0-51.3 | 57 | 63.4 | 48.7-76.0 |
Other Minorities | 290 | 106 | 32.9 | 26.5-40.0 | 184 | 67.1 | 60.0-73.5 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 294 | 103 | 32.5 | 26.2-39.5 | 191 | 67.5 | 60.5-73.8 |
-English Speaking | 98 | 42 | 41.6 | 30.3-53.9 | 56 | 58.4 | 46.1-69.7 |
-Spanish Speaking | 196 | 61 | 29.4 | 22.1-37.9 | 135 | 70.6 | 62.1-77.9 |
Non-Hispanic | 5,003 | 2,462 | 48.1 | 46.4-49.8 | 2,541 | 51.9 | 50.2-53.6 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 322 | 104 | 28.3 | 22.8-34.5 | 218 | 71.7 | 65.5-77.2 |
25-34 | 871 | 347 | 37.4 | 33.6-41.4 | 524 | 62.6 | 58.6-66.4 |
35-44 | 1,048 | 466 | 44.6 | 41.0-48.3 | 582 | 55.4 | 51.7-59.0 |
45-54 | 1,008 | 527 | 51.6 | 47.8-55.3 | 481 | 48.4 | 44.7-52.2 |
55-64 | 961 | 544 | 54.5 | 50.6-58.4 | 417 | 45.5 | 41.6-49.4 |
65-74 | 662 | 355 | 54.8 | 50.2-59.3 | 307 | 45.2 | 40.7-49.8 |
75+ | 414 | 219 | 55.4 | 49.6-61.0 | 195 | 44.6 | 39.0-50.4 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 908 | 273 | 27.2 | 23.8-30.8 | 635 | 72.8 | 69.2-76.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,500 | 597 | 38.4 | 35.5-41.5 | 903 | 61.6 | 58.5-64.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,247 | 682 | 55.6 | 52.3-58.9 | 565 | 44.4 | 41.1-47.7 |
College Graduate | 1,636 | 1,007 | 59.4 | 56.4-62.3 | 629 | 40.6 | 37.7-43.6 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 474 | 166 | 30.9 | 25.7-36.7 | 308 | 69.1 | 63.3-74.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 793 | 310 | 35.9 | 31.8-40.1 | 483 | 64.1 | 59.9-68.2 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 640 | 283 | 41.8 | 37.4-46.3 | 357 | 58.2 | 53.7-62.6 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 799 | 409 | 50.5 | 46.3-54.7 | 390 | 49.5 | 45.3-53.7 |
$50,000-74,999 | 761 | 423 | 55.0 | 50.8-59.1 | 338 | 45.0 | 40.9-49.2 |
$75,000+ | 874 | 532 | 60.9 | 56.9-64.8 | 342 | 39.1 | 35.2-43.1 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 1,590 | 766 | 47.4 | 44.3-50.5 | 824 | 52.6 | 49.5-55.7 |
No | 3,614 | 1,760 | 46.7 | 44.7-48.7 | 1,854 | 53.3 | 51.3-55.3 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 1,691 | 950 | 56.1 | 53.2-59.0 | 741 | 43.9 | 41.0-46.8 |
Non-Veteran | 3,480 | 1,553 | 42.7 | 40.6-44.7 | 1,927 | 57.3 | 55.3-59.4 |
Currently Serving | 131 | 63 | 47.9 | 38.3-57.7 | 68 | 52.1 | 42.3-61.7 |
*Data for this table were derived from the first three folic acid questions. See the 2004 questionnaire.
^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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