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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 | 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 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 880 | 471 | 53.9 | 50.0-57.7 | 236 | 28.4 | 25.0-32.0 | 121 | 12.4 | 10.1-15.1 | 21 | 2.3 | 1.4- 3.8 | 31 | 3.1 | 2.1- 4.5 |
African American | 201 | 80 | 39.6 | 32.2-47.4 | 31 | 13.8 | 9.5-19.6 | 40 | 17.5 | 12.7-23.7 | 12 | 7.7 | 4.1-13.9 | 38 | 21.4 | 15.5-28.8 |
Asian | 18 | 6 | 31.2 | 13.1-57.7 | 6 | 26.6 | 10.1-54.0 | 2 | 15.2 | 3.6-46.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 27.0 | 9.6-56.3 |
Native American | 20 | 6 | 19.3 | 6.7-44.3 | 3 | 20.1 | 5.2-53.5 | 8 | 48.8 | 23.5-74.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 11.8 | 3.4-33.4 |
Other Minorities | 125 | 50 | 39.0 | 29.3-49.7 | 29 | 24.2 | 15.8-35.3 | 23 | 16.7 | 10.8-25.0 | 11 | 11.6 | 5.7-22.1 | 12 | 8.4 | 4.4-15.4 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 133 | 54 | 39.9 | 30.3-50.3 | 28 | 22.4 | 14.4-33.2 | 26 | 17.9 | 11.8-26.3 | 11 | 11.1 | 5.5-21.2 | 14 | 8.7 | 4.8-15.4 |
-English Speaking | 36 | 18 | 45.6 | 28.6-63.7 | 6 | 14.7 | 6.1-31.5 | 6 | 21.5 | 9.2-42.6 | 1 | 4.9 | 0.7-27.3 | 5 | 13.3 | 4.7-32.1 |
-Spanish Speaking | 97 | 36 | 37.9 | 26.8-50.4 | 22 | 25.0 | 15.2-38.3 | 20 | 16.7 | 10.3-25.8 | 10 | 13.2 | 6.2-25.9 | 9 | 7.2 | 3.4-14.3 |
Non-Hispanic | 1,117 | 563 | 50.2 | 46.8-53.6 | 277 | 25.6 | 22.7-28.7 | 170 | 13.9 | 11.8-16.4 | 33 | 3.3 | 2.2- 4.8 | 74 | 7.0 | 5.4- 9.0 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 73 | 39 | 48.2 | 35.5-61.2 | 21 | 35.0 | 23.5-48.5 | 8 | 10.3 | 4.9-20.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 6.6 | 2.3-17.4 |
25-34 | 429 | 238 | 55.1 | 49.5-60.6 | 88 | 20.7 | 16.4-25.9 | 62 | 14.4 | 11.0-18.7 | 13 | 3.6 | 1.9- 6.7 | 28 | 6.1 | 4.1- 9.1 |
35-44 | 497 | 228 | 45.5 | 40.4-50.6 | 136 | 28.4 | 23.9-33.3 | 83 | 14.7 | 11.6-18.4 | 17 | 4.6 | 2.5- 8.3 | 33 | 6.8 | 4.6-10.0 |
45-54 | 185 | 79 | 43.4 | 35.1-52.0 | 50 | 26.0 | 19.5-33.7 | 31 | 14.4 | 9.5-21.1 | 11 | 7.0 | 3.6-13.2 | 14 | 9.3 | 5.3-15.7 |
55-64 | 51 | 27 | 50.7 | 34.7-66.6 | 5 | 14.6 | 5.9-31.9 | 11 | 21.4 | 10.9-37.6 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.5- 9.1 | 6 | 11.2 | 4.5-25.2 |
65-74 | 14 | 6 | 41.2 | 18.2-68.9 | 4 | 24.6 | 8.4-53.8 | 1 | 3.8 | 0.5-23.6 | 1 | 13.3 | 1.9-54.4 | 2 | 17.0 | 3.9-50.8 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 191 | 79 | 40.8 | 32.7-49.4 | 41 | 25.1 | 17.8-34.1 | 36 | 15.0 | 10.4-21.3 | 13 | 7.5 | 4.1-13.3 | 22 | 11.6 | 7.2-17.9 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 365 | 176 | 47.7 | 41.8-53.7 | 76 | 22.1 | 17.5-27.4 | 65 | 16.1 | 12.3-20.7 | 12 | 5.2 | 2.6-10.2 | 36 | 8.9 | 6.3-12.6 |
Some Post-H.S. | 293 | 148 | 50.7 | 44.2-57.2 | 68 | 22.7 | 17.8-28.5 | 51 | 17.3 | 12.9-22.8 | 10 | 3.3 | 1.7- 6.4 | 16 | 6.0 | 3.4-10.1 |
College Graduate | 400 | 214 | 53.0 | 47.3-58.7 | 120 | 29.6 | 24.7-34.9 | 44 | 10.9 | 7.8-15.2 | 9 | 2.5 | 1.1- 5.3 | 13 | 4.0 | 2.2- 7.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 50 | 21 | 35.9 | 22.4-52.1 | 11 | 21.2 | 10.9-37.1 | 5 | 7.3 | 2.9-17.4 | 4 | 13.8 | 3.9-38.8 | 9 | 21.8 | 10.9-38.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 183 | 74 | 41.3 | 33.1-50.0 | 43 | 23.6 | 17.3-31.4 | 39 | 19.3 | 13.7-26.6 | 10 | 6.8 | 3.3-13.2 | 17 | 9.0 | 5.3-14.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 167 | 83 | 49.6 | 40.8-58.5 | 31 | 17.9 | 11.9-26.1 | 30 | 18.7 | 12.7-26.7 | 7 | 4.8 | 2.0-11.1 | 16 | 9.0 | 5.1-15.2 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 183 | 93 | 49.4 | 41.2-57.6 | 45 | 28.0 | 21.0-36.2 | 28 | 13.9 | 9.4-20.1 | 5 | 3.1 | 1.2- 8.2 | 12 | 5.6 | 3.0-10.4 |
$50,000-74,999 | 223 | 110 | 49.4 | 41.9-56.9 | 54 | 25.0 | 19.1-32.1 | 36 | 14.4 | 10.0-20.4 | 10 | 4.3 | 2.2- 8.2 | 13 | 6.9 | 3.9-11.9 |
$75,000+ | 295 | 154 | 52.0 | 45.4-58.6 | 85 | 28.8 | 23.3-35.1 | 39 | 13.0 | 9.1-18.2 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.7- 5.7 | 12 | 4.1 | 2.1- 7.9 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 217 | 103 | 41.2 | 33.8-48.9 | 52 | 28.4 | 21.2-36.9 | 26 | 9.9 | 6.5-14.7 | 11 | 7.4 | 3.9-13.7 | 25 | 13.1 | 8.6-19.5 |
No | 1,027 | 511 | 50.3 | 46.7-53.8 | 251 | 24.5 | 21.6-27.7 | 169 | 15.4 | 13.0-18.1 | 33 | 3.7 | 2.4- 5.7 | 63 | 6.1 | 4.6- 8.1 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 206 | 100 | 47.0 | 39.2-55.0 | 48 | 23.2 | 17.2-30.5 | 40 | 19.9 | 14.2-27.2 | 6 | 4.0 | 1.6- 9.7 | 12 | 5.9 | 3.2-10.7 |
Non-Veteran | 972 | 477 | 48.9 | 45.2-52.6 | 244 | 25.9 | 22.8-29.3 | 144 | 13.2 | 11.0-15.8 | 36 | 4.6 | 3.1- 6.7 | 71 | 7.5 | 5.8- 9.6 |
Currently Serving | 72 | 41 | 55.3 | 42.4-67.5 | 13 | 19.9 | 11.5-32.1 | 12 | 16.6 | 9.0-28.4 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.2 | 5 | 7.6 | 2.7-19.8 |
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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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