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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 | 1,215 | 176 | 14.1 | 12.0-16.6 | 264 | 21.0 | 18.4-23.8 | 539 | 45.1 | 41.8-48.4 | 152 | 12.4 | 10.4-14.7 | 84 | 7.4 | 5.8- 9.3 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 847 | 99 | 11.0 | 8.9-13.7 | 181 | 20.6 | 17.6-23.9 | 393 | 48.3 | 44.4-52.2 | 119 | 13.1 | 10.8-15.9 | 55 | 7.0 | 5.2- 9.3 |
African American | 198 | 41 | 18.4 | 13.2-25.1 | 37 | 16.8 | 12.0-23.1 | 82 | 41.0 | 33.5-48.9 | 19 | 12.2 | 7.6-19.0 | 19 | 11.5 | 7.2-18.0 |
Asian | 18 | 4 | 15.2 | 5.0-37.9 | 5 | 26.3 | 9.7-54.3 | 5 | 31.4 | 12.5-59.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 27.0 | 9.6-56.3 |
Native American | 20 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 7.4 | 3 | 9.5 | 2.5-29.8 | 12 | 67.0 | 38.1-87.0 | 2 | 17.6 | 3.6-54.7 | 2 | 4.9 | 0.9-22.8 |
Other Minorities | 125 | 30 | 25.6 | 17.3-36.1 | 38 | 30.0 | 20.9-40.8 | 42 | 32.1 | 23.1-42.7 | 11 | 10.1 | 5.1-19.0 | 4 | 2.2 | 0.8- 6.0 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 134 | 33 | 25.8 | 17.8-35.9 | 38 | 27.7 | 19.2-38.1 | 47 | 34.4 | 25.4-44.8 | 11 | 9.1 | 4.5-17.5 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.2- 7.4 |
-English Speaking | 36 | 10 | 23.0 | 11.8-40.2 | 3 | 5.1 | 1.5-16.3 | 19 | 61.5 | 43.4-76.8 | 2 | 5.2 | 1.0-22.0 | 2 | 5.3 | 1.2-20.4 |
-Spanish Speaking | 98 | 23 | 26.7 | 17.1-39.2 | 35 | 35.2 | 24.3-47.8 | 28 | 25.4 | 16.4-37.3 | 9 | 10.4 | 4.8-21.1 | 3 | 2.3 | 0.7- 7.1 |
Non-Hispanic | 1,080 | 143 | 12.3 | 10.2-14.6 | 226 | 20.0 | 17.4-22.8 | 491 | 46.8 | 43.3-50.3 | 141 | 12.9 | 10.8-15.4 | 79 | 8.1 | 6.3-10.3 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 74 | 19 | 25.0 | 15.2-38.2 | 26 | 32.9 | 22.3-45.7 | 20 | 27.1 | 17.1-40.1 | 9 | 15.0 | 7.3-28.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
25-34 | 418 | 71 | 16.0 | 12.5-20.3 | 111 | 25.5 | 20.7-30.9 | 170 | 41.9 | 36.5-47.5 | 39 | 9.8 | 6.9-13.7 | 27 | 6.8 | 4.5-10.3 |
35-44 | 481 | 57 | 11.6 | 8.6-15.4 | 76 | 15.8 | 12.3-20.0 | 246 | 50.3 | 45.1-55.6 | 63 | 12.7 | 9.7-16.5 | 39 | 9.6 | 6.8-13.3 |
45-54 | 179 | 22 | 12.8 | 7.5-21.0 | 34 | 15.2 | 10.6-21.4 | 82 | 50.5 | 41.9-59.1 | 30 | 16.4 | 11.1-23.5 | 11 | 5.1 | 2.6- 9.8 |
55-64 | 48 | 6 | 9.3 | 4.0-20.3 | 13 | 31.2 | 17.6-48.9 | 17 | 40.0 | 24.6-57.7 | 7 | 8.1 | 3.5-17.8 | 5 | 11.4 | 4.3-26.6 |
65-74 | 13 | 1 | 5.9 | 0.8-32.8 | 4 | 29.5 | 10.0-61.2 | 2 | 15.3 | 3.3-48.4 | 4 | 34.7 | 12.7-65.9 | 2 | 14.7 | 3.5-45.2 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 191 | 42 | 23.5 | 16.9-31.8 | 51 | 26.5 | 19.4-35.1 | 69 | 35.6 | 27.9-44.2 | 17 | 8.7 | 4.9-15.0 | 12 | 5.6 | 3.0-10.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 350 | 52 | 13.2 | 9.7-17.6 | 69 | 20.4 | 15.9-25.8 | 150 | 41.8 | 35.9-48.0 | 53 | 16.5 | 12.3-21.7 | 26 | 8.1 | 5.2-12.4 |
Some Post-H.S. | 281 | 40 | 13.8 | 9.8-19.1 | 69 | 24.0 | 18.7-30.2 | 118 | 41.6 | 35.3-48.3 | 37 | 14.0 | 10.0-19.3 | 17 | 6.5 | 3.9-10.8 |
College Graduate | 391 | 42 | 10.1 | 7.2-13.9 | 74 | 16.7 | 12.9-21.2 | 202 | 55.3 | 49.6-60.9 | 45 | 9.9 | 7.2-13.6 | 28 | 8.0 | 5.3-11.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 51 | 8 | 15.9 | 7.3-31.1 | 13 | 22.2 | 11.9-37.7 | 18 | 35.0 | 20.6-52.9 | 9 | 16.0 | 7.8-30.0 | 3 | 10.9 | 3.6-28.7 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 176 | 34 | 22.2 | 15.3-31.2 | 61 | 32.2 | 24.9-40.5 | 56 | 32.6 | 25.1-41.2 | 18 | 9.5 | 5.5-16.0 | 7 | 3.4 | 1.6- 7.3 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 166 | 27 | 14.3 | 9.5-20.8 | 39 | 22.5 | 16.0-30.6 | 70 | 43.3 | 34.6-52.4 | 19 | 13.5 | 8.1-21.8 | 11 | 6.5 | 3.3-12.2 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 172 | 30 | 16.2 | 10.9-23.2 | 26 | 14.9 | 9.7-22.1 | 83 | 50.8 | 42.3-59.2 | 19 | 10.7 | 6.6-16.8 | 14 | 7.5 | 4.2-13.2 |
$50,000-74,999 | 216 | 20 | 8.5 | 5.2-13.4 | 30 | 13.8 | 9.3-20.0 | 114 | 52.6 | 45.0-60.1 | 34 | 13.7 | 9.5-19.3 | 18 | 11.4 | 7.1-17.9 |
$75,000+ | 288 | 28 | 8.0 | 5.3-11.9 | 50 | 16.2 | 11.9-21.7 | 149 | 54.9 | 48.2-61.4 | 39 | 13.9 | 9.9-19.2 | 22 | 6.9 | 4.3-11.0 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 209 | 25 | 11.5 | 7.4-17.5 | 57 | 27.4 | 20.4-35.7 | 77 | 36.6 | 29.3-44.6 | 33 | 15.3 | 10.4-21.9 | 17 | 9.3 | 5.5-15.1 |
No | 999 | 150 | 14.6 | 12.2-17.4 | 206 | 19.9 | 17.2-22.9 | 459 | 46.7 | 43.0-50.3 | 118 | 11.9 | 9.7-14.4 | 66 | 7.0 | 5.3- 9.1 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 198 | 19 | 9.8 | 5.7-16.2 | 52 | 23.3 | 17.4-30.5 | 82 | 39.9 | 32.3-47.9 | 27 | 16.7 | 11.1-24.3 | 18 | 10.4 | 6.2-16.8 |
Non-Veteran | 946 | 145 | 14.7 | 12.3-17.6 | 199 | 20.8 | 17.9-24.1 | 426 | 46.3 | 42.5-50.0 | 117 | 11.7 | 9.5-14.2 | 59 | 6.5 | 4.9- 8.6 |
Currently Serving | 70 | 12 | 18.3 | 10.1-30.8 | 13 | 16.3 | 9.2-27.3 | 31 | 43.5 | 31.3-56.5 | 7 | 10.3 | 4.7-21.0 | 7 | 11.6 | 5.1-24.5 |
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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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