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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 5,346 | 1,653 | 28.9 | 27.5-30.4 | 3,693 | 71.1 | 69.6-72.5 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 4,046 | 1,232 | 28.8 | 27.1-30.5 | 2,814 | 71.2 | 69.5-72.9 |
African American | 852 | 309 | 32.2 | 28.6-35.9 | 543 | 67.8 | 64.1-71.4 |
Asian | 39 | 3 | 5.5 | 1.7-17.0 | 36 | 94.5 | 83.0-98.3 |
Native American | 89 | 40 | 39.3 | 27.5-52.5 | 49 | 60.7 | 47.5-72.5 |
Other Minorities | 292 | 64 | 26.1 | 19.7-33.7 | 228 | 73.9 | 66.3-80.3 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 291 | 55 | 23.3 | 17.1-30.9 | 236 | 76.7 | 69.1-82.9 |
-English Speaking | 94 | 17 | 19.8 | 11.4-32.3 | 77 | 80.2 | 67.7-88.6 |
-Spanish Speaking | 197 | 38 | 24.5 | 17.0-33.9 | 159 | 75.5 | 66.1-83.0 |
Non-Hispanic | 5,049 | 1,597 | 29.5 | 28.0-31.0 | 3,452 | 70.5 | 69.0-72.0 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 323 | 73 | 23.7 | 18.1-30.3 | 250 | 76.3 | 69.7-81.9 |
25-34 | 869 | 153 | 16.5 | 13.7-19.9 | 716 | 83.5 | 80.1-86.3 |
35-44 | 1,058 | 224 | 21.1 | 18.3-24.3 | 834 | 78.9 | 75.7-81.7 |
45-54 | 1,019 | 316 | 30.7 | 27.3-34.3 | 703 | 69.3 | 65.7-72.7 |
55-64 | 967 | 384 | 37.9 | 34.3-41.7 | 583 | 62.1 | 58.3-65.7 |
65-74 | 671 | 276 | 38.4 | 34.2-42.9 | 395 | 61.6 | 57.1-65.8 |
75+ | 423 | 224 | 51.1 | 45.4-56.8 | 199 | 48.9 | 43.2-54.6 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 921 | 431 | 42.0 | 38.0-46.2 | 490 | 58.0 | 53.8-62.0 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,512 | 474 | 29.9 | 27.1-32.8 | 1,038 | 70.1 | 67.2-72.9 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,256 | 372 | 29.4 | 26.4-32.5 | 884 | 70.6 | 67.5-73.6 |
College Graduate | 1,644 | 368 | 19.6 | 17.5-21.8 | 1,276 | 80.4 | 78.2-82.5 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 491 | 315 | 59.1 | 52.7-65.1 | 176 | 40.9 | 34.9-47.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 798 | 327 | 39.3 | 35.1-43.6 | 471 | 60.7 | 56.4-64.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 645 | 180 | 27.3 | 23.5-31.5 | 465 | 72.7 | 68.5-76.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 802 | 209 | 26.6 | 23.1-30.5 | 593 | 73.4 | 69.5-76.9 |
$50,000-74,999 | 769 | 136 | 16.6 | 13.9-19.8 | 633 | 83.4 | 80.2-86.1 |
$75,000+ | 879 | 167 | 17.4 | 14.7-20.4 | 712 | 82.6 | 79.6-85.3 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 1,709 | 656 | 36.2 | 33.5-39.0 | 1,053 | 63.8 | 61.0-66.5 |
Non-Veteran | 3,510 | 975 | 26.2 | 24.4-28.0 | 2,535 | 73.8 | 72.0-75.6 |
Currently Serving | 126 | 21 | 17.5 | 11.1-26.3 | 105 | 82.5 | 73.7-88.9 |
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*Data for this table were derived from questions 1,2,3,4 in the Disability, Quality of Life Module (page 51) of the BRFSS 2002 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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