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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 | 2,579 | 1,488 | 57.6 | 55.3-59.9 | 605 | 24.8 | 22.9-26.9 | 332 | 12.1 | 10.7-13.7 | 61 | 2.3 | 1.7- 3.1 | 93 | 3.2 | 2.5- 4.0 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 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 |
Female | 1,699 | 1,017 | 60.6 | 57.8-63.4 | 369 | 22.0 | 19.7-24.4 | 211 | 11.9 | 10.1-13.9 | 40 | 2.3 | 1.6- 3.4 | 62 | 3.2 | 2.4- 4.3 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 152 | 106 | 65.8 | 56.2-74.3 | 29 | 22.9 | 15.6-32.4 | 6 | 4.0 | 1.8- 8.9 | 4 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.5 | 7 | 5.3 | 2.3-11.8 |
25-34 | 932 | 634 | 68.2 | 64.5-71.7 | 167 | 18.4 | 15.6-21.6 | 90 | 9.4 | 7.3-11.9 | 13 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.1 | 28 | 2.8 | 1.8- 4.4 |
35-44 | 1,057 | 537 | 51.7 | 48.1-55.4 | 296 | 29.9 | 26.7-33.4 | 153 | 12.3 | 10.3-14.7 | 28 | 2.9 | 1.9- 4.4 | 43 | 3.1 | 2.2- 4.4 |
45-54 | 334 | 152 | 44.3 | 38.0-50.8 | 92 | 29.4 | 23.9-35.6 | 64 | 18.7 | 14.1-24.2 | 14 | 4.1 | 2.0- 8.1 | 12 | 3.5 | 1.8- 6.5 |
55-64 | 72 | 41 | 52.8 | 37.5-67.6 | 10 | 15.5 | 7.3-30.0 | 17 | 27.3 | 15.1-44.0 | 2 | 2.2 | 0.5- 9.9 | 2 | 2.2 | 0.5- 9.0 |
65-74 | 23 | 15 | 69.1 | 42.7-87.0 | 6 | 15.5 | 5.9-34.7 | 1 | 12.1 | 1.8-51.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 3.4 | 0.5-21.0 |
75+ | 2 | 1 | 51.5 | 6.2-94.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 48.5 | 5.6-93.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 198 | 108 | 52.0 | 43.5-60.5 | 39 | 22.1 | 15.5-30.4 | 35 | 19.2 | 13.0-27.6 | 8 | 3.1 | 1.5- 6.3 | 8 | 3.6 | 1.5- 8.1 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 697 | 400 | 59.1 | 54.6-63.4 | 146 | 22.4 | 18.8-26.5 | 97 | 11.7 | 9.3-14.7 | 10 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.4 | 44 | 5.6 | 4.0- 7.8 |
Some Post-H.S. | 708 | 420 | 58.1 | 53.6-62.4 | 153 | 22.4 | 18.9-26.3 | 92 | 13.5 | 10.7-16.9 | 21 | 3.3 | 2.0- 5.4 | 22 | 2.7 | 1.7- 4.4 |
College Graduate | 973 | 558 | 57.5 | 53.7-61.2 | 267 | 28.8 | 25.5-32.4 | 108 | 9.8 | 7.8-12.2 | 21 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.8 | 19 | 1.7 | 1.0- 2.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 102 | 50 | 41.9 | 31.1-53.4 | 23 | 25.6 | 16.0-38.3 | 16 | 18.3 | 10.3-30.4 | 7 | 6.9 | 3.1-14.7 | 6 | 7.4 | 3.1-16.5 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 295 | 184 | 61.3 | 54.2-68.0 | 58 | 21.3 | 16.0-27.8 | 38 | 13.1 | 9.0-18.8 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.0 | 11 | 3.2 | 1.7- 6.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 304 | 160 | 52.8 | 45.6-59.7 | 63 | 19.3 | 14.3-25.4 | 51 | 19.2 | 13.9-25.8 | 9 | 2.4 | 1.1- 5.1 | 21 | 6.4 | 3.8-10.6 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 414 | 242 | 59.0 | 53.4-64.4 | 90 | 24.8 | 20.2-30.2 | 56 | 11.2 | 8.4-14.8 | 9 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.3 | 17 | 3.4 | 2.0- 5.7 |
$50,000-74,999 | 449 | 261 | 56.0 | 50.4-61.4 | 112 | 26.7 | 22.1-31.9 | 52 | 10.8 | 7.9-14.7 | 15 | 4.1 | 2.3- 7.3 | 9 | 2.4 | 1.1- 4.8 |
$75,000+ | 627 | 360 | 58.1 | 53.5-62.7 | 170 | 28.4 | 24.3-32.7 | 69 | 9.9 | 7.4-13.1 | 14 | 2.1 | 1.0- 4.1 | 14 | 1.6 | 0.8- 3.0 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 479 | 262 | 52.9 | 47.4-58.2 | 114 | 26.2 | 21.5-31.4 | 69 | 14.1 | 10.6-18.6 | 12 | 2.5 | 1.3- 4.7 | 22 | 4.4 | 2.8- 6.9 |
No | 2,086 | 1,219 | 58.7 | 56.1-61.2 | 488 | 24.5 | 22.3-26.8 | 260 | 11.6 | 10.1-13.4 | 48 | 2.3 | 1.6- 3.2 | 71 | 2.9 | 2.2- 3.9 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 189 | 98 | 50.1 | 41.7-58.5 | 48 | 26.9 | 20.0-35.2 | 32 | 17.4 | 11.7-25.2 | 4 | 2.2 | 0.8- 6.0 | 7 | 3.4 | 1.5- 7.6 |
Non-Veteran | 2,333 | 1,354 | 58.1 | 55.6-60.5 | 549 | 24.9 | 22.8-27.1 | 291 | 11.5 | 10.1-13.2 | 54 | 2.3 | 1.7- 3.2 | 85 | 3.2 | 2.5- 4.1 |
Currently Serving | 56 | 36 | 67.3 | 53.1-78.9 | 8 | 16.1 | 8.0-29.8 | 9 | 13.2 | 6.5-25.0 | 2 | 2.3 | 0.5- 9.3 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.1- 7.2 |
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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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