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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 | 2,519 | 317 | 12.1 | 10.6-13.7 | 483 | 20.0 | 18.1-22.0 | 1,128 | 45.4 | 43.0-47.8 | 378 | 14.0 | 12.5-15.7 | 213 | 8.6 | 7.3-10.0 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 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 |
Female | 1,672 | 218 | 12.9 | 11.0-15.0 | 302 | 19.5 | 17.2-22.0 | 735 | 43.1 | 40.3-46.0 | 259 | 14.7 | 12.8-16.9 | 158 | 9.8 | 8.1-11.7 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 149 | 37 | 23.5 | 16.5-32.1 | 39 | 27.4 | 19.6-36.9 | 56 | 35.6 | 27.1-45.1 | 10 | 8.4 | 4.0-16.6 | 7 | 5.1 | 2.3-11.0 |
25-34 | 918 | 155 | 16.2 | 13.6-19.3 | 219 | 24.9 | 21.6-28.4 | 368 | 39.9 | 36.1-43.8 | 103 | 11.3 | 9.0-14.0 | 73 | 7.8 | 5.9-10.1 |
35-44 | 1,028 | 86 | 8.7 | 6.7-11.1 | 158 | 16.6 | 13.9-19.7 | 500 | 49.2 | 45.5-52.9 | 192 | 16.6 | 14.2-19.4 | 92 | 8.8 | 7.0-11.2 |
45-54 | 323 | 25 | 7.1 | 4.4-11.2 | 48 | 13.5 | 9.9-18.2 | 163 | 52.9 | 46.3-59.3 | 56 | 17.2 | 12.8-22.7 | 31 | 9.4 | 6.3-13.8 |
55-64 | 70 | 11 | 8.2 | 3.9-16.3 | 14 | 22.8 | 12.2-38.5 | 26 | 41.8 | 27.5-57.6 | 11 | 9.5 | 4.8-18.1 | 8 | 17.7 | 7.4-36.7 |
65-74 | 22 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.4- 9.3 | 5 | 13.2 | 4.4-33.3 | 8 | 57.3 | 33.1-78.4 | 5 | 18.1 | 6.8-40.4 | 2 | 9.3 | 2.2-32.1 |
75+ | 2 | 1 | 51.5 | 6.2-94.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 48.5 | 5.6-93.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 193 | 26 | 13.4 | 8.5-20.4 | 46 | 23.3 | 17.2-30.9 | 82 | 43.7 | 35.3-52.6 | 21 | 8.3 | 5.2-13.0 | 18 | 11.3 | 6.4-19.1 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 675 | 93 | 13.5 | 10.7-16.9 | 111 | 19.0 | 15.5-23.1 | 289 | 40.8 | 36.4-45.4 | 112 | 15.9 | 12.9-19.6 | 70 | 10.7 | 8.1-14.1 |
Some Post-H.S. | 688 | 98 | 13.6 | 10.9-17.0 | 134 | 21.0 | 17.4-25.0 | 274 | 40.2 | 35.9-44.6 | 124 | 17.6 | 14.5-21.2 | 58 | 7.6 | 5.7-10.2 |
College Graduate | 960 | 100 | 9.8 | 7.8-12.3 | 191 | 19.2 | 16.4-22.4 | 481 | 52.2 | 48.4-56.0 | 121 | 11.7 | 9.5-14.3 | 67 | 7.1 | 5.4- 9.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 100 | 15 | 11.5 | 6.6-19.2 | 23 | 32.0 | 21.5-44.6 | 30 | 28.3 | 18.5-40.6 | 21 | 18.3 | 11.2-28.3 | 11 | 10.0 | 5.2-18.2 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 285 | 41 | 14.1 | 9.7-20.0 | 68 | 25.7 | 19.7-32.6 | 117 | 40.5 | 33.6-47.8 | 42 | 13.7 | 9.7-18.9 | 17 | 6.1 | 3.6-10.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 299 | 38 | 11.7 | 7.9-16.9 | 51 | 19.4 | 14.4-25.6 | 132 | 43.9 | 37.0-51.1 | 45 | 13.4 | 9.5-18.7 | 33 | 11.6 | 7.5-17.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 400 | 57 | 14.0 | 10.5-18.5 | 66 | 18.0 | 13.7-23.3 | 190 | 47.7 | 42.0-53.5 | 57 | 13.3 | 10.0-17.4 | 30 | 7.0 | 4.7-10.2 |
$50,000-74,999 | 440 | 57 | 12.8 | 9.5-16.9 | 76 | 17.4 | 13.5-22.0 | 210 | 47.9 | 42.4-53.5 | 64 | 13.6 | 10.3-17.7 | 33 | 8.3 | 5.6-12.2 |
$75,000+ | 618 | 54 | 8.2 | 6.1-11.1 | 102 | 16.4 | 13.2-20.2 | 309 | 52.0 | 47.3-56.7 | 107 | 16.7 | 13.5-20.5 | 46 | 6.7 | 4.8- 9.2 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 460 | 53 | 11.6 | 8.4-15.7 | 97 | 22.1 | 17.8-27.0 | 183 | 40.9 | 35.5-46.5 | 80 | 15.1 | 11.8-19.2 | 47 | 10.3 | 7.2-14.6 |
No | 2,046 | 263 | 12.1 | 10.6-13.9 | 384 | 19.6 | 17.6-21.8 | 940 | 46.4 | 43.8-49.0 | 296 | 13.8 | 12.1-15.7 | 163 | 8.1 | 6.7- 9.6 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 180 | 18 | 11.1 | 6.4-18.5 | 49 | 26.2 | 19.5-34.3 | 68 | 36.0 | 28.3-44.6 | 28 | 16.9 | 11.2-24.8 | 17 | 9.7 | 5.6-16.3 |
Non-Veteran | 2,283 | 291 | 12.0 | 10.5-13.7 | 421 | 19.3 | 17.4-21.4 | 1,038 | 46.5 | 44.0-49.0 | 340 | 13.7 | 12.2-15.4 | 193 | 8.5 | 7.2-10.0 |
Currently Serving | 55 | 8 | 18.2 | 9.0-33.4 | 13 | 22.5 | 12.8-36.5 | 22 | 37.2 | 24.6-51.7 | 9 | 14.8 | 7.4-27.2 | 3 | 7.4 | 2.2-22.0 |
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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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