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Past 3 years | 3 to 5 years | 5+ years | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 8,042 | 6,862 | 85.6 | 84.6-86.5 | 502 | 6.3 | 5.6- 6.9 | 678 | 8.2 | 7.4- 9.0 |
-Piedmont NC | 4,496 | 3,842 | 85.9 | 84.5-87.1 | 278 | 6.2 | 5.4- 7.2 | 376 | 7.9 | 7.0- 9.0 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 1,559 | 1,372 | 87.9 | 85.7-89.8 | 99 | 6.5 | 5.1- 8.3 | 88 | 5.5 | 4.3- 7.1 |
Female | 2,937 | 2,470 | 84.1 | 82.4-85.7 | 179 | 6.0 | 5.0- 7.1 | 288 | 9.9 | 8.6-11.4 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 3,510 | 2,961 | 85.1 | 83.6-86.5 | 225 | 6.3 | 5.4- 7.4 | 324 | 8.6 | 7.5- 9.7 |
African American | 726 | 658 | 89.2 | 85.6-92.0 | 37 | 5.8 | 3.8- 8.8 | 31 | 4.9 | 3.1- 7.7 |
Other Minorities | 25 | 18 | 73.6 | 50.3-88.5 | 5 | 14.0 | 5.0-33.8 | 2 | 12.4 | 3.1-38.5 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 172 | 155 | 88.4 | 80.5-93.4 | 13 | 9.8 | 5.2-17.8 | 4 | 1.7 | 0.6- 5.0 |
25-34 | 672 | 561 | 84.6 | 81.1-87.6 | 61 | 8.5 | 6.3-11.4 | 50 | 6.8 | 5.0- 9.3 |
35-44 | 919 | 722 | 80.5 | 76.9-83.6 | 68 | 7.0 | 5.1- 9.5 | 129 | 12.5 | 10.0-15.6 |
45-54 | 925 | 771 | 83.7 | 80.4-86.5 | 61 | 6.7 | 4.9- 9.2 | 93 | 9.6 | 7.4-12.3 |
55-64 | 783 | 685 | 88.2 | 85.3-90.6 | 40 | 4.6 | 3.2- 6.5 | 58 | 7.2 | 5.3- 9.6 |
65-74 | 591 | 551 | 93.8 | 90.9-95.8 | 21 | 3.4 | 2.0- 5.7 | 19 | 2.8 | 1.5- 5.2 |
75+ | 411 | 375 | 92.1 | 88.5-94.6 | 13 | 3.1 | 1.6- 5.7 | 23 | 4.8 | 3.0- 7.8 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 632 | 559 | 88.9 | 85.5-91.6 | 25 | 4.3 | 2.6- 7.1 | 48 | 6.7 | 4.8- 9.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,257 | 1,072 | 85.7 | 82.9-88.1 | 87 | 6.4 | 4.9- 8.2 | 98 | 8.0 | 6.0-10.4 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,123 | 959 | 85.4 | 82.5-87.9 | 55 | 4.9 | 3.4- 6.8 | 109 | 9.7 | 7.7-12.2 |
College Graduate | 1,479 | 1,247 | 85.1 | 82.7-87.2 | 111 | 7.8 | 6.2- 9.7 | 121 | 7.1 | 5.7- 8.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 403 | 351 | 85.3 | 78.7-90.2 | 20 | 4.5 | 2.6- 7.5 | 32 | 10.2 | 5.9-17.1 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 648 | 562 | 88.3 | 84.8-91.0 | 36 | 5.4 | 3.4- 8.3 | 50 | 6.4 | 4.5- 8.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 489 | 409 | 83.5 | 78.7-87.4 | 33 | 6.6 | 4.3-10.0 | 47 | 9.9 | 6.8-14.1 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 637 | 533 | 84.8 | 80.9-87.9 | 41 | 6.7 | 4.5- 9.7 | 63 | 8.6 | 6.3-11.6 |
$50,000-74,999 | 655 | 564 | 85.7 | 82.0-88.8 | 39 | 5.7 | 3.9- 8.2 | 52 | 8.6 | 6.1-11.9 |
$75,000+ | 759 | 628 | 84.3 | 81.0-87.0 | 55 | 6.3 | 4.6- 8.6 | 76 | 9.5 | 7.3-12.1 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 1,275 | 1,115 | 87.3 | 84.8-89.5 | 60 | 5.0 | 3.7- 6.8 | 100 | 7.7 | 6.0- 9.7 |
No | 3,116 | 2,636 | 85.4 | 83.8-86.9 | 212 | 6.5 | 5.5- 7.7 | 268 | 8.0 | 6.9- 9.3 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 550 | 495 | 89.8 | 86.1-92.6 | 26 | 4.4 | 2.8- 7.1 | 29 | 5.8 | 3.7- 9.0 |
Non-Veteran | 3,929 | 3,331 | 85.1 | 83.6-86.5 | 251 | 6.6 | 5.6- 7.6 | 347 | 8.3 | 7.3- 9.5 |
Currently Serving | 13 | 12 | 95.2 | 71.5-99.4 | 1 | 4.8 | 0.6-28.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
*Asked only of respondents that have ever had blood test for high sugar/diabetes and answered NO to diabetes core question
^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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