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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 5,065 | 3,859 | 76.7 | 75.2-78.2 | 1,206 | 23.3 | 21.8-24.8 |
-Piedmont NC | 2,836 | 2,153 | 77.2 | 75.2-79.0 | 683 | 22.8 | 21.0-24.8 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 979 | 747 | 77.4 | 74.0-80.5 | 232 | 22.6 | 19.5-26.0 |
Female | 1,857 | 1,406 | 76.9 | 74.5-79.2 | 451 | 23.1 | 20.8-25.5 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 2,022 | 1,509 | 75.4 | 73.0-77.7 | 513 | 24.6 | 22.3-27.0 |
African American | 510 | 389 | 78.0 | 73.4-82.1 | 121 | 22.0 | 17.9-26.6 |
Other Minorities | 34 | 27 | 72.6 | 49.3-87.8 | 7 | 27.4 | 12.2-50.7 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 173 | 139 | 80.3 | 72.3-86.4 | 34 | 19.7 | 13.6-27.7 |
25-34 | 833 | 790 | 95.1 | 92.5-96.8 | 43 | 4.9 | 3.2- 7.5 |
35-44 | 1,086 | 836 | 78.3 | 75.1-81.1 | 250 | 21.7 | 18.9-24.9 |
45-54 | 552 | 283 | 54.6 | 49.5-59.6 | 269 | 45.4 | 40.4-50.5 |
55-64 | 130 | 71 | 55.1 | 43.4-66.3 | 59 | 44.9 | 33.7-56.6 |
65-74 | 39 | 24 | 66.3 | 45.9-82.0 | 15 | 33.7 | 18.0-54.1 |
75+ | 9 | 1 | 20.4 | 3.0-67.7 | 8 | 79.6 | 32.3-97.0 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 381 | 302 | 83.6 | 78.8-87.5 | 79 | 16.4 | 12.5-21.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 772 | 553 | 73.7 | 69.8-77.2 | 219 | 26.3 | 22.8-30.2 |
Some Post-H.S. | 689 | 520 | 73.6 | 69.0-77.7 | 169 | 26.4 | 22.3-31.0 |
College Graduate | 992 | 776 | 79.0 | 75.6-82.1 | 216 | 21.0 | 17.9-24.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 187 | 129 | 73.0 | 64.5-80.1 | 58 | 27.0 | 19.9-35.5 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 412 | 322 | 79.9 | 74.3-84.6 | 90 | 20.1 | 15.4-25.7 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 313 | 246 | 82.5 | 77.0-86.9 | 67 | 17.5 | 13.1-23.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 365 | 285 | 76.0 | 70.3-80.9 | 80 | 24.0 | 19.1-29.7 |
$50,000-74,999 | 449 | 342 | 80.9 | 76.5-84.6 | 107 | 19.1 | 15.4-23.5 |
$75,000+ | 636 | 484 | 75.6 | 71.1-79.7 | 152 | 24.4 | 20.3-28.9 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 552 | 372 | 69.0 | 63.8-73.8 | 180 | 31.0 | 26.2-36.2 |
No | 2,264 | 1,765 | 78.9 | 76.8-81.0 | 499 | 21.1 | 19.0-23.2 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 187 | 143 | 79.5 | 72.0-85.4 | 44 | 20.5 | 14.6-28.0 |
Non-Veteran | 2,633 | 1,999 | 77.0 | 74.9-78.9 | 634 | 23.0 | 21.1-25.1 |
Currently Serving | 15 | 10 | 72.7 | 45.2-89.6 | 5 | 27.3 | 10.4-54.8 |
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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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