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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Don't know/Not sure | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 1,410 | 347 | 24.1 | 21.4-27.0 | 690 | 49.7 | 46.4-53.1 | 373 | 26.2 | 23.4-29.1 |
| -Piedmont NC | 805 | 197 | 23.2 | 19.8-27.0 | 401 | 51.6 | 47.2-56.1 | 207 | 25.2 | 21.6-29.0 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 265 | 63 | 21.8 | 16.3-28.4 | 132 | 52.4 | 44.7-59.9 | 70 | 25.9 | 20.1-32.6 |
| Female | 540 | 134 | 24.3 | 20.2-29.0 | 269 | 51.1 | 45.8-56.3 | 137 | 24.6 | 20.5-29.3 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 654 | 165 | 24.1 | 20.3-28.2 | 321 | 51.1 | 46.2-55.9 | 168 | 24.8 | 21.0-29.0 |
| African American | 113 | 23 | 19.3 | 11.6-30.3 | 61 | 56.1 | 43.7-67.8 | 29 | 24.6 | 16.0-35.8 |
| Other Minorities | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 46.5 | 11.2-85.6 | 2 | 53.5 | 14.4-88.8 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 35 | 9 | 18.7 | 8.8-35.5 | 15 | 47.0 | 28.3-66.5 | 11 | 34.3 | 18.7-54.3 |
| 25-34 | 81 | 19 | 22.7 | 13.8-35.1 | 47 | 62.1 | 49.2-73.6 | 15 | 15.2 | 8.3-26.1 |
| 35-44 | 88 | 23 | 24.6 | 15.5-36.8 | 42 | 50.4 | 38.2-62.5 | 23 | 25.0 | 16.0-36.8 |
| 45-54 | 145 | 27 | 15.5 | 10.0-23.3 | 92 | 64.6 | 54.8-73.4 | 26 | 19.9 | 13.0-29.1 |
| 55-64 | 167 | 52 | 28.8 | 21.2-37.9 | 76 | 46.1 | 36.1-56.5 | 39 | 25.0 | 17.5-34.4 |
| 65-74 | 139 | 39 | 29.4 | 20.4-40.3 | 65 | 45.5 | 35.3-56.1 | 35 | 25.1 | 17.2-35.1 |
| 75+ | 142 | 27 | 20.1 | 12.9-29.8 | 58 | 36.8 | 27.6-47.1 | 57 | 43.1 | 33.5-53.3 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 147 | 26 | 21.3 | 13.0-32.9 | 70 | 46.7 | 36.5-57.2 | 51 | 32.0 | 23.4-42.1 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 221 | 45 | 17.5 | 12.6-23.8 | 113 | 53.7 | 45.6-61.5 | 63 | 28.8 | 22.1-36.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 183 | 53 | 25.9 | 19.1-34.0 | 87 | 49.9 | 41.1-58.7 | 43 | 24.2 | 17.5-32.5 |
| College Graduate | 254 | 73 | 26.4 | 20.3-33.5 | 131 | 53.4 | 45.3-61.3 | 50 | 20.3 | 14.8-27.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 109 | 22 | 20.3 | 12.5-31.3 | 54 | 50.0 | 38.5-61.5 | 33 | 29.7 | 20.1-41.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 125 | 27 | 22.7 | 14.7-33.5 | 60 | 47.3 | 36.3-58.6 | 38 | 29.9 | 20.6-41.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 95 | 26 | 26.2 | 17.1-37.9 | 45 | 45.3 | 33.7-57.3 | 24 | 28.6 | 18.9-40.8 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 98 | 23 | 23.6 | 15.4-34.5 | 50 | 51.0 | 39.3-62.5 | 25 | 25.4 | 16.5-36.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 93 | 20 | 21.6 | 13.2-33.4 | 56 | 64.6 | 52.6-74.9 | 17 | 13.8 | 8.2-22.3 |
| $75,000+ | 101 | 27 | 18.6 | 11.7-28.4 | 50 | 57.0 | 44.0-69.1 | 24 | 24.4 | 15.5-36.2 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 326 | 78 | 23.9 | 18.6-30.1 | 158 | 49.9 | 43.1-56.6 | 90 | 26.2 | 21.0-32.3 |
| No | 466 | 117 | 22.7 | 18.4-27.7 | 238 | 53.1 | 47.2-58.9 | 111 | 24.2 | 19.7-29.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 105 | 35 | 28.6 | 19.5-39.9 | 37 | 36.0 | 25.4-48.2 | 33 | 35.4 | 25.0-47.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 696 | 162 | 22.5 | 18.9-26.6 | 360 | 53.9 | 49.1-58.6 | 174 | 23.6 | 20.0-27.7 |
| Currently Serving | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported taking vitamins but not multivitamins. Due to large number of responses, data for Don't know/Not sure category are also presented.
^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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