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| Total Respond.^ |
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,256 | 5,635 | 89.7 | 88.6-90.7 | 345 | 5.9 | 5.1- 6.8 | 158 | 2.4 | 2.0- 3.0 | 118 | 2.0 | 1.6- 2.5 |
| -Piedmont NC | 3,684 | 3,355 | 91.4 | 90.2-92.5 | 186 | 5.1 | 4.2- 6.0 | 79 | 1.8 | 1.3- 2.4 | 64 | 1.7 | 1.2- 2.4 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 1,338 | 1,184 | 89.1 | 86.9-91.0 | 81 | 6.1 | 4.7- 7.9 | 41 | 2.6 | 1.7- 3.8 | 32 | 2.2 | 1.4- 3.4 |
| Female | 2,346 | 2,171 | 93.5 | 92.3-94.6 | 105 | 4.1 | 3.3- 5.1 | 38 | 1.1 | 0.8- 1.6 | 32 | 1.3 | 0.8- 2.0 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 2,843 | 2,598 | 91.5 | 90.1-92.7 | 126 | 4.7 | 3.8- 5.8 | 65 | 1.9 | 1.4- 2.5 | 54 | 1.9 | 1.4- 2.7 |
| African American | 591 | 528 | 90.5 | 87.4-92.9 | 44 | 6.6 | 4.7- 9.3 | 10 | 1.3 | 0.6- 2.6 | 9 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.8 |
| Other Minorities | 42 | 40 | 96.3 | 86.0-99.1 | 2 | 3.7 | 0.9-14.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 168 | 150 | 91.1 | 84.1-95.2 | 12 | 5.6 | 2.9-10.5 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.2 | 2 | 2.3 | 0.4-12.3 |
| 25-34 | 818 | 745 | 91.9 | 89.3-93.9 | 45 | 5.2 | 3.6- 7.5 | 16 | 1.7 | 1.0- 3.1 | 12 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.2 |
| 35-44 | 1,011 | 919 | 91.0 | 88.5-93.0 | 61 | 6.0 | 4.5- 8.1 | 14 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.4 | 17 | 1.5 | 0.9- 2.6 |
| 45-54 | 932 | 851 | 91.6 | 89.0-93.6 | 39 | 4.5 | 3.0- 6.7 | 27 | 2.2 | 1.4- 3.3 | 15 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.3 |
| 55-64 | 583 | 531 | 91.4 | 88.0-93.9 | 24 | 4.4 | 2.7- 7.1 | 15 | 2.2 | 1.2- 3.9 | 13 | 2.1 | 0.9- 4.5 |
| 65-74 | 131 | 120 | 88.2 | 77.9-94.1 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.0- 8.6 | 3 | 2.1 | 0.7- 6.7 | 4 | 6.7 | 2.3-18.2 |
| 75+ | 22 | 20 | 95.6 | 81.2-99.1 | 1 | 3.2 | 0.4-20.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 1.1 | 0.1- 8.0 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 293 | 243 | 83.8 | 77.3-88.7 | 30 | 8.1 | 5.2-12.4 | 12 | 4.7 | 2.1-10.2 | 8 | 3.4 | 1.4- 8.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 868 | 758 | 86.4 | 83.2-89.1 | 57 | 6.9 | 5.1- 9.5 | 33 | 3.9 | 2.6- 5.8 | 20 | 2.8 | 1.6- 4.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 955 | 858 | 90.5 | 88.0-92.6 | 56 | 6.1 | 4.4- 8.2 | 19 | 1.3 | 0.7- 2.1 | 22 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.7 |
| College Graduate | 1,565 | 1,493 | 95.7 | 94.3-96.8 | 43 | 3.0 | 2.1- 4.4 | 15 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.0 | 14 | 0.6 | 0.4- 1.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 130 | 114 | 88.8 | 80.7-93.8 | 8 | 5.8 | 2.7-12.1 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.3 | 7 | 4.8 | 1.8-12.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 453 | 388 | 84.1 | 78.7-88.3 | 32 | 7.7 | 5.1-11.5 | 22 | 4.9 | 2.6- 9.0 | 11 | 3.3 | 1.5- 7.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 454 | 404 | 89.4 | 85.4-92.5 | 32 | 7.0 | 4.6-10.6 | 10 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.3 | 8 | 1.7 | 0.7- 3.8 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 605 | 546 | 90.9 | 87.7-93.3 | 34 | 5.5 | 3.7- 8.1 | 13 | 1.8 | 1.0- 3.4 | 12 | 1.8 | 0.8- 3.8 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 646 | 592 | 90.9 | 87.6-93.3 | 35 | 5.9 | 4.0- 8.8 | 12 | 1.8 | 1.0- 3.5 | 7 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.3 |
| $75,000+ | 890 | 834 | 94.4 | 92.3-96.0 | 33 | 3.7 | 2.4- 5.7 | 11 | 0.9 | 0.4- 1.8 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.5- 2.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 643 | 569 | 87.6 | 83.8-90.6 | 47 | 7.7 | 5.5-10.7 | 18 | 3.1 | 1.6- 6.1 | 9 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.5 |
| No | 2,989 | 2,742 | 92.3 | 91.1-93.4 | 136 | 4.5 | 3.7- 5.6 | 59 | 1.5 | 1.1- 2.0 | 52 | 1.6 | 1.1- 2.3 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 306 | 267 | 88.0 | 83.0-91.7 | 20 | 6.7 | 3.9-11.1 | 13 | 3.3 | 1.8- 6.2 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.8- 4.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 3,359 | 3,071 | 91.8 | 90.6-92.9 | 164 | 4.8 | 4.0- 5.8 | 66 | 1.6 | 1.2- 2.3 | 58 | 1.7 | 1.2- 2.4 |
| Currently Serving | 19 | 17 | 87.7 | 57.4-97.4 | 2 | 12.3 | 2.6-42.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported working indoors most of the time.
^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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