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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Not taking vitamins | |||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 14,698 | 7,729 | 50.6 | 49.5-51.6 | 1,298 | 8.2 | 7.6- 8.7 | 5,671 | 41.3 | 40.2-42.3 |
| -Union County | 427 | 265 | 61.9 | 56.3-67.2 | 37 | 9.6 | 6.5-13.9 | 125 | 28.5 | 23.9-33.7 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 129 | 73 | 56.5 | 46.6-65.9 | 13 | 11.0 | 6.1-19.2 | 43 | 32.5 | 24.2-42.1 |
| Female | 298 | 192 | 65.2 | 58.5-71.4 | 24 | 8.7 | 5.2-14.2 | 82 | 26.1 | 20.8-32.2 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 370 | 233 | 62.9 | 56.9-68.6 | 35 | 11.3 | 7.6-16.4 | 102 | 25.8 | 21.1-31.1 |
| Other | 56 | 31 | 55.4 | 40.3-69.6 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.7 | 23 | 43.4 | 29.4-58.6 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-44 | 187 | 112 | 56.6 | 48.1-64.7 | 11 | 8.4 | 4.1-16.5 | 64 | 35.0 | 27.6-43.2 |
| 45+ | 238 | 151 | 66.3 | 58.9-72.9 | 26 | 10.7 | 6.9-16.2 | 61 | 23.1 | 17.6-29.7 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 166 | 90 | 53.5 | 44.6-62.1 | 14 | 8.1 | 4.2-15.0 | 62 | 38.4 | 30.3-47.3 |
| Some College + | 261 | 175 | 67.1 | 59.9-73.6 | 23 | 10.5 | 6.4-16.6 | 63 | 22.4 | 17.2-28.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 176 | 102 | 52.2 | 43.6-60.7 | 15 | 10.8 | 5.9-18.9 | 59 | 37.0 | 29.0-45.7 |
| $50,000+ | 169 | 112 | 69.3 | 60.6-76.8 | 14 | 9.4 | 5.0-17.0 | 43 | 21.3 | 15.4-28.9 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported taking vitamins. 'Not taking vitamins' category is added to the denominator so that the estimates are based on all respondents.
^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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