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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 |
| -Wake County | 590 | 337 | 53.9 | 49.2-58.5 | 44 | 7.3 | 5.1-10.4 | 209 | 38.8 | 34.2-43.5 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 229 | 111 | 45.8 | 38.7-53.0 | 16 | 7.1 | 3.8-12.7 | 102 | 47.2 | 40.0-54.5 |
| Female | 361 | 226 | 62.0 | 56.2-67.4 | 28 | 7.6 | 5.1-11.2 | 107 | 30.4 | 25.3-36.1 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 428 | 265 | 58.7 | 53.3-63.9 | 32 | 7.6 | 5.1-11.2 | 131 | 33.7 | 28.7-39.0 |
| Other | 155 | 67 | 42.5 | 33.7-51.8 | 12 | 7.2 | 3.5-14.4 | 76 | 50.3 | 41.1-59.5 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-44 | 323 | 174 | 49.6 | 43.3-55.8 | 17 | 4.7 | 2.8- 7.7 | 132 | 45.7 | 39.5-52.1 |
| 45+ | 261 | 161 | 61.2 | 54.1-67.8 | 26 | 9.8 | 6.1-15.2 | 74 | 29.1 | 23.1-35.9 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 154 | 67 | 38.0 | 29.9-47.0 | 12 | 5.2 | 2.8- 9.5 | 75 | 56.7 | 47.7-65.3 |
| Some College + | 434 | 269 | 60.5 | 55.0-65.6 | 32 | 8.2 | 5.4-12.3 | 133 | 31.3 | 26.6-36.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 210 | 102 | 41.4 | 33.9-49.3 | 12 | 4.6 | 2.5- 8.4 | 96 | 54.0 | 46.0-61.8 |
| $50,000+ | 245 | 155 | 63.2 | 56.1-69.8 | 20 | 9.3 | 5.4-15.6 | 70 | 27.4 | 21.8-33.9 |
* 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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