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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,605 | 1,713 | 47.1 | 45.1-49.2 | 1,892 | 52.9 | 50.8-54.9 |
| -Western NC | 341 | 169 | 50.2 | 43.7-56.6 | 172 | 49.8 | 43.4-56.3 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 292 | 149 | 53.0 | 46.2-59.8 | 143 | 47.0 | 40.2-53.8 |
| African American | 21 | 8 | 27.3 | 10.7-54.0 | 13 | 72.7 | 46.0-89.3 |
| Other Minorities | 1 | 1 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 44 | 15 | 39.0 | 23.9-56.5 | 29 | 61.0 | 43.5-76.1 |
| 25-34 | 127 | 59 | 47.0 | 36.7-57.6 | 68 | 53.0 | 42.4-63.3 |
| 35-44 | 170 | 95 | 55.5 | 46.1-64.4 | 75 | 44.5 | 35.6-53.9 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 40 | 12 | 33.7 | 19.3-51.9 | 28 | 66.3 | 48.1-80.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 88 | 46 | 56.2 | 43.9-67.8 | 42 | 43.8 | 32.2-56.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 110 | 58 | 48.9 | 37.3-60.5 | 52 | 51.1 | 39.5-62.7 |
| College Graduate | 102 | 52 | 54.1 | 42.7-65.1 | 50 | 45.9 | 34.9-57.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 32 | 15 | 46.5 | 25.5-68.8 | 17 | 53.5 | 31.2-74.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 73 | 26 | 37.0 | 24.8-51.0 | 47 | 63.0 | 49.0-75.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 58 | 28 | 49.8 | 35.1-64.5 | 30 | 50.2 | 35.5-64.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 60 | 34 | 62.2 | 47.4-74.9 | 26 | 37.8 | 25.1-52.6 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 39 | 25 | 63.0 | 42.6-79.6 | 14 | 37.0 | 20.4-57.4 |
| $75,000+ | 31 | 20 | 51.6 | 30.2-72.4 | 11 | 48.4 | 27.6-69.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 69 | 38 | 59.1 | 44.9-72.0 | 31 | 40.9 | 28.0-55.1 |
| No | 270 | 130 | 47.9 | 40.7-55.1 | 140 | 52.1 | 44.9-59.3 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 7 | 5 | 78.5 | 38.5-95.5 | 2 | 21.5 | 4.5-61.5 |
| Non-Veteran | 334 | 164 | 49.7 | 43.2-56.2 | 170 | 50.3 | 43.8-56.8 |
*Data for this table were derived from the folic acid question, 'How often do you take this vitamin pill or supplement?'
^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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