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| Total Respond.^ |
Always | Nearly always | Sometimes | Seldom | Never | |||||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,735 | 591 | 15.4 | 14.1-16.9 | 768 | 21.3 | 19.7-23.1 | 1,575 | 42.3 | 40.4-44.3 | 503 | 13.0 | 11.8-14.4 | 298 | 7.9 | 6.9- 9.0 |
| -Western NC | 352 | 34 | 10.1 | 7.0-14.4 | 65 | 20.3 | 15.6-26.0 | 168 | 46.8 | 40.5-53.1 | 52 | 14.8 | 10.8-19.8 | 33 | 8.0 | 5.3-12.1 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 120 | 10 | 8.3 | 4.3-15.3 | 26 | 23.5 | 15.8-33.5 | 61 | 48.7 | 38.7-58.9 | 15 | 11.6 | 6.6-19.6 | 8 | 7.9 | 3.7-16.0 |
| Female | 232 | 24 | 11.7 | 7.5-17.6 | 39 | 17.6 | 12.5-24.2 | 107 | 45.1 | 37.5-52.9 | 37 | 17.5 | 12.1-24.5 | 25 | 8.2 | 5.2-12.8 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 295 | 30 | 10.8 | 7.3-15.6 | 49 | 18.1 | 13.4-24.0 | 147 | 49.4 | 42.7-56.2 | 44 | 13.4 | 9.5-18.6 | 25 | 8.3 | 5.2-12.8 |
| African American | 20 | 1 | 2.2 | 0.3-14.9 | 3 | 16.2 | 5.0-41.6 | 9 | 47.0 | 22.2-73.4 | 4 | 26.4 | 9.1-56.2 | 3 | 8.2 | 2.2-25.9 |
| Other Minorities | 2 | 1 | 65.3 | 10.5-96.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 34.7 | 3.2-89.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 32 | 5 | 14.5 | 5.8-31.9 | 8 | 29.7 | 14.7-50.8 | 14 | 39.3 | 22.6-58.8 | 2 | 8.9 | 1.8-33.5 | 3 | 7.7 | 2.3-22.8 |
| 25-34 | 139 | 15 | 10.4 | 6.0-17.4 | 28 | 23.8 | 15.8-34.0 | 58 | 39.7 | 30.1-50.2 | 22 | 15.8 | 9.6-24.9 | 16 | 10.2 | 5.4-18.7 |
| 35-44 | 139 | 12 | 11.2 | 6.2-19.5 | 22 | 14.6 | 9.2-22.3 | 72 | 53.6 | 43.9-62.9 | 22 | 15.5 | 9.7-23.8 | 11 | 5.2 | 2.6-10.2 |
| 45-54 | 32 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.2- 6.2 | 6 | 19.1 | 7.7-39.9 | 18 | 56.4 | 34.8-75.8 | 3 | 8.8 | 2.5-26.6 | 3 | 14.5 | 4.4-38.5 |
| 55-64 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 39.3 | 6.1-86.5 | 2 | 30.9 | 4.5-81.0 | 2 | 29.8 | 5.4-76.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 65-74 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 55.2 | 10.8-92.6 | 1 | 44.8 | 7.4-89.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 53 | 5 | 8.2 | 2.8-21.6 | 16 | 35.9 | 22.3-52.2 | 24 | 38.2 | 24.3-54.3 | 4 | 9.7 | 3.4-24.7 | 4 | 8.0 | 2.9-20.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 115 | 13 | 12.7 | 7.2-21.6 | 18 | 18.9 | 11.4-29.8 | 54 | 41.8 | 31.5-52.9 | 19 | 17.2 | 10.3-27.3 | 11 | 9.4 | 4.5-18.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 99 | 6 | 4.9 | 2.0-11.6 | 19 | 18.9 | 11.3-30.0 | 44 | 51.2 | 39.6-62.7 | 20 | 18.3 | 11.1-28.7 | 10 | 6.6 | 3.1-13.7 |
| College Graduate | 84 | 10 | 14.5 | 7.5-26.3 | 12 | 11.9 | 6.3-21.1 | 45 | 55.9 | 43.2-67.9 | 9 | 9.9 | 4.4-20.6 | 8 | 7.8 | 3.2-17.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 31 | 3 | 4.3 | 1.2-14.4 | 9 | 33.8 | 16.3-57.4 | 13 | 42.6 | 22.2-65.9 | 4 | 17.3 | 5.8-41.7 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.3-11.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 74 | 8 | 13.5 | 6.3-26.6 | 15 | 20.2 | 11.2-33.7 | 34 | 46.2 | 32.6-60.4 | 11 | 14.1 | 7.4-25.5 | 6 | 5.9 | 2.3-14.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 58 | 4 | 5.8 | 1.8-17.0 | 10 | 20.1 | 9.9-36.5 | 27 | 43.3 | 29.0-58.8 | 11 | 21.5 | 11.1-37.5 | 6 | 9.3 | 3.6-22.1 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 58 | 7 | 13.3 | 6.2-26.2 | 9 | 19.3 | 9.6-35.0 | 28 | 52.8 | 38.1-67.1 | 7 | 8.1 | 3.5-17.5 | 7 | 6.5 | 2.8-14.3 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 49 | 3 | 5.7 | 1.6-18.3 | 6 | 12.4 | 5.4-25.7 | 29 | 59.1 | 42.8-73.6 | 6 | 11.9 | 4.6-27.4 | 5 | 11.0 | 4.1-26.4 |
| $75,000+ | 36 | 4 | 12.3 | 4.6-29.1 | 3 | 7.1 | 1.9-22.8 | 18 | 51.2 | 33.0-69.0 | 9 | 25.4 | 11.9-46.3 | 2 | 4.0 | 1.0-14.9 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 77 | 6 | 5.9 | 2.3-14.8 | 13 | 21.9 | 12.6-35.3 | 37 | 48.2 | 35.4-61.3 | 11 | 12.7 | 6.6-23.0 | 10 | 11.2 | 5.2-22.7 |
| No | 275 | 28 | 11.1 | 7.5-16.2 | 52 | 19.9 | 14.8-26.4 | 131 | 46.4 | 39.4-53.6 | 41 | 15.3 | 10.8-21.2 | 23 | 7.3 | 4.4-11.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 24 | 1 | 7.4 | 1.0-37.5 | 2 | 8.3 | 1.9-29.8 | 13 | 39.4 | 20.5-62.1 | 7 | 37.5 | 17.8-62.5 | 1 | 7.4 | 1.0-37.5 |
| Non-Veteran | 326 | 33 | 10.4 | 7.2-14.8 | 63 | 21.4 | 16.4-27.4 | 153 | 47.2 | 40.7-53.8 | 45 | 12.9 | 9.2-17.8 | 32 | 8.1 | 5.3-12.3 |
| Currently Serving | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
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^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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