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| Total Respond.^ |
Make strong bones | Prevent birth defects | Prevent high bp | Other | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 4,043 | 667 | 17.1 | 15.7-18.7 | 2,597 | 61.9 | 59.9-63.8 | 143 | 3.9 | 3.2- 4.8 | 636 | 17.1 | 15.6-18.6 |
| -Western NC | 401 | 52 | 13.0 | 9.4-17.7 | 288 | 70.6 | 64.6-75.9 | 17 | 4.6 | 2.7- 7.8 | 44 | 11.8 | 8.2-16.8 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 123 | 21 | 17.8 | 11.1-27.3 | 73 | 58.5 | 47.7-68.6 | 8 | 6.1 | 2.9-12.3 | 21 | 17.6 | 10.4-28.1 |
| Female | 278 | 31 | 9.6 | 6.3-14.5 | 215 | 79.0 | 72.7-84.1 | 9 | 3.6 | 1.6- 7.8 | 23 | 7.8 | 4.9-12.3 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 354 | 45 | 12.6 | 8.9-17.5 | 263 | 74.1 | 68.1-79.3 | 13 | 3.8 | 2.1- 7.0 | 33 | 9.5 | 6.3-14.0 |
| African American | 20 | 1 | 2.4 | 0.3-15.9 | 13 | 62.6 | 34.9-84.0 | 1 | 12.0 | 1.7-51.4 | 5 | 23.0 | 8.6-48.4 |
| Other Minorities | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 34.7 | 3.2-89.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 65.3 | 10.5-96.8 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 57 | 8 | 17.7 | 8.4-33.7 | 40 | 67.0 | 51.0-79.9 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.3-13.0 | 8 | 13.2 | 5.7-27.6 |
| 25-34 | 142 | 19 | 12.6 | 7.1-21.3 | 103 | 72.8 | 61.8-81.6 | 5 | 3.7 | 1.3-10.3 | 15 | 10.9 | 5.2-21.4 |
| 35-44 | 201 | 25 | 11.7 | 7.3-18.2 | 144 | 70.2 | 61.8-77.3 | 11 | 6.1 | 3.2-11.5 | 21 | 12.0 | 7.3-19.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 45 | 13 | 25.3 | 13.2-42.9 | 22 | 49.4 | 32.0-66.9 | 2 | 3.6 | 0.7-16.0 | 8 | 21.7 | 8.8-44.4 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 108 | 14 | 15.5 | 8.6-26.4 | 68 | 62.0 | 50.5-72.2 | 7 | 6.5 | 2.8-14.4 | 19 | 16.0 | 9.6-25.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 128 | 13 | 9.5 | 4.8-17.8 | 95 | 75.0 | 64.4-83.2 | 5 | 3.9 | 1.4-10.2 | 15 | 11.7 | 6.1-21.2 |
| College Graduate | 119 | 12 | 8.1 | 4.0-15.8 | 102 | 85.6 | 76.1-91.8 | 3 | 4.0 | 1.2-12.7 | 2 | 2.3 | 0.6- 8.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 37 | 5 | 21.2 | 7.6-46.6 | 24 | 61.7 | 40.1-79.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 8 | 17.1 | 7.5-34.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 86 | 18 | 22.2 | 13.2-34.9 | 53 | 57.1 | 43.4-69.8 | 2 | 1.9 | 0.4- 8.8 | 13 | 18.8 | 9.3-34.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 62 | 7 | 6.2 | 2.2-15.9 | 39 | 62.2 | 47.0-75.3 | 5 | 10.1 | 3.8-24.1 | 11 | 21.6 | 11.7-36.5 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 71 | 6 | 5.4 | 2.2-12.6 | 55 | 81.2 | 69.0-89.3 | 4 | 8.0 | 2.7-21.0 | 6 | 5.5 | 2.2-12.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 47 | 5 | 12.3 | 4.7-28.6 | 37 | 76.5 | 59.4-87.9 | 4 | 9.7 | 3.3-25.2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2- 9.8 |
| $75,000+ | 44 | 4 | 8.0 | 2.7-21.5 | 38 | 85.1 | 68.5-93.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 6.8 | 1.6-24.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 89 | 12 | 13.9 | 7.1-25.4 | 58 | 58.8 | 45.1-71.2 | 4 | 3.7 | 1.2-10.5 | 15 | 23.6 | 13.2-38.8 |
| No | 310 | 39 | 12.4 | 8.5-17.9 | 229 | 74.3 | 67.9-79.8 | 13 | 4.9 | 2.7- 8.9 | 29 | 8.4 | 5.4-12.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 19 | 2 | 4.4 | 0.9-18.3 | 11 | 49.6 | 24.2-75.1 | 2 | 10.5 | 2.1-39.2 | 4 | 35.6 | 12.9-67.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 378 | 50 | 13.7 | 9.9-18.7 | 273 | 71.8 | 65.7-77.1 | 15 | 4.2 | 2.4- 7.4 | 40 | 10.3 | 7.1-14.8 |
| Currently Serving | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported being between ages 18 and 44.
^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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