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| Total Respond.^ |
1-12 months | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | 5 or more years | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 13,711 | 11,218 | 79.9 | 79.0-80.8 | 1,390 | 11.0 | 10.3-11.7 | 736 | 5.9 | 5.4- 6.5 | 367 | 3.2 | 2.8- 3.7 |
| -Eastern NC | 4,403 | 3,662 | 81.6 | 80.1-83.1 | 400 | 9.8 | 8.8-11.0 | 223 | 5.7 | 4.8- 6.7 | 118 | 2.9 | 2.3- 3.5 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 1,482 | 1,211 | 80.5 | 77.8-82.9 | 132 | 9.8 | 8.1-11.9 | 92 | 6.6 | 5.1- 8.5 | 47 | 3.1 | 2.2- 4.3 |
| Female | 2,921 | 2,451 | 82.6 | 80.8-84.2 | 268 | 9.9 | 8.6-11.3 | 131 | 4.9 | 4.0- 6.0 | 71 | 2.7 | 2.0- 3.5 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 3,060 | 2,483 | 79.2 | 77.2-81.0 | 295 | 10.4 | 9.1-11.8 | 182 | 6.9 | 5.7- 8.3 | 100 | 3.5 | 2.8- 4.4 |
| African American | 1,063 | 944 | 88.9 | 86.4-91.0 | 78 | 7.5 | 5.8- 9.7 | 27 | 2.3 | 1.5- 3.6 | 14 | 1.3 | 0.7- 2.4 |
| Other Minorities | 266 | 223 | 81.0 | 73.3-86.9 | 25 | 12.4 | 7.4-20.1 | 14 | 4.7 | 2.5- 8.7 | 4 | 1.9 | 0.6- 5.6 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 97 | 83 | 83.2 | 68.7-91.8 | 10 | 13.6 | 5.8-28.8 | 2 | 2.3 | 0.6- 9.1 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 4.5 |
| Non-Hispanic | 4,300 | 3,574 | 81.6 | 80.0-83.0 | 389 | 9.7 | 8.7-10.9 | 221 | 5.8 | 4.9- 6.8 | 116 | 2.9 | 2.4- 3.6 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 103 | 79 | 79.0 | 69.0-86.4 | 14 | 11.5 | 6.5-19.4 | 8 | 7.7 | 3.5-16.1 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.4- 7.0 |
| 25-34 | 451 | 329 | 71.6 | 66.1-76.4 | 69 | 15.7 | 12.2-19.9 | 32 | 8.6 | 5.4-13.3 | 21 | 4.2 | 2.5- 6.9 |
| 35-44 | 748 | 557 | 74.8 | 70.8-78.4 | 88 | 11.6 | 9.0-14.8 | 64 | 8.4 | 6.3-11.1 | 39 | 5.2 | 3.6- 7.4 |
| 45-54 | 954 | 761 | 80.3 | 77.2-83.1 | 107 | 11.0 | 8.9-13.5 | 61 | 5.8 | 4.4- 7.7 | 25 | 2.9 | 1.8- 4.4 |
| 55-64 | 938 | 814 | 86.4 | 83.4-88.9 | 68 | 7.6 | 5.7-10.1 | 35 | 4.0 | 2.7- 5.9 | 21 | 2.0 | 1.2- 3.4 |
| 65-74 | 710 | 666 | 93.6 | 90.9-95.5 | 27 | 4.3 | 2.7- 6.7 | 11 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.4 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.3 |
| 75+ | 476 | 438 | 92.0 | 88.6-94.5 | 23 | 4.4 | 2.7- 7.2 | 11 | 2.6 | 1.4- 4.9 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 3.0 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 605 | 560 | 90.8 | 86.2-94.0 | 27 | 5.3 | 3.0- 9.2 | 8 | 2.3 | 0.8- 6.2 | 10 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,397 | 1,163 | 81.4 | 78.5-84.0 | 125 | 9.3 | 7.6-11.4 | 70 | 6.0 | 4.4- 8.1 | 39 | 3.3 | 2.3- 4.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,149 | 940 | 80.1 | 77.0-82.8 | 106 | 10.5 | 8.4-13.0 | 79 | 7.4 | 5.7- 9.6 | 24 | 2.0 | 1.3- 3.2 |
| College Graduate | 1,247 | 994 | 79.1 | 76.3-81.6 | 142 | 12.0 | 10.0-14.4 | 66 | 5.1 | 3.9- 6.7 | 45 | 3.8 | 2.7- 5.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 580 | 525 | 90.3 | 86.9-93.0 | 28 | 4.6 | 3.0- 7.1 | 18 | 3.8 | 2.1- 6.6 | 9 | 1.3 | 0.6- 2.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 746 | 612 | 80.6 | 76.7-84.0 | 66 | 9.0 | 6.7-12.0 | 46 | 7.1 | 5.0-10.0 | 22 | 3.3 | 2.1- 5.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 550 | 461 | 81.2 | 75.9-85.6 | 48 | 9.4 | 6.6-13.3 | 24 | 5.5 | 2.9-10.1 | 17 | 3.8 | 2.2- 6.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 636 | 521 | 80.6 | 76.7-84.1 | 66 | 11.3 | 8.7-14.7 | 30 | 5.1 | 3.4- 7.6 | 19 | 3.0 | 1.7- 5.0 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 612 | 487 | 78.9 | 74.7-82.5 | 71 | 12.0 | 9.3-15.4 | 37 | 5.8 | 4.0- 8.3 | 17 | 3.3 | 1.8- 5.8 |
| $75,000+ | 683 | 542 | 79.1 | 75.2-82.6 | 77 | 11.8 | 9.0-15.2 | 41 | 5.7 | 4.1- 8.0 | 23 | 3.4 | 2.2- 5.2 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,582 | 1,398 | 87.2 | 84.7-89.3 | 104 | 6.7 | 5.3- 8.4 | 53 | 4.2 | 2.8- 6.1 | 27 | 2.0 | 1.3- 3.0 |
| No | 2,707 | 2,165 | 78.6 | 76.6-80.5 | 284 | 11.6 | 10.1-13.2 | 167 | 6.4 | 5.3- 7.6 | 91 | 3.4 | 2.7- 4.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 795 | 670 | 82.2 | 78.5-85.4 | 55 | 7.5 | 5.6-10.0 | 50 | 8.0 | 5.7-11.2 | 20 | 2.2 | 1.4- 3.6 |
| Non-Veteran | 3,593 | 2,977 | 81.4 | 79.7-83.0 | 345 | 10.5 | 9.3-11.9 | 173 | 5.0 | 4.2- 6.0 | 98 | 3.1 | 2.4- 3.9 |
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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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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