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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | Don't know/Not sure | |||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 15,275 | 9,192 | 60.5 | 59.4-61.5 | 3,481 | 22.8 | 21.9-23.8 | 2,602 | 16.7 | 15.9-17.6 |
| -Eastern NC | 4,907 | 2,834 | 58.2 | 56.3-60.1 | 1,183 | 23.8 | 22.2-25.5 | 890 | 17.9 | 16.5-19.4 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,697 | 960 | 56.7 | 53.4-59.8 | 455 | 26.3 | 23.5-29.3 | 282 | 17.0 | 14.7-19.6 |
| Female | 3,210 | 1,874 | 59.7 | 57.6-61.8 | 728 | 21.5 | 19.8-23.3 | 608 | 18.7 | 17.1-20.5 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 3,277 | 2,030 | 62.3 | 60.0-64.6 | 706 | 21.6 | 19.7-23.7 | 541 | 16.0 | 14.4-17.9 |
| African American | 1,185 | 586 | 51.7 | 47.9-55.4 | 357 | 28.5 | 25.3-32.0 | 242 | 19.8 | 17.1-22.9 |
| Other Minorities | 432 | 212 | 47.3 | 40.1-54.7 | 119 | 27.8 | 22.0-34.4 | 101 | 24.9 | 19.5-31.1 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 231 | 94 | 39.8 | 31.9-48.1 | 71 | 32.0 | 24.2-41.0 | 66 | 28.3 | 21.5-36.1 |
| Non-Hispanic | 4,671 | 2,739 | 59.9 | 58.0-61.8 | 1,111 | 23.1 | 21.5-24.8 | 821 | 17.0 | 15.6-18.5 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 241 | 146 | 57.6 | 49.1-65.7 | 58 | 27.0 | 20.0-35.4 | 37 | 15.4 | 10.3-22.4 |
| 25-34 | 725 | 443 | 59.6 | 55.1-64.0 | 158 | 21.3 | 17.8-25.2 | 124 | 19.1 | 15.6-23.2 |
| 35-44 | 931 | 573 | 60.7 | 56.8-64.5 | 229 | 23.5 | 20.4-27.0 | 129 | 15.8 | 12.9-19.0 |
| 45-54 | 1,014 | 607 | 59.7 | 55.8-63.4 | 235 | 22.9 | 19.9-26.2 | 172 | 17.4 | 14.7-20.6 |
| 55-64 | 893 | 512 | 60.7 | 56.9-64.5 | 221 | 22.9 | 19.9-26.3 | 160 | 16.3 | 13.7-19.3 |
| 65-74 | 637 | 349 | 54.3 | 49.6-58.8 | 156 | 26.0 | 22.1-30.3 | 132 | 19.8 | 16.4-23.6 |
| 75+ | 444 | 191 | 44.4 | 39.0-50.0 | 122 | 27.5 | 22.7-32.8 | 131 | 28.1 | 23.3-33.4 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 738 | 301 | 43.7 | 38.6-49.0 | 188 | 26.0 | 21.3-31.3 | 249 | 30.3 | 26.0-35.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,619 | 878 | 55.7 | 52.3-59.2 | 435 | 25.6 | 22.8-28.6 | 306 | 18.7 | 16.0-21.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,267 | 786 | 62.0 | 58.4-65.5 | 302 | 23.6 | 20.6-27.0 | 179 | 14.3 | 12.0-17.1 |
| College Graduate | 1,279 | 869 | 68.3 | 65.2-71.3 | 256 | 19.8 | 17.3-22.5 | 154 | 11.9 | 9.9-14.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 671 | 323 | 48.8 | 43.7-53.8 | 182 | 25.3 | 21.3-29.8 | 166 | 25.9 | 21.6-30.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 904 | 479 | 53.0 | 48.3-57.6 | 248 | 27.0 | 22.9-31.4 | 177 | 20.0 | 16.6-23.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 617 | 361 | 60.0 | 53.9-65.8 | 167 | 24.3 | 19.9-29.3 | 89 | 15.7 | 11.4-21.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 702 | 450 | 63.0 | 58.6-67.3 | 146 | 21.0 | 17.5-25.1 | 106 | 15.9 | 12.9-19.5 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 643 | 429 | 66.6 | 62.1-70.9 | 134 | 21.6 | 17.9-25.8 | 80 | 11.7 | 9.2-14.9 |
| $75,000+ | 688 | 470 | 66.5 | 62.0-70.8 | 140 | 21.7 | 17.9-26.0 | 78 | 11.7 | 9.2-14.9 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,654 | 883 | 55.7 | 52.2-59.1 | 421 | 24.7 | 21.8-27.8 | 350 | 19.7 | 17.1-22.4 |
| No | 3,199 | 1,924 | 59.4 | 57.1-61.6 | 750 | 23.6 | 21.6-25.7 | 525 | 17.1 | 15.3-18.9 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 792 | 481 | 61.8 | 57.4-66.1 | 204 | 24.6 | 21.2-28.4 | 107 | 13.5 | 10.2-17.7 |
| Non-Veteran | 4,109 | 2,350 | 57.4 | 55.3-59.5 | 978 | 23.7 | 21.9-25.6 | 781 | 18.9 | 17.3-20.5 |
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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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