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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 | 15,261 | 13,213 | 84.0 | 83.1-84.9 | 1,103 | 8.7 | 8.0- 9.5 | 945 | 7.2 | 6.6- 7.9 |
| -Eastern NC | 4,902 | 4,196 | 83.0 | 81.3-84.5 | 387 | 9.9 | 8.6-11.3 | 319 | 7.1 | 6.2- 8.2 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,697 | 1,385 | 78.2 | 75.2-80.9 | 186 | 13.5 | 11.2-16.2 | 126 | 8.3 | 6.7-10.2 |
| Female | 3,205 | 2,811 | 87.5 | 86.0-88.9 | 201 | 6.4 | 5.4- 7.6 | 193 | 6.1 | 5.1- 7.2 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 3,273 | 2,942 | 88.4 | 86.7-90.0 | 194 | 7.5 | 6.2- 9.2 | 137 | 4.0 | 3.2- 5.0 |
| African American | 1,185 | 940 | 76.9 | 73.3-80.2 | 135 | 13.5 | 10.8-16.8 | 110 | 9.6 | 7.6-12.0 |
| Other Minorities | 431 | 306 | 62.7 | 55.5-69.4 | 56 | 16.3 | 11.5-22.6 | 69 | 21.0 | 15.9-27.1 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 230 | 124 | 45.5 | 37.4-54.0 | 47 | 25.5 | 18.1-34.6 | 59 | 29.0 | 22.0-37.1 |
| Non-Hispanic | 4,667 | 4,069 | 86.3 | 84.8-87.6 | 339 | 8.5 | 7.3- 9.8 | 259 | 5.2 | 4.5- 6.1 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 241 | 173 | 68.9 | 60.6-76.1 | 45 | 23.1 | 16.5-31.3 | 23 | 8.0 | 5.0-12.4 |
| 25-34 | 725 | 607 | 81.5 | 77.5-85.0 | 60 | 9.7 | 7.1-13.0 | 58 | 8.8 | 6.4-11.9 |
| 35-44 | 932 | 814 | 84.8 | 81.4-87.6 | 78 | 8.8 | 6.8-11.3 | 40 | 6.5 | 4.4- 9.3 |
| 45-54 | 1,012 | 904 | 89.4 | 86.8-91.6 | 58 | 5.7 | 4.1- 7.7 | 50 | 4.9 | 3.5- 6.8 |
| 55-64 | 892 | 794 | 89.2 | 86.6-91.4 | 56 | 6.2 | 4.6- 8.3 | 42 | 4.6 | 3.2- 6.6 |
| 65-74 | 635 | 567 | 88.2 | 84.6-91.0 | 38 | 6.6 | 4.6- 9.5 | 30 | 5.1 | 3.3- 7.9 |
| 75+ | 443 | 319 | 71.0 | 65.6-75.9 | 50 | 11.6 | 8.2-16.1 | 74 | 17.4 | 13.6-22.0 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 737 | 507 | 61.5 | 56.1-66.7 | 95 | 17.3 | 13.0-22.6 | 135 | 21.1 | 17.2-25.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,615 | 1,358 | 82.7 | 79.8-85.3 | 165 | 12.0 | 9.7-14.7 | 92 | 5.3 | 4.1- 6.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,267 | 1,134 | 88.3 | 85.6-90.5 | 85 | 7.9 | 6.0-10.4 | 48 | 3.7 | 2.6- 5.3 |
| College Graduate | 1,279 | 1,196 | 92.9 | 90.9-94.6 | 41 | 3.6 | 2.5- 5.0 | 42 | 3.5 | 2.3- 5.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 669 | 527 | 73.3 | 68.0-78.0 | 73 | 12.3 | 9.1-16.3 | 69 | 14.4 | 10.6-19.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 904 | 709 | 70.7 | 65.7-75.2 | 114 | 19.0 | 14.8-23.9 | 81 | 10.4 | 7.9-13.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 616 | 532 | 85.7 | 80.9-89.5 | 54 | 10.1 | 6.8-14.8 | 30 | 4.2 | 2.7- 6.4 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 702 | 633 | 88.1 | 84.5-90.9 | 45 | 7.6 | 5.5-10.5 | 24 | 4.3 | 2.6- 7.1 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 643 | 594 | 90.2 | 86.5-92.9 | 29 | 6.9 | 4.5-10.4 | 20 | 3.0 | 1.8- 4.9 |
| $75,000+ | 687 | 654 | 95.7 | 93.7-97.0 | 20 | 2.6 | 1.6- 4.2 | 13 | 1.7 | 0.9- 3.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,653 | 1,389 | 83.2 | 80.4-85.7 | 139 | 9.6 | 7.5-12.1 | 125 | 7.3 | 5.8- 9.0 |
| No | 3,199 | 2,772 | 83.1 | 81.0-84.9 | 240 | 9.9 | 8.4-11.8 | 187 | 7.0 | 5.9- 8.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 792 | 679 | 86.7 | 83.7-89.3 | 70 | 8.5 | 6.4-11.1 | 43 | 4.8 | 3.3- 6.8 |
| Non-Veteran | 4,104 | 3,514 | 82.2 | 80.3-83.9 | 317 | 10.2 | 8.7-11.9 | 273 | 7.6 | 6.6- 8.9 |
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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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