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| Total Respond.^ |
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 7,339 | 6,650 | 89.2 | 88.1-90.3 | 364 | 6.0 | 5.1- 7.0 | 139 | 2.0 | 1.6- 2.5 | 186 | 2.8 | 2.3- 3.4 |
| -Eastern NC | 2,250 | 2,022 | 87.5 | 84.9-89.7 | 123 | 7.3 | 5.4- 9.8 | 45 | 2.3 | 1.6- 3.2 | 60 | 2.9 | 2.1- 4.0 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 693 | 584 | 81.6 | 76.4-85.8 | 60 | 11.2 | 7.5-16.5 | 20 | 3.0 | 1.9- 4.8 | 29 | 4.2 | 2.8- 6.4 |
| Female | 1,557 | 1,438 | 92.4 | 90.6-93.8 | 63 | 4.1 | 3.0- 5.5 | 25 | 1.7 | 1.1- 2.7 | 31 | 1.9 | 1.2- 2.8 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 1,511 | 1,350 | 88.3 | 86.1-90.2 | 80 | 5.9 | 4.5- 7.6 | 35 | 2.8 | 1.9- 4.0 | 46 | 3.1 | 2.2- 4.3 |
| African American | 548 | 507 | 89.7 | 84.7-93.2 | 25 | 6.2 | 3.4-10.8 | 7 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.5 | 9 | 2.8 | 1.3- 6.1 |
| Other Minorities | 189 | 164 | 76.8 | 58.4-88.7 | 18 | 19.4 | 8.1-39.7 | 3 | 1.6 | 0.5- 4.9 | 4 | 2.2 | 0.7- 6.3 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 96 | 81 | 80.8 | 67.7-89.4 | 9 | 13.7 | 6.2-27.5 | 3 | 2.3 | 0.7- 7.2 | 3 | 3.2 | 1.0- 9.6 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,152 | 1,939 | 88.0 | 85.3-90.2 | 114 | 6.8 | 4.9- 9.4 | 42 | 2.3 | 1.6- 3.3 | 57 | 2.9 | 2.1- 4.0 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 111 | 99 | 83.3 | 65.8-92.8 | 9 | 13.8 | 5.0-32.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 3.0 | 0.9- 8.9 |
| 25-34 | 424 | 387 | 89.6 | 84.9-92.9 | 26 | 7.3 | 4.5-11.7 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.6- 3.7 | 5 | 1.7 | 0.6- 4.4 |
| 35-44 | 590 | 528 | 87.9 | 84.2-90.8 | 33 | 6.0 | 4.1- 8.9 | 14 | 3.3 | 1.8- 5.9 | 15 | 2.8 | 1.6- 4.9 |
| 45-54 | 638 | 572 | 87.4 | 83.6-90.4 | 34 | 6.5 | 4.4- 9.5 | 13 | 2.7 | 1.4- 5.0 | 19 | 3.4 | 2.0- 5.9 |
| 55-64 | 371 | 334 | 86.9 | 81.1-91.1 | 17 | 5.9 | 3.0-11.1 | 7 | 2.9 | 1.3- 6.3 | 13 | 4.3 | 2.2- 8.2 |
| 65-74 | 92 | 81 | 90.1 | 81.4-94.9 | 3 | 2.6 | 0.6-10.4 | 4 | 4.3 | 1.4-12.3 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.1- 8.0 |
| 75+ | 17 | 14 | 91.4 | 72.0-97.8 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2-10.1 | 1 | 3.7 | 0.5-23.8 | 1 | 3.5 | 0.4-22.5 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 148 | 122 | 83.2 | 73.1-90.0 | 15 | 10.5 | 5.0-20.8 | 4 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.9 | 7 | 4.1 | 1.7-10.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 653 | 565 | 82.3 | 75.8-87.4 | 45 | 10.3 | 5.8-17.5 | 22 | 4.4 | 2.7- 6.9 | 21 | 3.0 | 1.8- 5.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 657 | 587 | 86.8 | 82.5-90.1 | 35 | 7.0 | 4.5-10.7 | 13 | 1.9 | 1.0- 3.9 | 22 | 4.3 | 2.6- 7.1 |
| College Graduate | 791 | 747 | 94.6 | 92.5-96.1 | 28 | 3.6 | 2.4- 5.5 | 6 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.5 | 10 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 124 | 107 | 82.6 | 69.5-90.8 | 8 | 7.8 | 2.9-19.3 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.4- 4.1 | 6 | 8.3 | 2.9-21.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 385 | 339 | 86.1 | 80.2-90.5 | 21 | 5.8 | 2.9-11.2 | 13 | 4.0 | 2.1- 7.5 | 12 | 4.1 | 2.1- 7.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 305 | 268 | 80.2 | 67.1-88.9 | 24 | 15.9 | 7.6-30.1 | 6 | 2.3 | 0.8- 6.2 | 7 | 1.7 | 0.7- 4.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 374 | 339 | 89.4 | 84.9-92.6 | 16 | 4.7 | 2.7- 8.1 | 6 | 1.8 | 0.8- 4.0 | 13 | 4.1 | 2.2- 7.7 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 408 | 369 | 86.5 | 80.7-90.8 | 24 | 8.4 | 4.9-14.0 | 5 | 2.4 | 1.0- 5.8 | 10 | 2.7 | 1.3- 5.4 |
| $75,000+ | 477 | 440 | 92.5 | 89.3-94.8 | 21 | 4.5 | 2.7- 7.2 | 9 | 1.8 | 0.9- 3.9 | 7 | 1.2 | 0.5- 2.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 418 | 355 | 78.8 | 69.2-86.0 | 34 | 15.6 | 8.7-26.1 | 10 | 2.4 | 1.1- 4.8 | 19 | 3.3 | 1.9- 5.8 |
| No | 1,814 | 1,652 | 89.8 | 87.7-91.5 | 88 | 5.2 | 3.9- 6.7 | 34 | 2.3 | 1.5- 3.3 | 40 | 2.8 | 2.0- 4.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 291 | 256 | 87.9 | 82.7-91.8 | 17 | 5.3 | 3.1- 9.1 | 7 | 3.0 | 1.3- 6.8 | 11 | 3.7 | 1.8- 7.6 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,959 | 1,766 | 87.4 | 84.5-89.9 | 106 | 7.6 | 5.5-10.6 | 38 | 2.2 | 1.5- 3.1 | 49 | 2.8 | 2.0- 3.9 |
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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported working indoors most of the time.
^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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