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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 | 15,235 | 12,698 | 81.9 | 81.0-82.8 | 943 | 6.6 | 6.1- 7.2 | 1,594 | 11.4 | 10.7-12.2 |
| -Eastern NC | 4,893 | 4,064 | 82.7 | 81.1-84.1 | 314 | 6.6 | 5.7- 7.8 | 515 | 10.7 | 9.5-11.9 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,694 | 1,372 | 80.4 | 77.6-82.9 | 127 | 7.3 | 5.7- 9.3 | 195 | 12.3 | 10.3-14.6 |
| Female | 3,199 | 2,692 | 84.8 | 83.2-86.3 | 187 | 6.0 | 5.0- 7.3 | 320 | 9.2 | 8.1-10.4 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 3,271 | 2,831 | 86.6 | 84.8-88.2 | 171 | 5.7 | 4.5- 7.1 | 269 | 7.8 | 6.6- 9.1 |
| African American | 1,180 | 932 | 79.2 | 75.8-82.1 | 95 | 7.6 | 5.9- 9.8 | 153 | 13.2 | 10.7-16.2 |
| Other Minorities | 430 | 294 | 66.8 | 60.1-72.9 | 46 | 10.2 | 7.1-14.5 | 90 | 23.0 | 17.7-29.3 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 229 | 133 | 54.4 | 45.8-62.8 | 31 | 15.7 | 9.8-24.1 | 65 | 29.9 | 22.7-38.3 |
| Non-Hispanic | 4,659 | 3,928 | 85.1 | 83.7-86.5 | 283 | 5.9 | 5.0- 6.9 | 448 | 9.0 | 8.0-10.1 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 239 | 185 | 75.7 | 67.7-82.3 | 24 | 11.6 | 7.0-18.7 | 30 | 12.7 | 8.2-19.1 |
| 25-34 | 725 | 606 | 83.5 | 79.9-86.6 | 43 | 5.4 | 3.8- 7.7 | 76 | 11.1 | 8.5-14.4 |
| 35-44 | 929 | 783 | 83.4 | 80.2-86.2 | 66 | 7.0 | 5.3- 9.3 | 80 | 9.6 | 7.4-12.3 |
| 45-54 | 1,010 | 882 | 87.3 | 84.6-89.6 | 44 | 4.3 | 3.0- 6.1 | 84 | 8.4 | 6.5-10.7 |
| 55-64 | 892 | 763 | 85.8 | 82.5-88.6 | 45 | 4.7 | 3.3- 6.5 | 84 | 9.5 | 7.1-12.6 |
| 65-74 | 634 | 528 | 84.0 | 80.5-87.1 | 42 | 6.7 | 4.8- 9.4 | 64 | 9.2 | 7.0-12.1 |
| 75+ | 443 | 301 | 70.0 | 64.9-74.7 | 49 | 10.3 | 7.4-14.0 | 93 | 19.7 | 15.9-24.2 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 734 | 478 | 63.0 | 57.6-68.1 | 83 | 13.0 | 9.5-17.5 | 173 | 24.0 | 19.6-29.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,610 | 1,328 | 82.8 | 80.0-85.2 | 116 | 7.4 | 5.6- 9.6 | 166 | 9.9 | 8.1-12.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,267 | 1,090 | 87.6 | 85.4-89.5 | 70 | 4.6 | 3.5- 6.0 | 107 | 7.8 | 6.2- 9.7 |
| College Graduate | 1,278 | 1,166 | 91.2 | 89.1-92.9 | 44 | 3.3 | 2.4- 4.6 | 68 | 5.5 | 4.1- 7.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 668 | 497 | 74.2 | 69.4-78.5 | 62 | 9.0 | 6.6-12.3 | 109 | 16.7 | 13.1-21.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 902 | 700 | 75.0 | 70.3-79.2 | 86 | 10.5 | 7.4-14.6 | 116 | 14.5 | 11.4-18.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 615 | 521 | 82.8 | 77.6-86.9 | 43 | 6.7 | 4.7- 9.4 | 51 | 10.6 | 7.0-15.6 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 702 | 625 | 89.2 | 86.1-91.6 | 27 | 3.3 | 2.2- 5.1 | 50 | 7.5 | 5.4-10.3 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 643 | 578 | 89.0 | 85.5-91.7 | 25 | 4.8 | 3.0- 7.7 | 40 | 6.2 | 4.4- 8.8 |
| $75,000+ | 685 | 635 | 92.7 | 90.2-94.6 | 19 | 2.6 | 1.6- 4.3 | 31 | 4.7 | 3.2- 6.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,651 | 1,335 | 82.8 | 80.4-85.1 | 117 | 6.6 | 5.2- 8.4 | 199 | 10.5 | 8.8-12.5 |
| No | 3,198 | 2,709 | 83.0 | 81.0-84.8 | 188 | 6.5 | 5.3- 7.9 | 301 | 10.6 | 9.1-12.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 791 | 673 | 86.5 | 83.5-89.0 | 54 | 6.1 | 4.5- 8.3 | 64 | 7.4 | 5.6- 9.7 |
| Non-Veteran | 4,096 | 3,387 | 81.8 | 80.0-83.5 | 260 | 6.8 | 5.7- 8.1 | 449 | 11.4 | 10.1-12.9 |
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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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